Exodus 21:15

Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Berean Standard Bible

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 schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

16Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:24‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Proverbs 30:17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour 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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