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A Formal Legal Proceeding
Commentators explain that bringing a son "unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate" was a formal legal action. The city gate was the public space for judicial proceedings. This ensured the case was handled by a legitimate court, not by parents acting alone in anger, transforming a family issue into a community legal matter.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 21:18–21
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 21:18–21
19th Century
Bishop
Deuteronomy 21:18–21. THE INCORRIGIBLE SON.
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son ([Reference De…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 21:19
17th Century
Pastor
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him
With their own hands, or cause him to be apprehended by others,…
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 21:18–21
17th Century
Minister
Observe how the criminal is described here. He is a stubborn and rebellious son. No child was to be punished for lack of ability, slowness, or dull…