“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. (h) By parents it is also meant all that have authority over us.
Parents are God's representatives, to be honored and feared with heart, mouth, and hand. The law extends beyond biological fathers and mothers to prophets, teachers, and magistrates, all who nurture spiritual or temporal life. Long life in the land rests on the nation's reverence for this foundation.
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Honor here means filial affection, reverence, obedience, and material relief when parents need it. The promise of long life in the land belongs peculiarly to Israel, yet the principle holds: disobedience to parents draws God's judgment, sometimes even untimely death.
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