18:10 “Suppose such a man has 1 a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things 2 mentioned previously
1 tn Heb “begets.”
2 tn Heb “and he does, a brother, from one of these.” If “brother” is retained, it may be an adverbial accusative, “against a brother” (i.e., fellow Israelite). But the form is likely dittographic (note the אח [aleph-heth] combination in the following form).
1 sn These verbs, “pity” and “spare,” echo the judgment oracles in 5:11; 7:4, 9; 8:18; 9:5, 10.
2 sn A similar concept is found in Deut 32:10.