Deuteronomy 27:25
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Context
This verse from Deuteronomy Chapter 27 connects to 10 cross-references. Moses and the elders command Israel to set up plaster-coated stones inscribed with the law at Mount Ebal and build an altar there upon entering the land. Twelve curses are to be pronounced by the Levites with the entire people …
Other Translations
Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, --and all the people have said, 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.
Cross References
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify …
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a …
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the …
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things …
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without …
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained …
Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which …
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.