Deuteronomy 27:25
Cursed is he whoever shall have taken a bribe to + 27:25 Gr. to strike the life of innocent blood. kill an innocent man: and all the people shall say, So be it.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 neighbor secretly: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Cross References
Exodus 23:7You shall abstain from every unjust thing: you shall not kill the innocent and just, and you shall not justify the wicked for gifts.
Deuteronomy 16:19they shall not wrest judgment, nor favor 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 you, 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 →