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Positive commandment 210 of 248

To honour father and mother

Rembrandt, Moses with the Ten Commandments (1659), Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain.

Maimonides

To honour father and mother, as it is said, “Honour thy father and thy mother” (Ex. 20:12).

Exodus 20:12

KJV
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
ASV
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
WEB
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
JPS
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.