Deuteronomy 21:19

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;

Then shall his father {H1} and his mother {H517} lay hold {H8610} on him, and bring him out {H3318} unto the elders {H2205} of his city {H5892}, and unto the gate {H8179} of his place {H4725};

then his father and mother are to take hold of him and bring him out to the leaders of his town, at the gate of that place,

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,

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;

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Cross-References

  • Zechariah 13:3 (2 votes)

    And it shall come to pass, [that] when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

  • Deuteronomy 25:7 (2 votes)

    And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.

  • Deuteronomy 21:2 (2 votes)

    Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which [are] round about him that is slain:

  • Deuteronomy 16:18 (2 votes)

    ¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.