9If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him. BSB
“Anyone who dishonors father or mother must be put to death. Such a person is guilty of a capital offense. NLT
Children are accountable for their actions!
This was not the outburst of a small child or adolescent but a curse from an adult child. The parents couldn’t carry it out, it had to be brought to the judges of the city.
Most likely was calling down a death curse on one’s parents.
“Elaborate curses, many of which appear to have the nature of magical spells, were current in the ancient Near East, and amongst superstitious people often worked with devastating effect since in the eastern mind the curse carried with itself its own power of execution.” (Harrison)
Deuteronomy 21: 18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, 19his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown, 20and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
21Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
What would our country be like today if rebellious adult children were stoned to death and the evil was purged from among us?
I suspect we wouldn’t have any riots!
Do you hold your children accountable for their actions?
Blessings, David
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