THEOSISDeuteronomy 27:25Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say: Amen.
אָרוּר֙ לֹקֵ֣חַ שֹׁ֔חַד לְהַכּ֥וֹת נֶ֖פֶשׁ דָּ֣ם נָקִ֑י וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 23:7Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked.
- Ex 23:8Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.
- Deut 10:17Because the Lord your God he is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a great God and mighty and terrible, who accepteth no person nor taketh bribes.
- Ps 15 (14):5
- Deut 16:19And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and change the words of the just.
- Mic 3:10You that build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
- Mic 3:11Her princes have judged for bribes: and her priests have taught for hire, and her prophets divined for money: and they leaned upon the Lord, saying: Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall come among us.
- Prov 1:11If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause: