Deuteronomy 27:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁴ “ ‘Cursed be he who slays his neighbor in secret.’ And 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, “Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Fear not; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”

2 Samuel 3:27

And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he smote him in the belly, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

1 Kings 2:5

“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he murdered, avenging in time of peace blood which had been shed in war, and putting innocent blood upon the girdle about my loins, and upon the sandals on my feet.

Exodus 20:13

“You shall not kill.

Leviticus 24:17

He who kills a man shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:30

If any one kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses; but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

Numbers 35:31

Moreover you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death; but he shall be put to death.