But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
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Interpretation
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.
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This thought runs through Deuteronomy 22:18-21.