If
someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his
father and mother, who does not heed them when they discipline
him,then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring
him out to the elders of his town at the gate of that place.1
They shall say to the elders of his town, “This son of ours is
stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a
drunkard.”2
Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death.3
So you shall purge the evil from your midst;4
and all Israel will hear, and be afraid.5
1 So the parents will hand him over for death?
1 So the parents will hand him over for death?
2
Where does “glutton and drunkard” come from? Is that just an
assumption about rebellious sons? Very reminiscent of accusations
against Jesus.
3
Death penalty with no mention of the judicial process. Quite
different than how the Father treated the Prodigal Son in Jesus's
parable, and hard to imagine ever being carried out.
4
Killing a rebellious son is purging evil.
5
Again, the purpose of killing is to put fear and obedience into
others.
Take-home: Obedience to mother and father is highlighted as having extreme importance.
No comments:
Post a Comment