Leviticus 20:9

For every one that curseth his av or his em shall be surely put to death; he hath cursed his av or his em; his dahm shall be upon him.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

In Context

8And ye shall be shomer over My chukkot, and do them: I am Hashem who sets you apart as kodesh.

10And the ish that committeth adultery with the wife of another ish, even he that committeth adultery with his neighborʼs wife, the no'ef (adulterer) and the no'efet (adulteress) shall surely be put to death.

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:11And the ish that lieth with the wife of his av hath uncovered his fatherʼs nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death; their dahm shall be upon them.

Leviticus 20:27An ish also or isha who is an Ov (Medium) or a Yidoni (Spiritist), shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones; their dahm shall be upon them.

Joshua 2:19And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the delatot of thy bais into the chutzah (street, outside), his dahm shall be upon his rosh, and we will be nekiyyim (free ones); and whosoever shall be with thee in the bais, his dahm shall be on rosheinu (our head), if any yad be laid upon him.

2 Samuel 1:16And Dovid said unto him, Thy dahm be upon thy rosh; for thine own peh hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain Hashemʼs moshiach.

Proverbs 20:20He who curseth aviv or immo, 1 his ner (lamp) shall be put out in deep choshech. 1

Proverbs 30:17The ayin (eye) that mocketh at av, 1 and scorneth to obey em, 1 the ravens of the valley shall peck it out, 1 and the bnei nesher shall eat it. 1

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:2-10

Moral Laws. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.… Read the whole commentary →

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