Deuteronomy 27:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ “ ‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down a neighbor in secret.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Cursed is he who slays his neighbor secretly. All the people shall say, Amen.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Common English Bible

²⁴ “Cursed is anyone who kills his neighbor in secret.” All the people will reply: “We agree!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Cursed be he who secretly strikes down his neighbor. And all the people shall say: Amen.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ Cursed be he that secretly killeth his neighbour. And all the people shall say: Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:24 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Watch when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; have I not myself commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.”

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gateway to speak with him privately, and there he stabbed him in the stomach. So he died on account of the blood of Asahel, Joab’s brother.

1 Kings 2:5

“Moreover, you know also what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, whom he murdered, retaliating in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war and putting innocent blood on the belt around my waist and on the sandals on my feet.

Exodus 20:13

“You shall not murder.

Leviticus 24:17

Anyone who kills a human being shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:30

“If anyone kills another, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses, but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of a single witness.

Numbers 35:31

Moreover you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer who is subject to the death penalty; a murderer must be put to death.