Deuteronomy 27:25
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Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Deuteronomy 10:17 Because the Lord your God he is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a great God and mighty and terrible, who accepteth no person nor taketh bribes.

Deuteronomy 16:19 And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and change the words of the just.

Exodus 23:7,8 Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked. . . .

Psalm 15:5 He that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent: He that doth these things, shall not be moved for ever.

Proverbs 1:11-29 Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. . . .

Ezekiel 22:12,13 They have taken gifts in thee to shed blood: thou hast taken usury and increase, and hast covetously oppressed thy neighbours: and thou hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. . . .

Micah 3:10,11 Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: you that abhor judgment and pervert all that is right. . . .

Micah 7:2,3 The holy man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, every one hunteth his brother to death. . . .

Matthew 26:15 And said to them: What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? But they appointed him thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 27:3,4 Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and ancients, . . .

Acts 1:18 And he indeed hath possessed a field of the reward of iniquity, and being hanged, burst asunder in the midst: and all his bowels gushed out.

Context
Curses Pronounced from Ebal
24Cursed be he that secretly killeth his neighbour: and all the people shall say: Amen. 25Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say: Amen.26Cursed be he that abideth not in the words of this law, and fulfilleth them not in work: and all the people shall say: Amen.…
Cross References
Exodus 23:7
Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked.

Leviticus 19:16
Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 10:17
Because the Lord your God he is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a great God and mighty and terrible, who accepteth no person nor taketh bribes.

Judges 9:24
And to lay the crime of the murder of the seventy sons of Jerobaal, and the shedding of their blood, upon Abimelech, their brother, and upon the rest of the princes of the Sichemites, who aided him.

Psalm 15:5
He that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent: He that doth these things, shall not be moved for ever.

Ezekiel 22:12
They have taken gifts in thee to shed blood: thou hast taken usury and increase, and hast covetously oppressed thy neighbours: and thou hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

Lexicon
‘Cursed is
אָרוּר֙ (’ā·rūr)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 779: To execrate

he who accepts
לֹקֵ֣חַ (lō·qê·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

a bribe
שֹׁ֔חַד (šō·ḥaḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7810: A present, bribe

to kill
לְהַכּ֥וֹת (lə·hak·kō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

an innocent
נָקִ֑י (nā·qî)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5355: Clean, free from, exempt

person.’
נֶ֖פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

And {let} all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the people
הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

say,
וְאָמַ֥ר (wə·’ā·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘Amen!’
אָמֵֽן׃ (’ā·mên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 543: Sure, faithfulness, truly


Additional Translations
‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Cursed be he that takes reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed is he whosoever shall have taken a bribe to slay an innocent man: and all the people shall say, So be it.

Cursed be he that taketh reward to smite mortally [shedding] innocent blood! And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say, Amen.

'Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Cursed is he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
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