The following offenses were to be punished with death:

• Striking a parent .
• Cursing a parent (Compare the marginal references)…

And he that smiteth his father ... — With homicide are joined some other offences, regarded as heinous and made punishabl…

The commandment is now enforced by the threat of capital punishment for its violation. Yet, this does not mean it includes all who have in…

And he that smites his father or his mother
With his fist, or with a stick, or cane, or such thing, though they died…

God, who by His providence gives and maintains life, by His law protects it. A willful murderer shall be taken even from God's altar. But God provi…