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17 “Whoever [a]curses his father or his mother or treats them contemptuously must be put to death.

18 “If men quarrel and one strikes another with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed, 19 if he gets up and walks around leaning on his cane, then the one who struck him shall be left [physically] unpunished; he must only pay for his loss of time [at work], and the costs [of treatment and recuperation] until he is thoroughly healed.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:17 The one who dishonors his parents in this way also dishonors God by violating God’s created order of honor.

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