Exodus 21:15

Anyone who hits their father or mother must be executed.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

14But if someone deliberately plans and purposely kills another, you must take them away from my altar and execute them.

16Anyone who kidnaps someone else must be executed, whether the victim is sold or is still in their possession.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:24“A curse on anyone who secretly attacks his neighbor!” Everyone says “Amen!”

Proverbs 30:17People who ridicule their fathers and despise obedience to the mother will have their eyes pecked out by wild ravens and eaten by young vultures.

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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