Exodus 21:15

He that smiteth his father, or his mother, die he by death. (He who striketh his father, or his mother, shall be put to death.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14If any man slayeth his neighbour by before-casting, and by ambush, draw thou him away from mine altar, that he die (or and put him to death).

16He that curseth his father, or mother, die he by death. (He who curseth his father, or his mother, shall be put to death.)

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:24Cursed is he that slayeth privily his neighbour; and all the people shall say, Amen! (or Cursed is anyone who secretly killeth his neighbour; and all the people shall say, Amen!) Cursed is he that sleepeth with his neighbour’s wife; and all the people shall say, Amen!

Proverbs 30:17(Let the) Crows of the strand peck out that eye, that scorneth the father, and that despiseth the child-bearing of his mother; and (let) the young of an eagle eat that eye.

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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