World English Bible
Leviticus 20:9
“For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.”
Verse in context — Leviticus 20
7
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.
8
You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.
9
For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
10
The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
11
The man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
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