Deuteronomy 21:19
“Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out vnto the Elders of his citie, and vnto the gate of his place:”
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Deuteronomy 21:19 Context
17But hee shall acknowledge the sonne of the hated for the first borne, by giuing him a double portion of all that hee hath: for hee is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first borne is his. 18¶ If a man haue a stubborne and rebellious sonne, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that when they haue chastened him, wil not hearken vnto them: 19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out vnto the Elders of his citie, and vnto the gate of his place: 20And they shall say vnto the Elders of his citie, This our sonne is stubborne, and rebellious, hee will not obey our voice: he is a glutton, & a drunkard. 21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that hee die: so shalt thou put euill away from among you, and all Israel shall heare, & feare.
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Other Translations for Deuteronomy 21:19
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
- King James Version
then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;
- Basic English Bible
then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
- Darby Bible
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;
- Webster's Bible
then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;
- World English Bible
then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place,
- Youngs Literal Bible
then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Deuteronomy 21:19
21:19 His father and mother - The consent of both is required to prevent the abuse of this law to cruelty. And it cannot reasonably be supposed that both would agree without the son's abominable and incorrigible wickedness, in which case it seems a righteous law, because the crime of rebellion against his own parents did so fully signify what a pernicious member he would be in the commonwealth of Israel, who had dissolved all his natural obligations. Unto the elders - Which was a sufficient caution to preserve children from the malice of any hard - hearted parents, because these elders were first to examine the cause with all exactness, and then to pronounce the sentence.