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Deuteronomy 21:14-19 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

14. If you are not pleased with her and choose to divorce her, set her free. You cannot sell her. You had sexual relations with her, so you must not treat her like a slave.

15. “A man might have two wives. He might love one wife more than the other. Both wives might have children for him, but the firstborn son might be from the wife he does not love.

16. When the man divides his property among his children, he cannot give the rights of the firstborn to the son of his favorite wife.

17. The man must accept the firstborn son from the wife he does not love. The man must give that son a double share of everything he owns because that son is his first child. The right of the firstborn belongs to that son.

18. “A man might have a son who is stubborn and refuses to obey. This son does not obey his father or mother. They punish the son, but he still refuses to listen to them.

19. His father and mother must then take him to the leaders of the town at the town meeting place.

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