DEUTERONOMY 21:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.”
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 — the parental action of bringing the son to the elders (elders at the gate) transfers authority from family to community; the public venue (the gate) makes the judgment a communal act rather than private family discipline.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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