Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person . And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Gill's Exposition
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person,.... As an assassin, to murder him privately; or as a judge, that takes a bribe to condemn to death an innocent person: so Aben Ezra…
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 16:19, and E, Exo 23:8, both against all bribes; Eze 22:1-2, bribes to shed blood.
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