Deuteronomy 21:19
in Deuteronomy 21his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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;
KJV
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;
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This verse in Deuteronomy 21
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd it cannot reasonably be supposed that both would agree without the son's abominable and incorrigible wickedness, in which case it seems a righteous law, because the crime of rebellion against his own parents did so fully signify what a pernicious member he would be in the commonwealth of Israel, who had dissolved all his natural obligations.
This site's exposition
If a man have two wives
on Deuteronomy 21:15-21
Both household laws take the matter out of the father's hands. The double portion is protected against a father's preference for a favoured wife's son, and the phrase used of the firstborn here, the beginning of his strength, is Jacob's phrase for Reuben at Genesis 49:3, spoken in the house where Genesis 29:31 says Leah was hated. Albert Barnes observes that a father could still set the birthright aside for cause, as Jacob did with Reuben, and that what this statute forbids is doing it out of partiality. A stubborn son is then brought by both parents to the elders in the gate and charged as a glutton and a drunkard, the pair of words at Proverbs 23:20, and the stoning is done by the men of the city, while the rabbinic tradition collected in tractate Sanhedrin narrows the conditions so far that it preserves the opinion that no such case ever came to trial.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him,....
And, how difficult soever tender parents now find it to reconcile themselves to the just punishment of their rebellious children, in the day of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God all natural affection will be so entirely swallowed up in divine love that they will acquiesce even in the condemnation of those children, because God will be therein for ever glorified.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְתָ֥פְשׂוּ | vetafesu | and they will seize | H8610 → | 65 times |
| ב֖וֹ | vo | <in> <the> him | ||
| אָבִ֣יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְאִמּ֑וֹ | veimo | and mother his | H517 → | 220 times |
| וְהוֹצִ֧יאוּ | vehotziu | and they will bring out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֹת֛וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| זִקְנֵ֥י | ziknei | [the] elders of | H2205 → | 178 times |
| עִיר֖וֹ | iro | city his | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| שַׁ֥עַר | shaar | [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ | mekomo | place his | H4725 → | 401 times |
וְתָ֥פְשׂוּand they will seize
vetafesuH8610 →65 times
ב֖וֹ<in> <the> him
vo
אָבִ֣יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
וְאִמּ֑וֹand mother his
veimoH517 →220 times
וְהוֹצִ֧יאוּand they will bring out
vehotziuH3318 →1067 times
אֹת֛וֹ<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
זִקְנֵ֥י[the] elders of
zikneiH2205 →178 times
עִיר֖וֹcity his
iroH5892 →1090 times
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
שַׁ֥עַר[the] gate of
shaarH8179 →374 times
מְקֹמֽוֹ׃place his
mekomoH4725 →401 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 18:20
But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put…
- Deuteronomy 13:6–11
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor…
- Jeremiah 23:34
As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.
- Deuteronomy 18:20
Through
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.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 23:4
“Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
- Deuteronomy 1:15–17
So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your…
- Deuteronomy 21:2
your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
- Exodus 18:25–26
So Moses chose capable men from all Israel and made them heads over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
- Deuteronomy 19:17–18
both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
- 1 Chronicles 23:4
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.