Bible verse

Exodus 21:15

Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Exodus 21:15 · BSB

Exodus 21:15 in context

The verses around it, from Exodus 21.

11 If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.

12 Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.

13 If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

14 But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

15 Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

16 Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

17 Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

18 If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

19 then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.

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Exodus 21:15 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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