Exodus 21:15
He that striketh his father or mother, shall be put to death.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
In Context
16He that shall steal a man, and sell him, being convicted of guilt, shall be put to death.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:24Cursed be he that secretly killeth his neighbour: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labour of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.
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 →