Exodus 21:15

And he who strikes his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And when a man presumes against his neighbor to slay him with subtlety, you take him from My altar to die.

16And he who steals a man, and has sold him, and he has been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:24“Cursed [is] he who is striking his neighbor in secret.” And all the people have said, “Amen.”

Proverbs 30:17An eye that mocks at a father, || And despises to obey a mother, || Ravens of the valley dig it out, || And 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 →

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