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So set yourselves apart to be holy, for I am the Lord your God. Keep all my decrees by putting them into practice, for I am the Lord who makes you holy.

“Anyone who dishonors[a] father or mother must be put to death. Such a person is guilty of a capital offense.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:9 Greek version reads Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of. Compare Matt 15:4; Mark 7:10.

“‘Consecrate yourselves(A) and be holy,(B) because I am the Lord your God.(C) Keep my decrees(D) and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy.(E)

“‘Anyone who curses their father(F) or mother(G) is to be put to death.(H) Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.(I)

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