Give them unto the father of the damsel Because this was a reproach to his family, and to himself, as such misconduct of his daughter would have been ascribed to his neglect of properly instructing or watching over her. He may not put her away all his days Thus he was deprived of the common benefit which every Israelite had who did not like his wife, which was to sue out a divorce.
Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 22:19
Deuteronomy 22:19
19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.