Deuteronomy 27:25

25 'Cursed be the one who takes a bribe {to murder an innocent person}.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Deuteronomy 27:25 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 27:25

Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person,
&c.] 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.

Deuteronomy 27:25 In-Context

23 'Cursed be the one who lies with his mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

24 'Cursed be the one who strikes down his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

25 'Cursed be the one who takes a bribe {to murder an innocent person}.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

26 'Cursed be [the one] {who does not keep} the words of this law, to observe them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'"

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "to strike down an individual person in blood"