Deuteronomy 22:17
17 and behold , he has charged her with shameful deeds , saying , "I did not find your daughter a virgin ." But this is the evidence of my daughter's virginity .' And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city .
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:17
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.