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This must refer to an unexpected occurrence. Intercourse during the acknowledged period was a heavy crime, and was to be punished by “cutting off” …

And if any man lie with her. —For committing this gross act presumptuously, both parties to it were punished with death. …

And if any man lie with her at all
Not presumptuously but ignorantly, as Aben Ezra observes; for he was guilty of cu…

We need not be overly meticulous in explaining these laws; but we have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, n…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes