Deuteronomy 27:25
Cursed be he who accepts gifts in order to strike down the life of innocent blood. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Catholic Public Domain 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 secretly strikes down his neighbor. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Cross References
Exodus 23:7You shall flee from lies. The innocent and the just you shall not kill. For I shun the impious.
Deuteronomy 16:19and not so as to show favoritism to either side. You shall not accept a person’s reputation, nor gifts. For gifts blind the eyes of the wise and alter the words of the just.
Proverbs 1:11If they should say: “Come with us. We will lie in wait for blood. We will lay traps against the innocent, without cause.
Micah 3:10You build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Matthew 26:15and he said to them, “What are you willing to give me, if I hand him over to you?” So they appointed thirty pieces of silver for him.
Acts 1:18And this man certainly possessed an estate from the wages of iniquity, and so, having been hanged, he burst open in the middle and all his internal organs poured 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 →