Deuteronomy 27:25
Cursed is he whosoever shall have taken a bribe to + 27:25 Gr. to smite the life of innocent blood.slay an innocent man: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Brenton Septuagint
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 is he that smites his neighbour secretly: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Thou shalt abstain from every unjust thing: thou shalt not slay the innocent and just, and thou shalt not justify the wicked for gifts.
Deuteronomy 16:19they shall not wrest judgment, nor favour persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Proverbs 1:11If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:
Micah 3:10who build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
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 →