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Leviticus 20:9 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 9. 9For 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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Quick Meaning
This verse assigns a death penalty for cursing father or mother in this legal collection.
Read It With
- Leviticus 20:6-9
Place Leviticus 20:9 inside 20:6-9. This verse assigns a death penalty for cursing father or mother in this legal collection. Its surrounding procedure or case makes the larger point: Turning to mediums brings divine opposition, Israel is told to sanctify itself, and cursing father or mother receives a death formula.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The unit needs this detail before it can reach its next action or distinction: this verse assigns a death penalty for cursing father or mother in this legal collection.
What Remains True
Assigns a death penalty for cursing father or mother in this legal collection. Within Leviticus 20:6-9, this contributes to the larger claim that turning to mediums brings divine opposition, Israel is told to sanctify itself, and cursing father or mother receives a death formula.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 20:9, keep the verse inside Leviticus 20:6-9. Hold this boundary: The parent-cursing penalty must not be used to terrorize children, suppress abuse reports, or demand compliance with harmful parents. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
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Read Leviticus 20:6-9 — Mediums, holiness, and parent-cursing penalties are joinedSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 20:6-9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 20:6-9
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2025-12-31
Supports: Unit-bounded translator notes on Hebrew, syntax, ritual vocabulary, measures, textual questions, and older-English wording; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Leviticus PDF, complete PDF pp. 1-99, translation and translator notes for 20:6-9
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