Digest of Biblical Civil Law

Deut. 22:28-29 was not meant to be limited to the land of Israel under the Old Covenant.  This passage does not order capital punishment in the case where a young man forcibly seduces a young girl, but commands him to marry her. This law was clearly being followed to the letter in Genesis 34:1ff., which concerns the relations between Shechem and Dinah. Because Simeon and Levi broke the not-yet-written law, Jacob condemned their actions (Gen. 49:5-7).

- James Jordan, The Law of the Covenant 51 (1984), at http://www.garynorth.com/freebooks/:  HTML, DjVu.