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Deuteronomy 21:15-17
International Standard Version
Deuteronomy 21:15-17
International Standard Version
Preferential Treatment Prohibited
15 “If a man has two wives where one is loved but the other is unloved, and both[a] of them bear him sons, but the firstborn is the son of the unloved wife, 16 then when he bequeaths his possessions to his sons, he must not give preference to the firstborn of the beloved wife over the firstborn of the unloved wife. 17 Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn of the unloved wife by giving him double of everything he owns, because he is really the first fruit of his father’s[b] strength. The right of the firstborn belongs to him.”
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- Deuteronomy 21:15 Lit. the one who is loved and who is not loved
- Deuteronomy 21:17 The Heb. lacks father’s
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