Christian Standard Bible
Exodus 21:15
15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death.
Exodus 21:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
- New International Version (NIV)“Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
Context of Exodus 21:15
13But if he did not intend any harm, and yet God allowed it to happen, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee. 14If a person schemes and willfully acts against his neighbor to murder him, you must take him from my altar to be put to death. “Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death. 16“Whoever kidnaps a person must be put to death, whether he sells him or the person is found in his possession. 17“Whoever curses his father or his mother must be put to death.
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וּמַכֵּ֥ה אָבִ֛יו וְאִמּ֖וֹ מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Exodus 21:15
- Deuteronomy 21:18“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother and doesn’t listen to them even after they discipline him,
- Deuteronomy 27:24‘The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
- Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
- 1 Timothy 1:9We know that the law is not meant for a righteous person, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers,
Commentaries on Exodus 21:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15That smiteth his father, or his mother - As such a case argued peculiar depravity, therefore no mercy was to be shown to the culprit.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The following offences were to be punished with death: Striking a parent, compare Deuteronomy 27:16. Cursing a parent, compare the marginal references. Kidnapping, whether with a view to retain the person stolen, or to sell him, compare the marginal references.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 12-21 God, who by his providence gives and maintains life, by his law protects it. A wilful murderer shall be taken even from God's altar. But God provided cities of refuge to protect those whose unhappiness it was, and not their fault, to cause the death of another; for such as by accident, when a man is doing a lawful act, without intent of hurt, happens to kill another. Let children hear the sentence of God's word upon the ungrateful and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-17The crimes of murder, kidnapping, and cursing or striking one’s parents were punished by death. A person who committed murder gave up his own right to live. Human life is very precious in God’s sight. Even when a death was accidental, it could not simply be ignored. However, the law made a difference between murder and accidental killing. God provided places of refuge (see Numbers 35:6–28). These were special towns where a person who killed someone by…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-367-11. if a man sell his daughter--Hebrew girls might be redeemed for a reasonable sum. But in the event of her parents or friends being unable to pay the redemption money, her owner was not at liberty to sell her elsewhere. Should she have been betrothed to him or his son, and either change their minds, a maintenance must be provided for her suitable to her condition as his intended wife, or her freedom instantly granted.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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