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Honor your father and your mother is one of the Ten Commandments , which are widely understood as moral imperatives by legal scholars, Jewish scholars, Catholic scholars, and Post-Reformation scholars. The Book of Exodus describes the Ten Commandments as being spoken by God to Moses , inscribed on two stone tablets by the finger of God, or written on tablets by Moses.¹ Honour your father and your mother so that you may live long in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you. — Exodus 20:12 (NJB) In the Torah , keeping this commandment was associated with individual benefit and with the ability of the nation of Israel to remain in the land to which God was leading them. Dishonoring parents by striking or cursing them was punishable by death. In the Talmud , the commandment to honor one's human parents is compared to honoring God. According to the prophet Malachi , God makes the analogy himself: "The son honours his father, the slave stands in awe of his master. But if I am indeed father, where is the honour due to me? And if I am indeed master, where is the awe due to me?" says Yahweh Sabaoth to you priests who despise my name. — Malachi 1:6-8 (NJB) In the gospels, Jesus affirmed the importance of honoring one's father and mother. Paul quotes the commandment in his letter to the church in Ephesus . In his letters to the Romans and Timothy , Paul describes disobedience to parents as a serious sin. According to the Catholic Catechism , the import of honoring father and mother is based on the divine origin of the parental role: The divine fatherhood is the source of human fatherhood. (Ephesians 3:14) This is the foundation of the honor owed to parents. … It is required by God's commandment. (Exodus 20:12) — Catechism of the Catholic Church 2214 The Post- Reformation theologian John Calvin also refers to the sacred origin of the role of human father, and comments that the commandment does not therefore depend on the particular worthiness of the parent. See also Deuteronomy 27:16 and Proverbs 20:20. Commentary on Exodus 20:12 and Deuteronomy 5:16. read online²

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" Honour thy father and thy mother " is one of the Ten Commandments in the Hebrew Bible . The commandment is generally regarded in Protestant and Jewish sources as the fifth in both the list in Exodus 20:1-21, and in Deuteronomy 5:1-23, though in Catholic counting this is the fourth commandment. These commandments are widely understood as moral imperatives by legal scholars, Jewish scholars, Catholic scholars, and Post-Reformation scholars. The Book of Exodus describes the Ten Commandments as being spoken by God , inscribed on two stone tablets by the finger of God , broken by Moses , and rewritten on replacements stones by the Lord.

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" Honor thy father and thy mother " (Hebrew: כַּבֵּד אֶת אָבִיךָ וְאֶת אִמֶּךָ לְמַעַן יַאֲרִכוּן יָמֶיךָ) is one of the Ten Commandments in the Hebrew Bible . The commandment is generally regarded in Protestant and Jewish sources as the fifth in both the list in Exodus 20:1–21, and in Deuteronomy (Dvarim) 5:1–23. Catholics and Lutherans count this as the fourth. These commandments were enforced as law in many jurisdictions, and are still considered enforceable law by some.

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One of the Ten Commandments " Honour thy father and thy mother " ( ) is one of the Ten Commandments in the Hebrew Bible . The commandment is generally regarded in Protestant and Jewish sources as the fifth in both the list in Exodus 20:1–21 and in Deuteronomy (Dvarim) 5:1–23. Catholics and Lutherans count this as the fourth. These commandments were enforced as law in many jurisdictions, and are still considered enforceable law by some.

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One of the Ten Commandments " Honour thy father and thy mother " ( Hebrew : כַּבֵּד אֶת אָבִיךָ וְאֶת אִמֶּךָ לְמַעַן יַאֲרִכוּן יָמֶיךָ , romanized : Kabbēḏ ’eṯ-’āḇîḵā wə’eṯ-’immeḵā ləma‘an ya’ăriḵûn yāmeyḵā ) is one of the Ten Commandments in the Hebrew Bible . The commandment is generally regarded in Protestant and Jewish sources as the fifth in both the list in Exodus 20:1–21 and in Deuteronomy (Dvarim) 5:1–23. Catholics and Lutherans count this as the fourth. These commandments were enforced as law in many jurisdictions, and are still considered enforceable law by some.

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