Deuteronomy 27:24
Cursed be he that secretly killeth his neighbour: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 that lieth with his mother in law: and all the people shall say: Amen.
25Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Cross References
Exodus 20:13Thou shalt not kill.
Leviticus 24:17He that striketh and killeth a man, dying let him die.
Deuteronomy 19:11But if any man hating his neighbour, lie in wait for his life, and rise and strike him, and he die, and he flee to one of the cities aforesaid,
2 Samuel 3:27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate, to speak to him treacherously: and he stabbed him there in the groin, and he died, in revenge of the blood of Asael his brother.
2 Samuel 12:9Why therefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord, to do evil in my sight? Thou hast killed Urias the Hethite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amasa: God save thee, my brother. And he took Amasa by the chin 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 →