the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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THE MESSAGE
Deuteronomy 27:24
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‘The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’
Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor in secret. All the people shall say, Amein.
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
‘Cursed be the one who strikes down his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.'
"‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.'
"Anyone will be cursed who kills a neighbor secretly." Then all the people will say, "Amen!"
‘Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.' Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!'
'Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
'Cursed is he who attacks his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Cursed be hee that smiteth his neyghbour secretly: And all the people shal say: So be it.
‘Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.'
"‘A curse on anyone who secretly attacks a fellow member of the community.' All the people are to say, ‘Amen!'
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly! And all the people shall say, Amen.
"The Levites will say, ‘Cursed is the one who kills anyone, even if he is not caught!' "Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!'
Cursed be he who smites his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
"‘God's curse on anyone who secretly commits murder.' "And all the people will answer, ‘Amen!'
Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor secretly! And all the people shall say, Amen!
Cursed be he that slayeth his neghboure secretly. And all the people shal saye, Amen.
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.
Cursed be he that smyteth his neighbour secretly: and all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour in secret. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Cursed be hee that smiteth his neighbour secretly: and all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed is he that smites his neighbour secretly: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.
'Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.' And let all the people say, 'Amen!'
Cursid is he that sleeth pryueli his neiybore; and al the puple schal seie, Amen! Cursid is he that slepith with `the wijf of his neiybore; and al the puple schal seie, Amen!
`Cursed [is] he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed be he that smites his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbor secretly: and all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor in secret. All the people shall say, Amen.
"Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.' "And all the people shall say, "Amen!'
‘Cursed is anyone who attacks a neighbor in secret.' And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.'
‘Cursed is the one who hits his neighbor in secret.' And all the people will say, ‘Let it be so.'
"Cursed be anyone who strikes down a neighbor in secret." All the people shall say, "Amen!"
Cursed, be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say - Amen.
Cursed be he that secretly killeth his neighbour: and all the people shall say: Amen.
"'Cursed be he who slays his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
'Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Contextual Overview
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
"Now, my son, listen to me. Do what I tell you. Go to the flock and get me two young goats. Pick the best; I'll prepare them into a hearty meal, the kind that your father loves. Then you'll take it to your father, he'll eat and bless you before he dies."
David answered Ahimelech the Priest, "The king sent me on a mission and gave strict orders: ‘This is top secret—not a word of this to a soul.' I've arranged to meet up with my men in a certain place. Now, what's there here to eat? Do you have five loaves of bread? Give me whatever you can scrounge up!"
Achish would ask, "And whom did you raid today?" David would tell him, "Oh, the Negev of Judah," or "The Negev of Jerahmeel," or "The Negev of the Kenites." He never left a single person alive lest one show up in Gath and report what David had really been doing. This is the way David operated all the time he lived in Philistine country.
He said, "How can I help?" "I'm a widow," she said. "My husband is dead. I had two sons. The two of them got into a fight out in the field and there was no one around to step between them. The one struck the other and killed him. Then the whole family ganged up against me and demanded, ‘Hand over this murderer so we can kill him for the life of the brother he murdered!' They want to wipe out the heir and snuff out the one spark of life left to me. And then there would be nothing left of my husband—not so much as a name—on the face of the earth. "So now I've dared come to the king, my master, about all this. They're making my life miserable, and I'm afraid. I said to myself, ‘I'll go to the king. Maybe he'll do something! When the king hears what's going on, he'll step in and rescue me from the abuse of the man who would get rid of me and my son and God's inheritance—the works!' As your handmaid, I decided ahead of time, ‘The word of my master, the king, will be the last word in this, for my master is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil.' God be with you!"
Truth lasts; lies are here today, gone tomorrow.
God can't stomach liars; he loves the company of those who keep their word.
What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense. Tell your neighbor the truth. In Christ's body we're all connected to each other, after all. When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself.
Don't lie to one another. You're done with that old life. It's like a filthy set of ill-fitting clothes you've stripped off and put in the fire. Now you're dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with his label on it. All the old fashions are now obsolete. Words like Jewish and non-Jewish, religious and irreligious, insider and outsider, uncivilized and uncouth, slave and free, mean nothing. From now on everyone is defined by Christ, everyone is included in Christ.
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 âtwelve patriarchsâ (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. âThe Levitesâ of Deuteronomy 27:14 are no doubt âthe priests the Levitesâ (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 âAmenâ 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 Godâs Law. Compare the marginal references.
