Deuteronomy 27:24
Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
In Context
23Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it.
Cross References
Exodus 20:13Do not put anyone to death without cause.
Leviticus 24:17And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.
Deuteronomy 19:11But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;
2 Samuel 3:27And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.
2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well, my brother? And with his right hand he took him by the hair of his chin to give him a kiss.
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 →