15 Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:15

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.