23 If there is a young woman, a virgin already engaged to be married, and a man meets her in the town and lies 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.