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16 In the day he divides his inheritance[a] he must not appoint as firstborn the son of the favorite wife in place of the other wife’s[b] son who is actually the firstborn.

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  1. Deuteronomy 21:16 tn Heb “when he causes his sons to inherit what is his.”
  2. Deuteronomy 21:16 tn Heb “the hated.”

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.(A)

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