15 then the girl's father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate .

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.