Covenant Reformed News – September 2013 • Volume XIV, Issue 17
This article from Covenant Reformed News examines the Old Testament law in Deuteronomy 21:18-21 concerning the punishment of rebellious children, addressing whether such commands were literally executed or serve as examples. The author emphasizes that these laws were given specifically to Israel as God's covenant people in a theocratic context, and explores the significance of children being members of the covenant community.
The Punishment of Rebellious Children (2) Deuteronomy 21:18-21 states, “If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey...