‘And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
‘And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.
‘And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.
A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.
An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
‘Cursed [is] he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, — and all the people have said, Amen.
having known this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane, parricides and matricides, menslayers,