Exodus 21:15

Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

In Context

14But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.

16Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:24Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.

Proverbs 30:17The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:13-22

12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to… Read the whole commentary →

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