Deuteronomy 27:25
Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shall say: So be it.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 hee that smiteth his neyghbour secretly: And all the people shall say: So be it.
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Thou shalt keepe thee farre from a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.
Deuteronomy 16:19Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, and peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.
Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with vs, we will lay waite for blood, and lie priuilie for the innocent without a cause:
Micah 3:10They build vp Zion with blood, and Ierusalem with iniquitie.
Matthew 26:15And said, What will ye giue me, and I will deliuer him vnto you? and they appoynted vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer.
Acts 1:18He therefore hath purchased a field with the reward of iniquitie: and when he had throwen downe himselfe headlong, hee brast asunder in the middes, 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 →