Thank you for pointing out my error, that this was a rape, and my reference to that quote was not applicable.
Forcible rape is addressed in the following verse, where “in the field” means, of course, where no one was around to help the woman being raped:
Deuteronomy 22:
“25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die.
26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:”
Of course, we have the difference in this situation that the victim was a man. And, also, that there reportedly was at least one adult male witnesss.
I’m not ordained and have not studied enough to know the full answer for this situation. Perhaps I will look into this.
Certainly, there would be a Scriptural assumption of a responsibility for any witnesses to come to the aid of the rape victim. And according to Scripture there is a responsibility for a rape victim to resist.
Certainly the rapist, under a Biblically-compatible legal system, would be tried with the penalty being death.
Of course (to complete the thought), Deuteronomy 22 goes on to address the virgin damsel that is not betrothed:
“27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
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.”
As us “crazy Bible clingers” know, with the way the Bible addresses sexual morality, the fornication, abortion and government welfare that we see today are avoided. And rape becomes a very infrequent occurrence. Basically, if there is a pregnancy, there is either a marriage or a death sentence.
Old timers will frequently recount situations where the woman’s father sat the couple down and explains that they will be married. I heard one just recently that was a classic, with the gathering at the kitchen table, the head of the househod making the declaration then proceeding to give them a house to start out in.