Deuteronomy 21:18

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, even though they correct him, will not listen to them;

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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

17Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he possesses; for that son is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.

19then his father and his mother must lay hold on him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his city.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:15Whoever hits his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Leviticus 19:3Everyone must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

Deuteronomy 8:5You will think about in your heart, how, as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.

2 Samuel 7:14I will be a father to him, and he will be my son. When he sins, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the whipping of the sons of men.

Proverbs 13:24The one who does not discipline his son hates him, 1 but one who loves his son is careful to instruct him. 1

Proverbs 19:18Discipline your son while there is hope 1 and do not set your desire on putting him to death. 1

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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