Deuteronomy 27:25
Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent man. And all the people shall say, Amen.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
In Context
24Cursed be he who smites his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Keep thee far from a FALSE matter. And do not kill an innocent and righteous man, for I will not justify a wicked man.
Deuteronomy 16:19Thou shall not distort justice. Thou shall not respect persons, neither shall thou take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us. Let us lay wait for blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
Micah 3:10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Matthew 26:15he said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they weighed out to him thirty silver pieces.
Acts 1:18(Indeed therefore this man obtained a field from the reward of his unrighteousness, and having become headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.
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 →