Deuteronomy 27:24
Cursed be he who smites his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
In Context
23Cursed be he who lays with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
25Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent man. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cross References
Exodus 20:13Thou shall not murder.
Leviticus 24:17And he who smites any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 19:11But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and smites him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities,
2 Samuel 3:27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel 12:9Why have thou despised the word of LORD, to do that which is evil in his sight? Thou have smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be thy wife, and have slain him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:12-26
The Curses from Ebal. ( b. c. 1451.) 11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination… Read the whole commentary →