Deuteronomy - 22:16 Meaning

“And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;”

King James Version (KJV)

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.