Text -- Deuteronomy 27:16 (NET)

27:16 ‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Deu 27:16

¹ tn The Levites speak again at this point; throughout this pericope the Levites pronounce the curse and the people respond with “Amen.”

² tn The Hebrew term קָלָה (qalah) means to treat with disdain or lack of due respect (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV “dishonors”; NLT “despises”). It is the opposite of כָּבֵד (kaved, “to be heavy,” that is, to treat with reverence and proper deference). To treat a parent lightly is to dishonor him or her and thus violate the fifth commandment (Deut 5:16; cf. Exod 21:17).