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Deuteronomy 21:15-17
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15 “If a man has two wives, the one loved and (A)the other [a]unloved, and both the loved and the [b]unloved have borne him sons, if the firstborn son belongs to the [c]unloved, 16 then it shall be in the day he [d]wills what he has to his sons, he cannot make the son of the loved the firstborn before the son of the [e]unloved, who is the firstborn. 17 But he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the [f]unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that [g]he has, for he is the (B)beginning of his strength; (C)to him belongs the right of the firstborn.

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  1. Deuteronomy 21:15 Lit hated
  2. Deuteronomy 21:15 Lit hated
  3. Deuteronomy 21:15 Lit hated
  4. Deuteronomy 21:16 Lit makes to inherit
  5. Deuteronomy 21:16 Lit hated
  6. Deuteronomy 21:17 Lit hated
  7. Deuteronomy 21:17 Lit is found with him
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Deuteronomy 21:15-17
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The Right of the Firstborn

15 If a man has two wives,(A) and he loves one but not the other, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son of the wife he does not love,(B) 16 when he wills his property to his sons, he must not give the rights of the firstborn to the son of the wife he loves in preference to his actual firstborn, the son of the wife he does not love.(C) 17 He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double(D) share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength.(E) The right of the firstborn belongs to him.(F)

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