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Deuteronomy 21:17-19
Lexham English Bible
Deuteronomy 21:17-19
Lexham English Bible
17 But he shall acknowledge the firstborn son of the disliked wife by giving[a] him a double portion of all that he has,[b] for he is the firstfruit of his vigor;[c] to him is the legal claim of the birthright.[d]
18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son[e] who does not listen to[f] the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they discipline him, and he does not obey[g] 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,[h]
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- Deuteronomy 21:17 Literally “to give”
- Deuteronomy 21:17 Literally “all that is found for him”
- Deuteronomy 21:17 Or “the beginning of his strength”
- Deuteronomy 21:17 Or “the just claim of the firstborn”
- 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”
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