Exodus 21:20
If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
Note punished: Heb. avenged
“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, the man shall surely be punished.
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- smite
- Exodus 21:26, 27; Deuteronomy 19:21; Proverbs 29:19; Isaiah 58:3, 4
- he shall
- Genesis 9:6; Numbers 35:30–33
- punished
- Heb. avenged.
- Genesis 4:15, 24; Numbers 35:19; Romans 13:4