26 Do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no crime worthy of death. She is as innocent as a murder victim.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:26

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.