| Application to gentiles: |
Required |
| Mandated punishment for violation: |
Death penalty for rape |
| Brief description: |
Once eyewitness testimony can establish that the act was involuntary on the part of the woman, theocratic courts must punish a gentile rapist with capital punishment. Theocratic Law classifies rape as a form of damage, akin to injuring a person, which in the case of a gentile offender is also enforced with the death penalty. |
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| Biblical source(s) (Rambam): |
Deut. 22:29 |
| Biblical source (Sefer HaChinuch): |
Deut. 22:29 |
| Number in Sefer HaChinuch: |
557 |
Sources explaining relevance to gentiles:
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- Ramban, Bereishis 34:13
Noahide law of dinim includes details of an oneis similar to those for Jews, and requires Noahide courts to execute an oneis.
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