Sifrei Devarim 238

¹(Devarim 22:18) "Then the elders of the city shall take the man and chastise him.": "the man": and not a minor. ²"and chastise him": with stripes. ³( Ibid . 19) "And they shall punish him": with money (i.e., they shall fine him) ⁴"a hundred silver": Tyrian shekels. ⁵"and they shall give it to the father of the na'arah (a maiden, from twelve to twelve and a half), and not to the father of the bogereth (a mature maid, after twelve and a half). ⁶"and they shall give it to the father of the na'arah ": and not to the father of a convert, whose conception was not in holiness and whose birth was in holiness, (there being no "fatherhood" to a gentile). She does not receive the hundred shekels. ⁷"for he has given out an evil name about a virgin of Israel": He has given out an evil name not only about her alone, but about all the virgins of Israel. ⁸"and to him shall she be as a wife." We are hereby taught that he must "quaff his bitter cup" — even if she be lame or blind or covered with boils. If there were in her a thing of zimah (obscenity) or if she were not fit to marry into Israel, I might think that he were permitted to keep her as a wife; it is, therefore, written "and to him shall she be as a wife" — (connoting) a woman who is (halachically) fit for him (as a wife). ⁹"He shall not be able to send her away all of his days": even after a long passage of time.