Exodus 21:17

And he who curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And whosoever stealeth a soul of the house of Israel and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, shall be surely put to death.

18And when men contend, and a man smiteth his neighbour with a stone or with his fist, and he die not, but fall upon his bed;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth to thee.

Deuteronomy 21:18If a man hath a son perverse and rebellious, who will not obey the word of his father or his mother, and, though they instruct him, will not hearken to them;

Deuteronomy 27:16Accursed be he who contemneth his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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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