Deuteronomy 21:19

then his father and his mother have laid hold on him, and they have brought him out to [the] elderly of his city, and to the gate of his place,

Literal Standard Version

In The 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;

In Context

18When a man has a son apostatizing and being rebellious—he is not listening to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they have disciplined him, and he does not listen to them—

20and have said to [the] elderly of his city, Our son—this one—is apostatizing and being rebellious; he is not listening to our voice—a glutton and drunkard.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:2then your elderly and yours [of those] judging have gone out and measured to the cities which [are] around the slain one,

Zechariah 13:3And it has been, when one prophesies again, || That his parents, his father and his mother, || Have said to him, You do not live, || For you have spoken falsehood in the Name of YHWH, || And his father and his mother, his parents, || Have pierced him through in his prophesying.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 21:19-23

Punishment of a Rebellious Son; Burial of Malefactors. ( b. c. 1451.) 18 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: 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; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he… Read the whole commentary →

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