Deuteronomy 27:17
Ver. 17. Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour's landmark,.... Removes it backward, and steals ground, as Jarchi explains it; this is commonly done secretly; see De 19:14;
and all the people shall say Amen; See Gill on "De 27:15"; See Gill on "De 27:16". Deuteronomy 27:18Ver. 18. Cursed [be] he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way,.... By directing him wrong knowingly, or laying a stumbling block in his way, Le 19:14. The Targum of Jonathan is,"that maketh a traveller wander out of the way, who like a blind man;''who knows his way no more than a blind man does. Jarchi interprets it,"that blinds in anything, and gives evil counsel;''which leads men to take wrong steps, whether in things civil, or moral, or religious; all which are usually done privately:and all the people shall say Amen; See Gill on "De 27:15";See Gill on "De 27:16". Deuteronomy 27:19Ver. 19. Cursed [be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger,fatherless, and widow,.... Who have none to assist them, and take their part, and therefore judges may be tempted to do an unjust thing; but God is the patron of them, and takes notice of every injury done them, and is the avenger of all such:and all the people shall say Amen; See Gill on "De 27:15";See Gill on "De 27:16". Deuteronomy 27:20Ver. 20. Cursed [be] he that lieth with his father's wife,.... As Reuben did, and which is forbidden Le 18:8;because he uncovereth his father's skirt; see De 22:30;and all the people shall say Amen; the tribe of Reuben said this as well as the rest. Deuteronomy 27:21Ver. 21. Cursed [be] he that lieth with any manner of beast,.... SeeLe 18:23;and all the people shall say Amen; as being shocking and abhorrent to human nature. Deuteronomy 27:22Ver. 22. Cursed [be] he that lieth with his sister,.... Which is forbid, Le 18:9;the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother; whether his sister by father or mother's side:and all the people shall say Amen; detesting such uncleanness. Deuteronomy 27:23Ver. 23. Cursed [be] he that lieth with his mother in law,.... SeeLe 18:7. All these incestuous or brutal copulations may well be supposed to be done in secret:and all the people shall say Amen; as abhorring such incest. Deuteronomy 27:24Ver. 24. 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. Deuteronomy 27:25Ver. 25. 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. Deuteronomy 27:26Ver. 26. Cursed [be] he that confirmeth not [all] the words of this law to do them,.... That is, who does not perfectly perform all that the law requires, and continues to do so; for the law requires obedience, and that perfect and constant, and in failure thereof curses, in proof of which the apostle produces this passage,See Gill on "Ga 3:10", for the reconciliation of these Scriptures, as to what seeming difference there is between them;and all the people shall say, Amen; See Gill on "De 27:15";See Gill on "De 27:16".
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