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The Gravity of the Command
Commentators explain that cursing one's parents was a capital crime, with the punishment being death by stoning. The severity of this penalty underscores the immense importance God places on the family structure and the command to honor one's father and mother, a principle later affirmed by Christ.
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Leviticus
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Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 20:9
19th Century
Bishop
For everyone that curses his father. —The administrators of the Law during the Second Temple laid down the most minute regulation …
John Gill
On Leviticus 20:9
17th Century
Pastor
For everyone that curseth his father or his mother
Here begins the account of the penalties annexed to the several l…
Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 20:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Are we shocked at the unnatural cruelty of the ancient idolaters in sacrificing their children? We may justly be so. But are there not very many pa…