The 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 chastened him, will not heed them, 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city. 20 And they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones; (A)so you shall put away the evil from among you, (B)and all Israel shall hear and fear.

Miscellaneous Laws

22 “If a man has committed a sin (C)deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 (D)his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that (E)you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance; for (F)he who is hanged is accursed of God.

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A Rebellious Son

18 If someone has a stubborn and rebellious(A) son(B) who does not obey his father and mother(C) and will not listen to them when they discipline him, 19 his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. 20 They shall say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” 21 Then all the men of his town are to stone him to death.(D) You must purge the evil(E) from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.(F)

Various Laws

22 If someone guilty of a capital offense(G) is put to death and their body is exposed on a pole, 23 you must not leave the body hanging on the pole overnight.(H) Be sure to bury(I) it that same day, because anyone who is hung on a pole is under God’s curse.(J) You must not desecrate(K) the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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20 (A)Do not mix with winebibbers,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

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20 Do not join those who drink too much wine(A)
    or gorge themselves on meat,
21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor,(B)
    and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

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