Deuteronomio 21:18

18 Si un hombre tiene un hijo terco y rebelde que no obedece a su padre ni a su madre, y cuando lo castigan, ni aun así les hace caso,

Deuteronomio 21:18 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:18

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son
It is observed ^F23 that this law quickly follows, and is subjoined to that which relates to the marriage of a woman taken captive, because often from such marriages wicked and refractory children have sprung, and which they exemplify in the case of Absalom, whose mother they say David took in war and married: the character of such a son follows, and by which it may be known that he is stubborn and rebellious; stubborn in his nature, and rebellious in his actions; behaves contrary to the laws of God, and the instructions of his parents; what he should do, that he does not; and what he should not do, that he does; will not do what is commanded him, and will do what is forbidden him, notwithstanding all counsels, admonitions, and corrections given him;

which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his
mother;
is disobedient to the commands of either of them; see ( Proverbs 30:17 ) and, when they have chastened him, will not hearken to them; when they have reproved him by words, and corrected him with blows; the Jews understand this of scourging or beating by the order of the sanhedrim, after admonition given; it is said ^F24,

``they admonish him before three (a court of judicature consisting of three judges), and they beat him; but it seems rather to respect private corrections of their own by words and stripes, which having no effect, they were to proceed as follows.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Moses Kotensis Mitzvot Torah, pr. affirm. 122. Kimchi in 2 Sam. 3. 3.
F24 Misn. Sandedrin, c. 8. sect. 4.

Deuteronomio 21:18 In-Context

16 el día que reparta lo que tiene entre sus hijos, no puede él hacer primogénito al hijo de la amada con preferencia al hijo de la aborrecida, que es el primogénito,

17 sino que reconocerá al primogénito, al hijo de la aborrecida, dándole una porción doble de todo lo que tiene, porque él es el principio de su vigor; a él pertenece el derecho de primogenitura.

18 Si un hombre tiene un hijo terco y rebelde que no obedece a su padre ni a su madre, y cuando lo castigan, ni aun así les hace caso,

19 el padre y la madre lo tomarán y lo llevarán fuera a los ancianos de su ciudad, a la puerta de su ciudad natal,

20 y dirán a los ancianos de la ciudad: "Este hijo nuestro es terco y rebelde, no nos obedece, es glotón y borracho."