Deuteronomy 21:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“his 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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“his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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;”
King James Version · Public Domain“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;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 21:19 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 21:2your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
- Deuteronomy 25:7But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
- 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 prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
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