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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

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Intertextuality Pair

Deuteronomy 22:28 → Exodus 22:16

Allusion

Later text

Deuteronomy 22:28BSB

If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

Earlier text

Exodus 22:16BSB

If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.

Significance

Exodus 22:16 addresses seduction (פָּתָה, patah, "to entice/persuade") of an unbetrothed virgin, requiring the man to pay the bride-price and marry her, with the father retaining the right to refuse. Deuteronomy 22:28 deals with a related but more forceful scenario using the verb תָּפַשׂ (taphas, "to seize"), prescribing that the man must marry the woman, pay fifty shekels, and may never divorce her. Both laws protect the unbetrothed woman's economic security and social standing by requiring marriage and compensation, but Deuteronomy's prohibition of divorce adds a permanent consequence for the aggressor. Together they address a spectrum of sexual violations against unmarried women, from persuasion to force.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression — Exodus 22:16's seduction law progresses into Deuteronomy's ruling on the forcible case (תָּפַשׂ, taphas, "seize"): fifty shekels fixed and divorce forever barred — Sinai's protection of the unbetrothed woman carried forward with strengthened sanction.