Deuteronomy 21:17-19
1599 Geneva Bible
17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, and give him [a]double portion for all that he hath: for he is the first of his strength, and to [b]him belongeth the right of firstborn.
18 ¶ If any man have a son that is stubborn and disobedient, which will not hearken unto the voice of his father, nor the voice of his [c]mother, and they have chastened him, and he would not obey them,
19 Then shall his father and his mother take him, and bring him out unto the Elders of his city, and unto the gate of the place where he dwelleth,
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- Deuteronomy 21:17 As much as to two of the others.
- Deuteronomy 21:17 Except he be unworthy, as was Reuben Jacob’s son.
- Deuteronomy 21:18 For it is the mother’s duty also to instruct her children.
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