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Deuteronomy 21:21 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 21 · verse 21
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.Deuteronomy 21:21 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 21:21 in context
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;
20And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
22And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
23His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- stonesʼebena stoneH68 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- stonerâgamto cast togetherH7275 →
- amongqerebproperly, the nearest partH7130 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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Here is, I. A law for the punishing of a rebellious son. Having in the former law provided that parents should not deprive their children of their right, it was fit that it should next be provided that children withdraw not the honour and duty which are owing to their parents, for there is no partiality in the divine…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-23