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Deuteronomy 27:24
24‘The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- New International Version (NIV)“Cursed is anyone who kills their neighbor secretly.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"'Cursed be anyone who strikes down his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Context of Deuteronomy 27:24
22‘The one who sleeps with his sister, whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ 23‘The one who sleeps with his mother-in-law is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ ‘The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ 25‘The one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ 26‘Anyone who does not put the words of this law into practice is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Read all of Deuteronomy 27Deuteronomy 27:24 word by word
אָר֕וּר מַכֵּ֥ה רֵעֵ֖הוּ בַּסָּ֑תֶר וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:24
- Deuteronomy 19:11But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in ambush for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally, and flees to one of these cities,
- Exodus 20:13Do not murder.
- Exodus 21:12“Whoever strikes a person so that he dies must be put to death.
- Leviticus 24:17“If a man kills anyone, he must be put to death.
- Numbers 35:31You are not to accept a ransom for the life of someone who is guilty of murder; he must be put to death.
- 2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside to the middle of the city gate, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died in revenge for the death of Asahel, Joab’s brother.
- 2 Samuel 11:15In the letter he wrote: Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest fighting, then withdraw from him so that he is struck down and dies.
- 2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the Lord’s command by doing what I consider evil? You struck down Uriah the Hethite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife — you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword.
- 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom commanded his young men, “Watch Amnon until he is in a good mood from the wine. When I order you to strike Amnon, then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Am I not the one who has commanded you? Be strong and valiant!”
- 2 Samuel 20:9Joab asked Amasa, “Are you well, my brother?” Then with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 Compare Joshua 8:32-35. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place. Deuteronomy 27:12, Deuteronomy 27:13 The tribes appointed to stand on Gerizim to bless the people all sprang from the two wives of Jacob, Leah and Rachel. All the four tribes which sprang from the handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah are located on Ebal. But in order, as it would seem, to effect an equal division, two tribes are…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a curse would be upon those…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-26Mount Gerizim is just west of Mount Ebal. Shechem is in the valley between them. to bless: God positioned the tribes or their representatives carefully. This was so that while the Levites read the covenant from the valley below, the other tribes would respond by shouting "Amen!" This is a Hebrew term that means "May it be so." They said this to show their agreement with the terms of the covenant.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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