Israelite Laws

By reading this chapter, there are many laws that are unique that we definitely do not have today.  one law that I took notice to was the Laws of Eshnunna 31 which says, “if a free man has sex with a virgin slave girl that belongs to another man, he must pay the owner one third of a silver mina; and the slave girl remains property of her owner.”  this is really messed up for a lot of reasons.  first off, women are not property, they’re actual people, not something that is exchangeable for money.  second, how is it okay for a crime like that just to be paid for with money.  I do not understand how the “owner” can be okay with compensation.  It is just weird to me that women were so undervalued.