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Exodus 21:17

+ 21:17. Ex 21:17 (#5.363): Not to curse your father or mother “Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. + 21:17. Quoted in Matt 15:4; Mark 7:10

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

16“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

18+ 21:18. Ex 21:18 (Ex 21:18-19) (#6.381): T. If a person inflicts bodily damage, they are to pay for the damages / R. The court must implement laws against the one who assaults another or damages another’s property T. Directive: The attacker shall care for the victim until the victim returns to health “If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die, but is confined to bed;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12+ 20:12. Ex 20:12; Deut 5:16 (#5.359): T. To honor your father and mother / R. To respect your father and mother T. Note: In Hebrew, the prime root word kavad ·honor, heavy· is used in (Ex 20:12) to describe honoring one’s parents. T. Note: The Hebrew word kavod ·glory, riches, abundance, weight· used to describe the glory of God as in (Ex 33:18, 33:22). The root word of kavod is the prime root word kavad ·honor, heavy·. (See D. Freedman, The Nine Commandments, p76) “Honor your father and your mother, + 20:12. Quoted in Matt 15:4; Mark 7:10 so that your days may be long in the land + 20:12. Quoted in Eph 6:2-3 which Adonai your God gives you.

Deuteronomy 21:18+ 21:18. Deut 21:18, 21:20 (Deut 21:18-21; Gen 9:4-6) (#5.376): Not to be a stubborn and rebellious son T. Example: Stubborn and refusing admonition and discipline from his parents. Not to eat and drink like a glutton and a drunkard. A child living a wild and unrestrained life. R. Note: The punishment is stoning to death, yet Judaism does not have any record of this consequence being administered If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not sh'ma ·hear obey· the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them;

Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘ Amen ·So be it·.’

Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses their father, 2 and does not bless their mother. 1

Matthew 15:3He answered them, “Why do you also disobey ·to be contrary, to violate and overstep command, to pass over without touching anything· the commandment of God because of your tradition?

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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