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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 22:21/אבן עזרא על דברים כ״ב:כ״א
אוסקלוה. שיתכן שאחר שארסה שכב איש אותה כי המארס לא ארם אותה רק היא אומרת שהיא בתולה ומעתיקי הדת בארו הדבר באר היטב ואלה הבתולים ימצאו עד זמן קצוב וכפי תולדת הנערות ובעבור וסקלוה נסמכה פרשת הבעולה והמאורסה:
1SHALL STONE HER. Someone most likely slept with her after he betrothed her, for the one who betrothed her would not have done so unless she told him that she was a virgin. The transmitters of the law explained the matter very clearly.59 The signs of virginity are found until a fixed time, according to the nature of young ladies.60 59a, “And he (the High Priest) shall take a wife in her virginity (Lev. 21:13) excludes one who is a bogeret (a female above the age of 12 1/2) for her virginity has ended.” I.E. took this statement literally. However, other rabbis interpret this to mean that older women bleed less than those younger than 12 1/2. See Tosafot, Yevamot 59a. Also see Ketuvot 9a,b and Rashi and Tosafot comments there. Also see Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Ishut 11:12,13. The law dealing with a married women was connected to the law of the betrothed damsel because Scripture states, and the men of the city shall stone her.61