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Exodus 21:15

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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.

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 death.

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

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
KJV
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
WEB
“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
ASV
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
DARBY
And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.
BLB
And the one who strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
ÅB
Den som slår faren eller moren sin, skal late livet.
OTB
«Enhver som slår sin far eller mor, skal sannelig bli dømt til døden.
B1930
Den som slår sin far eller sin mor, skal visselig late livet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 30:11

    There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

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  • Deuteronomy 21:18–21

    If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

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  • 1 Timothy 1:9

    Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

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  • Deuteronomy 27:24

    Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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  • Proverbs 30:17

    The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

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