Deuteronomy 21:18-21
Modern English Version
Dealing With a Rebellious Son
18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have disciplined him, will not listen to them, 19 then his father and his mother are to lay hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city. 20 They shall say to the elders of his city, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not listen to us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” 21 Then all the men of his city must stone him with stones, until he dies. In this way you are to remove the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear.
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Deuteronomy 21:18-21
Lexham English Bible
18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son[a] who does not listen to[b] the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they discipline him, and he does not obey[c] them, 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him, and they shall bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his town,[d] 20 and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us,[e] and he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of his city shall stone him with stones and let him die; and so you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all of Israel will hear, and they will fear.
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- Deuteronomy 21:18 Literally “If shall be for a man, a son stubborn and rebellious”
- Deuteronomy 21:18 Literally “and there is no listening/obedience”
- Deuteronomy 21:18 Or “listen to”
- Deuteronomy 21:19 Literally “place”
- Deuteronomy 21:20 Literally “there is no listening to our voice”
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