Virginity is has a High Value
Gen 34:12
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
MANY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE TORAH LAW FOR THE DOWRY OF VIRGINS.
Exodus 22: 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. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
According to this torah law:
If a man takes a woman's virginity, he is obligated to make her his wife. But, her father utterly refuses, he still has to pay the dowry of virgins. This would most definitely discourage men from taken a woman's virginity without asking her father for her hand in marriage first. It would also discourage unrighteous men from defiling the daughters of the world. Only serious men who value a good woman would be willing to pay the dowry of virgins.
This dowry of virgins is sometimes looked upon as selling your daughter for money. But this is without a doubt not the case at all. A woman's virginity is a high value in the sight of the Most High & Men!
PRIESTS WIFE...
Leviticus 21:
1 And YHWH said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests THE SONS OF AARON, and say unto them,...
13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
A Father is a young woman's protection of her most holy possession. Her virginity!
Ecclesiasticus 42:9
The father waketh for the daughter, when no man knoweth; and the care for her taketh away sleep: when she is young, lest she pass away the flower of her age; and being married, lest she should be hated:
10 In her virginity, lest she should be defiled & gotten with child in her father's house; & having an husband, lest she should misbehave herself; and when she is married, lest she should be barren.
Young women of the world are sadly without this kind of protection. There is no fine for taken a woman's virginity, without asking her father's hand in marriage.
Is it a surprise that there are many unrighteous men & women in the world today? THEY DO NOT KNOW A WOMAN'S WORTH. I HOPE TO CHANGE THAT IN THIS VIDEO TODAY
Before I continue, I must add that this dowry is not the same as what the other nations practice. Such as in India, the groom receives the dowry to take a wife. This is absolutely backwards to the Most High's ways. Many dowry deaths have occurred because of the greed for money & not giving value to the woman. Watch the short clip provided at the end of this examination of a virgin's worth.
WHAT WAS THE DOWRY OF A VIRGIN?
Deuteronomy 22:
[28] If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
[29] Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF 50 SHEKELS OF SILVER? I WILL INVESTIGATE THE MONETARY WORTH OF A WOMAN'S VIRIGINTY IN DOLLARS IN COMPARISON TO 50 SHEKELS OF SILVER. PLEASE FULLY UNDERSTAND, THAT THIS IS A DOWRY IS FOR A WIFE & NOT A ONE NIGHT STAND.
A shekel was about 15 grams of silver. This means you would need about 750 grams of silver to pay for the dowry of a virgin. or 29.5 oz of silver = 50 Shekels Silver
This means you would need about 750 grams of silver. The price of silver has gone up & down for centuries..
o 1344 - Price of silver @ ~$400.00 per ounce
o 1477 - Silver value reaches ~$806.00 per ounce ( all time high )
o 1545 - Potosl mines open in North America ( silver value begins a gradual decline )
o 1780's - Silver value falls below $100.00 per ounce
o 1890's - Silver prices fall below $50.00 per ounce
o 1980 - Price of silver @ $68.00 per ounce (Hunt Brothers attempt to corner silver market)
o 1998 - Silver valued @ $6.24 per ounce
o 2003 - $4.07 per ounce
IF a Virgin is valued according to 50 Shekels a silver, than in 2003 a virgin was worth about $120.07 (29.5 * $4.07)
It's just a week's income for a low wage earner.
It should be noted that Yahushua was betrayed for only 30 shekels --not even enough to pay for a virgin's dowry!
And Joseph was sold into slavery for 20 shekels.
A middle class dwelling rented for about 5 shekels a year and the average wage was about 15 shekels a year.
This means a virgin drowry would be about 3 years income for the average wage earner! - not enough to even buy a virgin. 50 Shekels of Silver would be the equivalent to $100,000 Dollars Today! Of course this price meant you kept her for life, & not just a one time fling.
Jacob worked for his wives as dowry, Jacob confirms this, by working many years to pay the dowry for his wives. Gen. 29:15-30
At least you're courteous enough to put a video that destroys your already flimsy arguments at the end.
AspiringPotato 1 year ago
@AspiringPotato Your a dam fool, your words show your ignorance. The end destroyed the case for placing value on a man instead of a woman when it comes to marriage. Not that a virgin has no value, as you want us all to believe.
A virgin is very valuable, you dam fool, & so are women in general. That was the point for the end video clip, it wasn't to say, that they weren't. valuable. Its a shame I have to even explain it. I said it in the video before the clip "when woman are devalued"
morningsun29 10 months ago
I am a virgin, a guy 17 years old infact I have never even kissed a girl, its not that i cant its because I choose to serve the most high and wait for him to give me the right women, but do I have the right to request a girl who is also a virgin and never kissed any one?
SupernaturalGifts777 1 year ago
@SupernaturalGifts777 If you can find her, yes, if your both virgins what a blessing!
May YHWH bless you with a woman of the same mind & values. 17 is still young, I hope the world doesn't take you away. It's not hard to be a virgin at 17, but if you don't find "the one" , will you wait a few years?
morningsun29 1 year ago 3