International Children’s Bible

Deuteronomy 21:14-22 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

14. But you might not be pleased with her. Then let her go anywhere she wants. You must not sell her for money. You must not make her a slave. You have taken away her honor.

15. A man may have two wives. He might love one wife but not the other. Both wives might have sons by him. But the older son might be the son of the wife he does not love.

16. Someday that man must will his property to his sons. But he must not give the son of the wife he loves what belongs to the older son. The older son is the son of the wife the man does not love.

17. He must agree to give the older son two shares of everything he owns. The older son is from the wife he does not love. That son was the first to prove his father could have children. So he has the rights that belong to the older son.

18. A man might have a son who is stubborn. The son turns against his father and mother and doesn’t obey them. He will not listen when they correct him.

19. His parents must take him to the elders at the city gate.

20. They will say to the leaders, “Our son is stubborn and turns against us. He will not obey us. He eats too much. And he is always drunk.”

21. Then all the men in his town must throw stones at him until he dies. Get rid of the evil among you. All the people of Israel will hear about this and be afraid.

22. A man might be guilty of a sin worthy of death. He must be put to death and his body displayed on a tree.