Verse 19

Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

Referenced Verses

• Deut 16:18 : 18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.
• Deut 21:2 : 2 Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured;
• Deut 25:7 : 7 But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.
• Zech 13:3 : 3 And if anyone goes on acting as a prophet, then his father and his mother who gave him life will say to him, You may not go on living, for you are saying what is false in the name of the Lord; and his father and his mother will put a sword through him when he does so.