Deuteronomy 27:24
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly; and all the people shall say, Amen.
Leeser Tanakh
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.
Cross References
Exodus 20:13Thou shalt not kill.
Leviticus 24:17And he that taketh the life of any man shall surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 19:11But if any man be an enemy to his neighbor, and he lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he die, and he flee unto one of these cities:
2 Samuel 3:27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him in private; and he smote him there under the fifth rib, and he died, for the blood of 'Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel 12:9Wherefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord to do what is evil in his eyes? Uriyah the Hittite hast thou smitten with the sword, and his wife hast thou taken unto thee for wife; but him hast thou slain with the sword of the children of 'Ammon.
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to 'Amassa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab's right hand took hold of 'Amassa's beard 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 →