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.
Focused Passage
Leviticus 20:9
Holiness, Judgment, and the LORD Who Sanctifies His People
The chapter begins with penalties for Molek worship and warnings against tolerating child sacrifice, then forbids turning to mediums and spiritists. It calls Israel to consecrate themselves because the LORD sanctifies them. It then gives penalties for cursing parents and for multiple sexual sins, including adultery, incest, same-sex intercourse, and bestiality. The chapter closes by commanding Israel to distinguish clean and unclean, reject the nations' practices, and live as the LORD's separated possession.
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Verse 9
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If כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction anyone אִ֣ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular . . . אִ֗ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Pronoun - relative curses יְקַלֵּ֧ל H7043 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker his father אָבִ֛יו H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker or mother אִמּ֖וֹ H517 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular he must be put to death מ֣וֹת H4191 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute . . . יוּמָ֑ת H4191 Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular He has cursed קִלֵּ֖ל H7043 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular his father אָבִ֧יו H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular or mother וְאִמּ֛וֹ H517 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular his blood דָּמָ֥יו H1818 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular [shall be] upon him בּֽוֹ׃ Preposition | third person masculine singular
BSB notes
- Or dishonors or reviles; similarly again in this verse
- Cited in Matthew 15:4 and Mark 7:10