27 For he came across her in the open country, and there was no one to come to the help of the virgin in answer to her cry.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:27

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.