Deuteronomy 27:25
Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 that secretly killeth his neighbour: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked.
Deuteronomy 16:19And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and change the words of the just.
Proverbs 1:11If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:
Micah 3:10You that build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Matthew 26:15And said to them: What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? But they appointed him thirty pieces of silver.
Acts 1:18And he indeed hath possessed a field of the reward of iniquity, and being hanged, burst asunder in the midst: 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 →