21 then they shall bring out the girl to the doorway of her father's house , and the men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed an act of folly in Israel by playing the harlot in her father's house ; thus you shall purge the evil from among you.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:21
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.