Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 21:18 
Context21:18 If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail, 1
Deuteronomy 22:15-16
Context22:15 Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity 2 for the elders of the city at the gate. 22:16 The young woman’s father must say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected 3 her.
Deuteronomy 27:22
Context27:22 ‘Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 32:6-7
Context32:6 Is this how you repay 4 the Lord,
you foolish, unwise people?
Is he not your father, your creator?
He has made you and established you.
32:7 Remember the ancient days;
bear in mind 5 the years of past generations. 6
Ask your father and he will inform you,
your elders, and they will tell you.
1 tn Heb “and he does not listen to them.”
2 sn In light of v. 17 this would evidently be blood-stained sheets indicative of the first instance of intercourse. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 302-3.
3 tn Heb “hated.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15.
4 tn Or “treat” (TEV).
5 tc The Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate read 2nd person masculine singular whereas the MT has 2nd person masculine plural. The former is preferred, the latter perhaps being a misreading (בִּינוּ [binu] for בִּינָה [binah]). Both the preceding (“remember”) and following (“ask”) imperatives are singular forms in the Hebrew text.
6 tn Heb “generation and generation.” The repetition of the singular noun here singles out each of the successive past generations. See IBHS 116 §7.2.3b.
