‘ Cursed is anyone who attacks a neighbor in secret.’ And all the people will reply,‘ Amen.’

“‘暗中杀人的，必受咒诅！’百姓都要说：‘阿们！’

“‘暗中击杀邻舍的，必受诅咒！’众百姓要说：‘阿们！’

“‘暗中击杀邻舍的，必受诅咒！’众百姓要说：‘阿们！’

‘凡暗杀邻居的必受咒诅！’全体民众要回答说，‘阿们！’

“‘暗中杀害邻舍的，必受咒诅。’众民都要说：‘阿们。’

「『暗中殺人的，必受咒詛！』百姓都要說：『阿們！』

「『暗中擊殺鄰舍的，必受詛咒！』眾百姓要說：『阿們！』

「『暗中擊殺鄰舍的，必受詛咒！』眾百姓要說：『阿們！』

『凡暗殺鄰居的必受咒詛！』全體民眾要回答說，『阿們！』

“‘暗中殺害鄰舍的，必受咒詛。’眾民都要說：‘阿們。’

『「暗中擊殺鄰舍的、必受咒詛」；眾民都要說：「阿們。」

陰擊鄰里者、必受詛、眾民當應曰、阿們、

又曰、陰擊同儕者、當服咒詛、民必群應曰、固心所願。

陰擊人者、必受咒詛、眾民當應曰、阿們、

“ Cursed is anyone who kills their neighbor secretly.” Then all the people shall say,“ Amen!”

“ May anyone who kills their neighbor secretly be under the Lord’ s curse.” Then all the people will say,“ Amen!”

“‘ Cursed be anyone who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say,‘ Amen.’

‘ The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’ And all the people will say,‘ Amen!’

‘ Cursed is he who attacks his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say,‘ Amen.’

‘ Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.’“ And all the people shall say,‘ Amen!’

Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.

‘ The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’ And all the people will say,‘ Amen!’

Cursed[ be] he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

‘ Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say,‘ Amen!’

‘ Cursed is he who secretly kills his neighbor.’ All the people shall say,‘ Amen.’

Also, you must never accept a ransom payment for the life of someone judged guilty of murder and subject to execution; murderers must always be put to death.

“ Anyone who takes another person’s life must be put to death.

“ You must not murder.

“ Anyone who assaults and kills another person must be put to death.But if it was simply an accident permitted by God, I will appoint a place of refuge where the slayer can run for safety.However, if someone deliberately kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from my altar and be put to death.

Absalom told his men,“ Wait until Amnon gets drunk; then at my signal, kill him! Don’t be afraid. I’m the one who has given the command. Take courage and do it!”

The letter instructed Joab,“ Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then pull back so that he will be killed.”So Joab assigned Uriah to a spot close to the city wall where he knew the enemy’s strongest men were fighting.And when the enemy soldiers came out of the city to fight, Uriah the Hittite was killed along with several other Israelite soldiers.

“ But suppose someone is hostile toward a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders him and then flees to one of the cities of refuge.In that case, the elders of the murderer’s hometown must send agents to the city of refuge to bring him back and hand him over to the dead person’s avenger to be put to death.

“ How are you, my cousin?” Joab said and took him by the beard with his right hand as though to kiss him.Amasa didn’t notice the dagger in his left hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach with it so that his insides gushed out onto the ground. Joab did not need to strike again, and Amasa soon died. Joab and his brother Abishai left him lying there and continued after Sheba.

Why, then, have you despised the word of the Lord and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife.From this time on, your family will live by the sword because you have despised me by taking Uriah’s wife to be your own.“ This is what the Lord says: Because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man before your very eyes, and he will go to bed with them in public view.You did it secretly, but I will make this happen to you openly in the sight of all Israel.”

When Abner arrived back at Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gateway as if to speak with him privately. But then he stabbed Abner in the stomach and killed him in revenge for killing his brother Asahel.