Deuteronomy 21:15-17 (New International Version)

View In My Bible

Footnotes (a-z)
Cross references (#)
One verse per line

The Right of the Firstborn

15 If a man has two wives,¹ and he loves one but not the other, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son of the wife he does not love,² 16 when he wills his property to his sons, he must not give the rights of the firstborn to the son of the wife he loves in preference to his actual firstborn, the son of the wife he does not love.³ 17 He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double⁴ share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father's strength.⁵ The right of the firstborn belongs to him.⁶

<< Deuteronomy 21:14Deuteronomy 21:15-17Deuteronomy 21:18 >>

Read Deuteronomy 21 View in parallel Compare Translations

Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online)

Study Tools Footnotes Cross References Video