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 Living Translation (NLT)‘Cursed is anyone who accepts payment to kill an innocent person.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’

Context of Deuteronomy 27:25

23‘Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ 24‘Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ ‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ 26‘Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law by observing 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Cursedאָרַר'ârar · to curseH779
• he that takethלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• rewardשֹׁ֫חַדshachad · bribeH7810
• to slayנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• an innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• personדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• personנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• And all 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 God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.
• Deuteronomy 16:19You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
• Exodus 23:7Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.
• Psalms 15:5He who does not put out his money at usury, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
• Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
• Ezekiel 22:12In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
• Micah 3:10Who build up Zion with bloodshed And Jerusalem with iniquity:
• Micah 7:2The faithful man has perished from the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.
• Matthew 26:15and said, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.
• Matthew 27:3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
• Acts 1:18(Now this man purchased a field with the wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his entrails 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