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At the elders' gate, an adult faces sober communal judgment while his parents sit protected and supported by relatives. The verse's grave penalty is preserved in text without depicting execution.
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Leviticus 20:9

Parents honored, curses judged

Consequences of Profaning Holiness · Leviticus 20

Story guide: At the elders' gate, an adult faces sober communal judgment while his parents sit protected and supported by relatives. The verse's grave penalty is preserved in text without depicting execution.

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9For any man who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father and his mother; his blood is on him.

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