Deuteronomy 21:20-22

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²⁰ They must say to the leaders, ‘This is our son. He refuses to obey us. He does not do what we tell him. He only wants to do what will please himself. He drinks too much and he becomes drunk.’

²¹ Then all the men of the city must throw stones at the son until he is dead. In this way, you must remove all evil things like that from among you. Then all Israel's people will hear about what has happened. They will be afraid.

²² A person may do an evil thing so that you punish him with death. If you have hung his dead body on a tree,