Deuteronomy 27:25

Deuteronomy 27:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
• New International Version (NIV)“Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"'Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

Context of Deuteronomy 27:25

23‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 24‘Cursed is he who attacks his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to attack an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 26‘Cursed is anyone who does not fulfill the words of this Law by doing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Deuteronomy 27:25 word by word

אָרוּר֙ לֹקֵ֣חַ שֹׁ֔חַד לְהַכּ֥וֹת נֶ֖פֶשׁ דָּ֣ם נָקִ֑י וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃ סRead the interlinear

• Cursedאָרַר'ârar · to curseH779
• is he who acceptsלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• a bribeשֹׁ֫חַדshachad · bribeH7810
• to attackנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• an innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• an innocentדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• personנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• And allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• shall sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Amenאָמֵן'âmên · amenH543

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:25

• Deuteronomy 10:17For the Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who does not show partiality, nor take a bribe.
• Deuteronomy 16:19You shall not distort justice, you shall not show partiality; and you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.
• Exodus 23:7Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.
• Psalms 15:5He does not lend his money at interest, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. One who does these things will never be shaken.
• Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, Let’s lie in wait for blood, Let’s ambush the innocent without cause;
• Ezekiel 22:12Among you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest, you have injured your neighbors by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.
• Micah 3:10Who build Zion with bloodshed, And Jerusalem with malice.
• Micah 7:2The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among mankind. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.
• Matthew 26:15and said, “What are you willing to give me to betray Him to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
• Matthew 27:3Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
• Acts 1:18(Now this man acquired a field with the price of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27:25

• 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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 27:25

• Amen
• Bribery
• Curse
• Homicide
• Instruction
• Law
• Responsive Religious Service
• Reward
• Word of God
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• Amen
• Gerizim
• Moses
• Plainly
• Reward
• Apostasy; Apostate
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Crime; Crimes
• Deuteronomy

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