Exodus 22:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

If a man entice a maid, by persuasions, promise of marriage, allurements, or rewards. But if she were betrothed, it was punished with death, Deuteronomy 22:23,24.

Exodus 22:16

16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.