PENALTY FEE
It is found on several occasions that the law establishes, in the AT, a financial penalty for committing crimes.
(a) For causing premature birth by inconsiderate treatment of a pregnant woman (Ex. 21:22).
(b) By slander against the woman herself, by making the rumor spread against her that she was not a virgin when she married (Deut. 22:29).
(c) By deflowering an unmarried maiden. In this case the fine went along with the man’s obligation to marry the young woman (Deut. 22:29).
(d) For various damages to people or property, voluntarily or through carelessness (cf. Ex. 21:2822:15).