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18 “If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will (A)not obey his father or his mother, and when they discipline him, he will not even listen to them, 19 then his father and mother shall seize him and bring him out to the elders of his city [a]at the gateway of his hometown. 20 Then they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not listen to our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 (B)Then all the men of his city shall stone him, and he will die; so (C)you shall purge the evil from your midst, and (D)all Israel will hear of it and fear.

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  1. Deuteronomy 21:19 Lit and to the gate of his place

18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey the voice of his father and his mother, and they discipline him, but he will not listen to them, 19 then his father and his mother are to take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his hometown. 20 Then they will say to the elders of his city, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He does not obey us. He is a worthless glutton and a drunkard.” 21 Then all the men of his city are to stone him to death, and so you will purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and fear.

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