Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Compare Jos 8:32-35. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place. Deu 27:12, Deu 27:13 The tribes appointed to stand on Gerizim to bless the…
When the law was written, to be seen and read by all men, the sanctions of it were to be published, which, to complete the solemnity of their covenanting with God, they were deliberately to declare…
Cambridge Bible
Cp. Deu 5:17; E, Exo 20:13; Exo 21:12; H, Lev 24:17. The addition, in secret(Deu 27:27; Deu 13:6 (7), Deu 28:57), is nowhere else attached to murder.
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