13 'When a man taketh a wife, and hath gone in unto her, and hated her, 14 and laid against her actions of words, and brought out against her an evil name, and said, This woman I have taken, and I draw near unto her, and I have not found in her tokens of virginity: 15 'Then hath the father of the damsel—and her mother—taken and brought out the tokens of virginity of the damsel unto the elders of the city in the gate, 16 and the father of the damsel hath said unto the elders, My daughter I have given to this man for a wife, and he doth hate her; 17 and lo, he hath laid actions of words, saying, I have not found to thy daughter tokens of virginity—and these 'are' the tokens of the virginity of my daughter! and they have spread out the garment before the elders of the city. 18 'And the elders of that city have taken the man, and chastise him, 19 and fined him a hundred silverlings, and given to the father of the damsel, because he hath brought out an evil name on a virgin of Israel, and she is to him for a wife, he is not able to send her away all his days.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:13-19
Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:13-30
(Read Deuteronomy 22:13-30)
These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint upon fleshly lusts which war against the soul.