John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:17
And, lo, he hath given occasion of speech against her ,.... In the neighbourhood where they dwell; has been the cause of persons speaking reproachfully of her, as one of ill fame: saying, l found not thy daughter a maid ; so that it seems he said this not only to his neighbours, and before a court of judicature, but to the parents of the damsel: and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity ; which were brought with him, and produced in open court: and they shall spread... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:13-30
These laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint by laying a penalty upon those fleshly lusts which war against the soul. I. If a man, lusting after another woman, to get rid of his wife slander her and falsely accuse her, as not having the virginity she pretended to when he married her, upon the disproof of his slander he must be punished, Deut. 22:13-19. What the meaning of that evidence is by which the husband's accusation was to be proved false the learned are not agreed,... read more