Deuteronomy 5:16
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16 (A)Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord, your God, has commanded you, that you may have a long life and that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
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Deuteronomy 5:16
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Deuteronomy 27:16
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16 “Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother!”(A) And all the people shall answer, “Amen!”
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Deuteronomy 27:16
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16 “Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother.”(A)
Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
Exodus 20:12
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12 [a](A)Honor your father and your mother, that you may have a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.(B)
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- 20:12–17 The Decalogue falls into two parts: the preceding precepts refer to God, the following refer primarily to one’s fellow Israelites.
Exodus 20:12
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Exodus 21:15
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15 Whoever strikes father or mother shall be put to death.[a]
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- 21:15 The verb used most often signifies a violent, sometimes deadly, attack. The severe penalty assigned is intended to safeguard the integrity of the family.
Exodus 21:15
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15 “Anyone who attacks[a] their father or mother is to be put to death.
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- Exodus 21:15 Or kills
Exodus 21:17
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17 Whoever curses[a] father or mother shall be put to death.(A)
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- 21:17 Curses: not merely an angrily uttered expletive at one’s parents, but a solemn juridical formula of justifiable retribution which was considered to be legally binding and guaranteed by God.
Exodus 21:17
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17 “Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.(A)
Leviticus 20:9
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9 Anyone who curses father or mother shall be put to death;[a](A) and having cursed father or mother, such a one will bear the bloodguilt.[b]
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- 20:9 Curses father or mother…put to death: this is more than a simple expletive uttered in anger against one’s parents. See note on Ex 21:17.
- 20:9–21 Bloodguilt: these penalties, beginning with cursing one’s parents, reflect the concerns of a patriarchal society that the breakdown of one’s relations with one’s parents can lead to the breakdown of all other familial relationships, resulting in the breakdown of society.
Leviticus 20:9
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9 “‘Anyone who curses their father(A) or mother(B) is to be put to death.(C) Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.(D)
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