Exodus 21:15

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

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14'And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.

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

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:24'Cursed [is] he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, — and all the people have said, Amen.

Proverbs 30:17An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

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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