Exodus 21:15

Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And if any one lie in wait for his neighbour to slay him by craft, and he go for refuge, thou shalt take him from my altar to put him to death.

16He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:24Cursed is he that smites his neighbour secretly: and all the people shall say, So be 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 →

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