13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
13 If a man takes a wife and, after sleeping with her, dislikes her
13 "If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then hates her
13 If a man marries a woman, sleeps with her, and then turns on her,
13 "If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and detests her,
13 "Suppose a man marries a woman, but after sleeping with her, he turns against her
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:13
Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:13-30
(Read Deuteronomy 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.