John Gill Commentary Deuteronomy 22:20

"But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;" — Deuteronomy 22:20 (ASV)

But if this thing is true Which the husband of the damsel laid to her charge, that she was no virgin when married to him, and she had committed whoredom, of which there was plain proof:

and the tokens of virginity are not found for the damsel by her parents, or those who had the care of her; or no sufficient reason could be assigned for the want of them, through any family defect, or any disorder of her own; which, as Maimonides ^F26 says, the judges were to inquire into.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F26: Hilchot Ishot, c. 11. sect. 12.