申命记 27:24

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

“‘暗中殺害鄰舍的，必受咒詛。’眾民都要說：‘阿們。’

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
暗 中 杀 人 的 ， 必 受 咒 诅 ！ 百 姓 都 要 说 ： 阿 们 ！

Contextual Overview

¹¹ That day Moses also gave the people this command: ¹² When you cross the Jordan River, these tribes must stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin. ¹³ And these tribes must stand on Mount Ebal to announce the curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. ¹⁴ The Levites will say to all the people of Israel in a loud voice: ¹⁵ "Anyone will be cursed who makes an idol or statue and secretly sets it up, because the Lord hates the idols people make." Then all the people will say, "Amen!" ¹⁶ "Anyone will be cursed who dishonors his father or mother." Then all the people will say, "Amen!" ¹⁷ "Anyone will be cursed who moves the stone that marks a neighbor's border." Then all the people will say, "Amen!" ¹⁸ "Anyone will be cursed who sends a blind person down the wrong road." Then all the people will say, "Amen!" ¹⁹ "Anyone will be cursed who is unfair to foreigners, orphans, or widows." Then all the people will say, "Amen!" ²⁰ "A man will be cursed who has sexual relations with his father's wife, because it is a dishonor to his father." Then all the people will say, "Amen!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 19:11, Deuteronomy 19:12, Exodus 20:13, Exodus 21:12-14, Leviticus 24:17, Numbers 35:31, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 11:15-17, 2 Samuel 12:9-12, 2 Samuel 13:28, 2 Samuel 20:9, 2 Samuel 20:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:6 - secret Exodus 21:14 - slay Exodus 21:15 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 27:7
‘Kill an animal and prepare some tasty food for me to eat. Then I will bless you in the presence of the Lord before I die.'

Genesis 27:8
So obey me, my son, and do what I tell you.

1 Samuel 21:2
David answered him, "The king gave me a special order. He told me, ‘No one must know what I am sending you to do or what I told you to do.' I told my men where to meet me.

1 Samuel 21:13
So he pretended to be crazy in front of Achish and his servants. While he was with them, he acted like a madman and clawed on the doors of the gate and let spit run down his beard.

1 Samuel 27:10
Achish would ask David, "Where did you go raiding today?" And David would tell him that he had gone to the southern part of Judah, or Jerahmeel, or to the land of the Kenites.

2 Samuel 14:5
King David asked her, "What is the matter?" The woman said, "I am a widow; my husband is dead.

Job 15:5
Your sin teaches your mouth what to say; you use words to trick others.

Proverbs 12:19
Truth will continue forever, but lies are only for a moment.

Proverbs 12:22
The Lord hates those who tell lies but is pleased with those who keep their promises.

Proverbs 30:8
Keep me from lying and being dishonest. And don't make me either rich or poor; just give me enough food for each day.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour secretly,.... And kills him, and the murder is not known; the curse of God follows such, and overtakes them sooner or later. Some interpret this of smiting with the tongue, of secret backbiting and slander; so the Targum of Jonathan,

"that smiteth with the third tongue;''

or false accusation:

and all the people shall say Amen; as disapproving of and condemning such a practice, even slander, and especially murder.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Joshua 8:32-35. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place.

Deuteronomy 27:12, Deuteronomy 27:13

The tribes appointed to stand on Gerizim to bless the people all sprang from the two wives of Jacob, Leah and Rachel. All the four tribes which sprang from the handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah are located on Ebal. But in order, as it would seem, to effect an equal division, two tribes are added to the latter from the descendants of the wives, that of Reuben, probably because he forfeited his primogeniture Genesis 49:4; and of Zebulun, apparently because he was the youngest son of Leah.

The transaction presents itself as a solemn renewal of the covenant made by God with Abraham and Isaac, but more especially with Jacob and his family. Accordingly the genealogical basis of the “twelve patriarchs” (compare Acts 7:12; Revelation 7:4 ff), the sons of Jacob, is here assumed. The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh are merged in the name of Joseph, their father; and Levi regains on this occasion his place collaterally with the others. “The Levites” of Deuteronomy 27:14 are no doubt “the priests the Levites” (compareJoshua 8:33; Joshua 8:33), in whom the ministerial character attaching to the tribe was more particularly manifested. It is noteworthy that the group of tribes which stood on Gerizim far exceeded the other in numbers and in importance, thus perhaps indicating that even by the Law the blessing should at length prevail.

Deuteronomy 27:15

The “Amen” attested the conviction of the utterers that the sentences to which they responded were true, just, and certain; so in Numbers 5:22, and in our own Commination Office, which is modelled after this ordinance of Moses.

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

Twelve curses against transgressions of the covenant. The first eleven are directed against special sins which are selected by way of example, the last comprehensively sums up in general terms and condemns all and every offence against God’s Law. Compare the marginal references.