Deuteronomy - 27:25

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25 'Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 27:25.

Differing Translations

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Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Cursed be he that taketh reward to smite mortally shedding innocent blood! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed is he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood,, and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed be he that takes reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.
Cursed be he who accepts gifts in order to strike down the life of innocent blood. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Maledictus qui acceperit munus, ut percutiat plaga animae sanguinem innocentem: et dicet universus populus, Amen.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person,.... As an assassin, to murder him privately; or as a judge, that takes a bribe to condemn to death an innocent person: so Aben Ezra observes, that according to the sense of some a judge is meant; but, says he, in my opinion a false witness; one that swears a man's life away for the sake of a reward given him:
and all the people shall say Amen; at so detestable a crime.

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