God the author of a morally heinous crime? C'mon guys and gals. Im not the most versed biblical scholar in the world but what does Dueteronomy mean to anyone? Probably nothing. In Hebrew it has meaning, if im not mistaken (MH help me out here) it means words of words already said or spoken. 'Devarim'' is simply clarifying something not specifically mentioned the first time the commandment was written.
The original commandment can be found in the christian titled book Exodus. In Shemot 22:16 It says if a man seduces a woman and lies with her and is found out he is to marry her, not permitted to divorce and he will also be responsible to pay the bride price to young womans father. Since it was seduction it is consensual between two people. However the man is not permitted to just go about as he pleases sowing his wild oats. So they both must follow through with their action and they are to be married. Devarim concerns the same issue but goes further and identifies the minimum amount of the bride price. 'To take' a woman and lie with her in this instance is speaking of seduction. It is what we still call today a shot gun wedding.
The crime which you are speaking of is if a man is accused of forcable rape the commandment is dramatically different. He is to be tried and punished as if he had commited murder and if found guilty he was put to death.
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