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Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amen.
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A Curse on Hidden Contempt
Commentators like John Gill and John Calvin emphasize that this curse targets secret contempt for parents—disrespect shown in the heart or through private gestures. While public cursing of parents was a capital offense, this law addresses the hidden attitude of the heart, which God alone sees and judges.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(). The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place.
(Deuteronomy 27:12,[Refe…
19th Century
Anglican
Cursed be he that setteth light. —The first curse points to the first two commandments of the first table, and the second to the f…
16th Century
Protestant
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father. What follows refers to the Second Table of the Law; and first, He pronounces those cursed w…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Cursed [be] he that sets light by his father, or hismotherThat secretly despises them…
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