Deuteronomy 27:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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.