And all the men of his city shall (l) stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
(l) A death which was also appointed for blasphemers and idolaters: so that to disobey the parents is most horrible.
The formal accusation of parents against a child was to be received without inquiry, as being its own proof. Thus the just authority of the parents is recognized and effectually upheld (compare Exodus...
17. THE EXPIATION OF AN UNCERTAIN MURDER AND VARIOUS INSTRUCTIONS CHAPTER 21 _ 1. The expiation of an unknown murder (Deuteronomy 21:1)_ 2. Concerning a wife, who had been a prisoner of war (Deuter...
Peculiar to D. Here respect for _both_ parents is enforced (see Exodus 20:12; Exodus 21:15); _cf._ CH. § 195, The son's hand which has smitten his _father_ shall be cut off (see Deuteronomy 15:12 *)....
MEN. Hebrew, plural of _ish_, or _'enosh._ App-14....
Of a Disobedient Son If a man have a son, who, in spite of his parents" rebuke, fails to obey them (Deuteronomy 21:18), they shall bring him forth to the gate, and state the case to the elders of the...
_stone_ Heb. _ragam_as in Ar.; only here in D, which elsewhere has _saḳal_, see on Deuteronomy 13:10 (11), but found in JE (Joshua 7:25), H (Leviticus 20:2;...
(2) THE TREATMENT OF STUBBORN SONS (Deuteronomy 21:18-21) 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and though they chaste...
_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:_ If a man ha...
EXPIATION OF UNDETECTED HOMICIDE. MARRIAGE OF CAPTIVE WOMEN. PUNISHMENT OF A REBELLIOUS SON The last sub-section of the Second Discourse begins here, containing a variety of social and domestic regul...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 21 V1 ‘Suppose that there has been a murder. Then someone finds the dead body in a field. It is...
Deuteronomy 21:18. THE INCORRIGIBLE SON. (18) IF A MAN HAVE A STUBBORN AND REBELLIOUS SON. — Here we are again reminded that the Law of Jehovah was also the civil and criminal law of Israel. The syste...
וּ֠ רְגָמֻהוּ כָּל ־אַנְשֵׁ֨י עִירֹ֤ו בָֽ †...
THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ISRAELITE LIFE IT has often and justly been said that the life of Israel is so entirely founded on the grace and favor of God that no distinction is made between the secular an...
Sundry laws affecting the life of the people in the land after the conquest were now uttered. The sin of murder was once again dealt with. This time it was the murder of a person which could not be tr...
It is very worthy observation; how exceedingly jealous the LORD hath manifested himself for the honor of his law. The ties of nature were all to give way when the honour of GOD stood in competition. S...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19, 20, AND 21. Chapter 19 opens with ordinances which contemplate the people in possession and enjoyment of the land; they were to observe them, that the la...
AND ALL THE MEN OF HIS CITY SHALL STONE HIM WITH STONES, THAT HE DIE,.... The populace; that is, after his trial is finished, and he is condemned to die; and he was not stoned until the three first ju...
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. Ver. 21. _Shall hear and fear._] _See Trapp on ...
1 The expiation of an vncertaine murder. 10 The vsage of a captiue taken to wife. 15 The first borne is not to be disinherited vpon priuate affection. 18 A stubburne sonne is to bee stoned to death...
PUNISHMENT OF A REBELLIOUS CHILD...
And all the men of his city, not the parents themselves, who had no power over life and death, SHALL STONE HIM WITH STONES THAT HE DIE, the whole city agreeing that the case is clear beyond question;...
UNSOLVED MURDER (vs.1-9) If one was killed and his body found removed from any city or town, the murderer being unknown, then elders and judges of Israel were required to ascertain what was the near...
18-21 Observe how the criminal is here described. He is a stubborn and rebellious son. No child was to fare the worse for weakness of capacity, slowness, or dulness, but for wilfulness and obstinacy....
Stoning was the punishment appointed for blasphemers and idolaters; which if it seem severe, it is to be considered that parents are in God's stead, and intrusted in good measure with his authority ov...
"If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him; then _ thy elders_ and _ thy judges"_ the guardians of...
Deuteronomy 21:21 men H582 city H5892 stone H7275 (H8804) death H4191 (H8804) stones H68 away H1197 ...
REBELLION AGAINST PARENTAL AUTHORITY (DEUTERONOMY 21:18). Parental concern for the son as revealed in Deuteronomy 21:15 now leads on to the case where a son is a rebellious troublemaker. Again the des...
CONTENTS: Inquest for the slain. Domestic regulations. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: We are to have a dread of the guilt of blood, which defiles not only the conscience of the murderer but the...
Deuteronomy 21:4. _A rough valley._ The guilt being transferred to the heifer, the slaying it in a cultivated field would have polluted the ground. The Hebrew altar allowed of no victim to be offered...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 21:18 Breaking the fifth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:16) brought the death penalty. Parents were to report their own rebellious children to the authorit
CRITICAL NOTES.—The reason for grouping these five laws, apparently so different from one another, as well as for attaching them to the previous regulations is found in the desire to bring out distinc...
EXPOSITION EXPIATION OF UNCERTAIN MURDER. TREATMENT OF A CAPTIVE TAKEN TO WIFE. RIGHTS OF THE FIRSTBORN. A REBELLIOUS, REFRACTORY SON TO BE JUD
Now in the 21st chapter. If you find a dead body out in the field and you don't know the circumstances of the death; here's a man; he's dead in the field. Then they are to measure from that dead body...
Deuteronomy 13:10; Deuteronomy 13:11; Deuteronomy 13:5; Deuteronomy 17:5;...