23 If a damsel, a virgin, be betrothed to some one, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her,

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:23

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.