18 'Cursed is he who makes the blind to wander out of the way.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
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The blind to wander out of the way - A sin against the sixth commandment. See on Exodus 20:13 (note).
Cursed [be] he that maketh the (l) blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
(l) Meaning, that does not help and counsel his neighbour.
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way,.... By directing him wrong knowingly, or laying a stumbling block in his way, Leviticus 19:14. The Targum of Jonathan is,"that maketh a traveller wander out of the way, who like a blind man;''who knows his way no more than a blind man does. Jarchi interprets it,"that blinds in anything, and gives evil counsel;''which leads men to take wrong steps, whether in things civil, or moral, or religious; all which are usually done privately:
and all the people shall say Amen; See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:15; See Gill on Deuteronomy 27:16.
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