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7 Stunning Bible Facts About Bride Price by Sufdavinci(m): 6:30pm On Apr 16, 2016 |
For many Africans, the tradition of the bride price
payment became a subject of serious controversy.
If God specifically gave this law as a condition for
marriage, or is it a man-made tradition? Time to
find out the truth!
1. Bride price is not a condition for marriage but
only as a penalty for rape.
Exodus 22:16-17: “If a man seduces a virgin who is
not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he
must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife. If
her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he
must still pay the bride-price for virgins.”
Deuteronomy 22:28-29: “If a man happens to meet a
virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes
her and they are discovered, he shall pay her father
fifty shekels[a] of silver. He must marry the young
woman,for he has violated her. He can never divorce
her as long as he lives.”
You can still pay the bride price and still be denied
the woman to be your wife by her father.
At the same time, if the man has never slept with
the woman, there should be no need to pay money
for her.
2. There was never ever a place in the Bible where
God commanded the bride’s parent to present a
price. It is the groom’s responsibility to bring
whatever for the lady he wants to marry.
For example, in the Bible was Isaac’s marriage to
Rebekah. There was no monetary exchange or
penalty between the two families. Affordable gifts
were given to Rebekkah’s family by Abraham (but
not demanded by Rebekkah’s family). Read
Genesis 24:52-54.
3. Bride price, according to the Bible, is all about
virgins.
Genesis 24:15-16: “Before he had finished praying,
Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She
was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milkah, who was
the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor. The woman
was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept
with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar
and came up again.”
4. Payment of monetary bride price is a tradition
and not a direct commandment from God.
In some countries like India, a woman actually pays
a dowry for the groom and not the other way
round.
5. Presenting list or asking for monetary bride
price is man made a rule. Therefore, it becomes a
sin because it’s better to obey GOD rather than
men.
Acts 5:29: “Peter and the other apostles replied: “We
must obey God rather than human beings!” https://www.naij.com/800672-bride-price.html?source=index_featured |
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