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Exodus 21:17 KJV
Exodus · chapter 21 · verse 17
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.Exodus 21:17 · King James Version
Exodus 21:17 in context
15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
17And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
18And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
19If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- cursethqâlalto be light, literally or figurativelyH7043 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- motherʼêma motherH517 →
- surelymûwthto dieH4191 →
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Here is, I. A law concerning murder. He had lately said, Thou shalt not kill; here he provides, 1. For the punishing of wilful murder (Exo 21:12): He that smiteth a man, whether upon a sudden passion or in malice prepense, so that he die, the government must take care that the murderer be put to death, according to…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-21