Leviticus 20:9 BSB — MannaFest

Leviticus 20:9

If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

KJV

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

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Commentary

2 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 11.9 (253)

But when we wish to examine the very letter of the words as given by Matthew, "He that speaks evil of father or mother, let him die the death," consider whether it was taken from the place where it was written, "Whoso strikes his father or mother, let him die the death; and he that speaks evil of father or mother, let him die the death." For such are the exact words taken from the law with regard to the two commandments; but Matthew has quoted them in part and in an abridged form, and not in the very words.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Curseth - This is not here meant of every perverse expression, but of bitter reproaches or imprecations. His blood shall be upon him - He is guilty of his own death: he deserves to die for so unnatural a crime.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	if	H3588 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	a person	H376 →
אִ֗ישׁ	'Ish	a person	H376 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
יְקַלֵּ֧ל	ye.ka.Lel	he will curse	H7043 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אָבִ֛יו	'a.Viv	father his	H1 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
אִמּ֖וֹ	'i.Mo	mother his	H517 →
מ֣וֹת	Mot	certainly <to die>	H4191 →
יוּמָ֑ת	yu.Mat	he will be put to death	H4191 →
אָבִ֧יו	'a.Viv	father his	H1 →
וְאִמּ֛וֹ	ve.'i.Mo	and mother his	H517 →
קִלֵּ֖ל	ki.Lel	he has cursed	H7043 →
דָּמָ֥יו	da.Mav	blood<s> his	H1818 →
בּֽוֹ׃	bo	[are] on <the> him

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 15:4
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
leads to
- Exodus 21:17
  Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
  Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 20:12
  Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 5:16
  Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 21:18–21
  If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 23:22
  Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Through
Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
leads to
- Matthew 15:4
  For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 30:11
  There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
Through
Deuteronomy 27:16
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
leads to
- Leviticus 19:3
  Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Leviticus

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Leviticus