Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 27:25
Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
25. Cp. Deu 16:19, and E, Exo 23:8, both against all bribes; Eze 22:1-2, bribes to shed blood.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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 observes, that according to the sense of some a judge is meant; but, says he, in my opinion a false witness; one that swears a man’s life away for the sake of a reward given him:
and all the people shall say Amen; at so detestable a crime.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Deu 27:25 Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Ver. 25. Cursed be he that taketh reward. ] Among the Romans, by the law of the twelve tables, it was death without any deliverance. The psalmist doometh this sin with exclusion out of heaven. Psa 15:5 That king of this land that was called St Edmund, was wont oft to say, There is not much difference betwixt those two words, prendere and pendere, to take gifts and to hang, and that the latter was the desert of the former. A bribing judge wants but a hurdle, a horse, and a halter, to do him right; as Belknap once said in another case.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Deu 27:25
25Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to strike down an innocent person. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Deu 27:25 This is recorded in Exo 23:6-8. This could refer to (1) an assassin or (2) a bribed judge who has a person put to death.
Fuente: You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series by Bob Utley
reward = bribe. Compare Deu 10:17; Deu 16:19. Exo 23:7, Exo 23:8. Psa 15:5.
person = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Deu 10:17, Deu 16:19, Exo 23:7, Exo 23:8, Psa 15:5, Pro 1:11-29, Eze 22:12, Eze 22:13, Mic 3:10, Mic 3:11, Mic 7:2, Mic 7:3, Mat 26:15, Mat 27:3, Mat 27:4, Act 1:18
Reciprocal: Pro 6:17 – and hands