Deuteronomy 27:24

Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Cursed	אָר֕וּר 'a.Rur	H779	to execrate · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
smiteth	מַכֵּ֥ה ma.Keh	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular construct
neighbour	רֵעֵ֖הוּ re.'E.hu	H7453	an associate (more or less close) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
secretly	בַּסָּ֑תֶר ba.Sa.ter	H5643	a cover (in a good or a bad · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
people	הָעָ֖ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
say	וְאָמַ֥ר ve.'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Amen	אָמֵֽן 'a.Men	H543	sure · interjection

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Numbers 35:31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
Leviticus 24:17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.
Exodus 21:12-14 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
Deuteronomy 19:11-12 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one…
2 Samuel 3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, t…
2 Samuel 11:15-17 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and…
2 Samuel 12:9-12 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and ha…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:11–end

When the law was written, to be seen and read by all men, the sanctions of it were to be published, which, to complete the solemnity of their covenanting with God, they were deliberately to declare their approbation of. This they were before directed to do (Deu 11:29, Deu 11:30), and therefore the appointment here begins somewhat abruptly, Deu 27:12. There were, it seems, in Canaan, that part of it which afterwards fell to the lot of Ephraim (Joshua's tribe), two mountains that lay near together, with a valley between, one called Gerizim and the other Ebal. On the sides of these two mountains, which faced one another, all the tribes were to be drawn up, six on one side and six on the other,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 27:11

THE TRIBES DIVIDED ON GERIZIM AND EBAL. (Deu 27:11-13) These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people . . . these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse--Those long, rocky ridges lay in the province of Samaria, and the peaks referred to were near Shechem (Nablous), rising in steep precipices to the height of about eight hundred feet and separated by a green, well-watered valley of about five hundred yards wide. The people of Israel were here divided into two parts. On mount Gerizim (now Jebel-et-Tur) were stationed the descendants of Rachel and Leah, the two principal wives of Jacob, and to them was assigned the most pleasant and honorable office of pronouncing the benedictions; whi…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 27:24

Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly,.... And kills him, and the murder is not known; the curse of God follows such, and overtakes them sooner or later. Some interpret this of smiting with the tongue, of secret backbiting and slander; so the Targum of Jonathan,"that smiteth with the third tongue;''or false accusation: and all the people shall say Amen; as disapproving of and condemning such a practice, even slander, and especially murder.

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Amen — This Hebrew word means firm, and hence also faithful (Rev. 3:14). In Isa. 65:16, the Authorized Version has “the God of truth,” which in Hebrew is “the God of Amen.” It is frequently used by our…
Gerizim — A mountain of Samaria, about 3,000 feet above the Mediterranean. It was on the left of the valley containing the ancient town of Shechem (q.v.), on the way to Jerusalem. It stood over against Mount…
Amen · A word used to reenforce a statement — A word used to reenforce a statement
Assassination · Laws prohibiting — Laws prohibiting
Curse · CURSES OF THE MOSAIC LAW — CURSES OF THE MOSAIC LAW
Homicide · FELONIOUS, OR MUR — FELONIOUS, OR MUR
Responsive Religious Service · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Reward · A MOTIVE TO FAITHFULNESS — A MOTIVE TO FAITHFULNESS
Word Of God · The people stood and respon — The people stood and respon

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 27:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 27:11

John Gill on Deuteronomy 27:24

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 27:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 27:11

John Gill on Deuteronomy 27:24

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 27:15–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 27:22

Rashi on Deuteronomy 27:24