Ki Teitzei, כִּי-תֵצֵא

Passages

Torah: Deuteronomy 21:10 - 21:21
Gospel: Acts 12:19 - 12:24

Torah — Deuteronomy 21:10 - 21:21

21:10 “When you go out for battle against your enemies, and Yahweh your God gives them into your hand, and you lead the captives away,

21:11 and you see among the captives a woman beautiful in appearance, and you become attached to her and you want to take her as a wife,

21:12 then you shall bring her into your household, and she shall shave her head, and she shall trim her nails.

21:13 And she shall remove the clothing of her captivity from her, and she shall remain in your house, and she shall mourn her father and her mother a full month, and after this you may have sex with her, and you may marry her, and she may become your wife.

21:14 And then if you do not take delight in her, then you shall let her go to do whatever she wants, but you shall not treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

21:15 “If a man has two wives, and the one is loved and the other one is disliked and the one loved and the one that is disliked have borne for him sons, if it happens that the firstborn son belongs to the one that is disliked,

21:16 nevertheless it will be the case that on the day of bestowing his inheritance upon his sons, he will not be allowed to treat as the firstborn son the son of the beloved wife in preference to the son of the disliked wife, who is the firstborn son.

21:17 But he shall acknowledge the firstborn son of the disliked wife by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruit of his vigor; to him is the legal claim of the birthright.

21:18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not listen to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they discipline him, and he does not obey them,

21:19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him, and they shall bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his town,

21:20 and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us, and he is a glutton and a drunkard.’

21:21 Then all the men of his city shall stone him with stones and let him die; and so you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all of Israel will hear, and they will fear.

21:10 Getting Married to a Woman Who Is Your Prisoner Suppose you go to war against your enemies. And the Lord your God hands them over to you and you take them as prisoners.

21:11 Then you notice a beautiful woman among them. If you like her, you can get married to her.

21:12 Bring her home. Have her shave her head. Have her cut her nails.

21:13 Have her throw away the clothes she was wearing when she was captured. Let her live in your house and sob over her parents for a full month. Then you can go to her and be her husband. And she will be your wife.

21:14 But suppose you aren’t pleased with her. Then let her go where she wants to. You must not sell her. You must not treat her as a slave. You have already brought shame on her.

21:15 The Rights of the Oldest Son Suppose a man has two wives. He loves one but not the other. And both of them have sons by him. But the oldest son is the son of the wife the man doesn’t love.

21:16 Someday he’ll leave his property to his sons. When he does, he must not give the rights of the oldest son to the son of the wife he loves. He must give those rights to his oldest son. He must do it even though his oldest son is the son of the wife he doesn’t love.

21:17 He must recognize the full rights of the oldest son, even though that son is the son of the wife he doesn’t love. He must give that son a double share of everything he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength. So the rights of the oldest son belong to him.

21:18 A Stubborn Son Suppose someone has a very stubborn son. He doesn’t obey his father and mother. And he won’t listen to them when they try to correct him.

21:19 Then his parents will take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town.

21:20 They will say to the elders, “This son of ours is very stubborn. He won’t obey us. He wastes his money. He’s always getting drunk.”

21:21 Then all of the people in his town will put him to death by throwing stones at him. Get rid of that evil person. All of the people of Israel will hear about it. And they will be afraid to disobey their parents.

Gospel — Acts 12:19 - 12:24

12:19 And when Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and ordered that they be led away to execution. And he came down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

12:20 Herod’s Gruesome Death Now he was very angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians. So they came to him with one purpose, and after persuading Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country was supported with food from the king’s country.

12:21 So on an appointed day Herod, after putting on royal clothing and sitting down on the judgment seat, began to deliver a public address to them.

12:22 But the people began to call out loudly, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”

12:23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give the glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died.

12:24 But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.

Passages

Torah — Deuteronomy 21:10 - 21:21

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Gospel — Acts 12:19 - 12:24

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