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Leviticus 20:9

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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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  1. Leviticus 20:7

    Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.

  2. Leviticus 20:8

    And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.

  3. Leviticus 20:10

    And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

  4. Leviticus 20:11

    And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.