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Exodus 21:15 KJV

"And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death."

Exodus Chapter 21, Verse 15

Exodus 21:15 in Context (Verses 12–18 KJV)

¶ He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

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.

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.

¶ And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

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

¶ And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:^*