Deuteronomy 21:19 - Easy To Read Version His father and mother must then take him to the leaders of the town at the town meeting place. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, American Standard Version (1901) 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; Common English Bible the father and mother will take the son before the elders of that city at its gates. Catholic Public Domain Version they shall take him and lead him to the elders of the city and to the gate of judgment. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They shall take him and bring him to the ancients of his city, and to the gate of judgment: |
But a man named Ebed Melech heard that those officials had put Jeremiah into the cistern. {\cf2\super [325]} Ebed Melech was a man from Ethiopia, and he was a eunuch {\cf2\super [326]} in the king’s house. King Zedekiah was sitting at the Benjamin Gate. So Ebed Melech left the king’s house and went to talk to the king at that gate.
If a person continues to prophesy, then he will be punished. Even his parents, his own mother and father, will say to him, ‘You have spoken lies in the name of the Lord, so you must die!’ His own mother and father will stab him for prophesying.
“Choose men to be judges and officers in every town that the Lord your God gives you. Every family group must do this. And these men must be fair in judging the people.
“A man might have a son who is stubborn and refuses to obey. This son doesn’t obey his father or mother. They punish the son, but he still refuses to listen to them.
Then your leaders and judges must come out and measure the distance to the towns around the person that was killed.
They must say to the leaders of the town: ‘Our son is stubborn and refuses to obey. He doesn’t do anything we tell him to do. He eats and he drinks too much.’
If the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then the brother’s wife must go to the leaders at the town meeting place. His brother’s wife must say to the leaders, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to keep his brother’s name alive in Israel. He will not do the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’