Deuteronomy 21:18

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not hearken to the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

In Context

17but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the first-fruits of his strength, the right of the first-born is his.

19then 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;

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Cross References

Exodus 21:15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

Leviticus 19:3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep My sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 8:5And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

2 Samuel 7:14I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son; if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

Proverbs 13:24He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Proverbs 19:18Chasten thy son, for there is hope; but set not thy heart on his destruction.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 21:16-18

The Right of the Firstborn. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: 16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn: 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that… Read the whole commentary →

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