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An older man sits in quiet conversation between two adult men in a household court.
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Deuteronomy 21:16

Do Not Displace the Firstborn

Answer for Innocent Blood and Guard the Household Laws · Deuteronomy 21

Story guide: The father and two sons accompany the prohibition against replacing the firstborn through favoritism.

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16And on the day he gives his sons as an inheritance what belongs to him, he may not treat the son of the loved wife as firstborn over the son of the hated wife, who is the firstborn.

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