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Deuteronomy 21:19
Deuteronomy 21:19 is verse 19 of Deuteronomy chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
King James Version
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;
World English Bible
then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place.
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Deuteronomy 21:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
19 his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
20 and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
21 Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 21:2your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
Deuteronomy 16:18You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
Deuteronomy 25:7But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
Zechariah 13:3And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.