The Meaning of Deuteronomy 27:22 Explained

Deuteronomy 27:22

KJV: Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

YLT: Cursed is he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

Darby: Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother! And all the people shall say, Amen.

ASV: Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Discover Deuteronomy 27:22

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Deuteronomy 27:22?

MEANING: What does Deuteronomy 27:22 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 27:22 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Deuteronomy 27:22?

What is the context of Deuteronomy 27:22?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Cursed [be] he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

What does Deuteronomy 27:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 27:1-26 - Curses Upon Evildoers

Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal were two masses of limestone rock, reaching 2700 and 2000 feet above the sea-level. Between them lay a beautiful valley, about 300 yards wide. At the foot and on the lower slopes of Gerizim stood the descendants of Rachel and Leah; on those of Ebal, the descendants of Zilpah and Bilhah, together with Zebulun and with Reuben, who had forfeited the rights of the first-born. The priests and the Levites, grouped beside the Ark in the valley, uttered both the benedictions and the solemn denunciations of the Law, each item eliciting the responsive "Amens."

Notice the sensitiveness of the divine Spirit! To make a blind man wander out of his way and to wrest the judgment of the fatherless, was held to be as reprehensible as to commit those terrible breaches of the law of purity. Nothing in life is insignificant or trivial when weighed in the balance of eternal justice. We can only rejoice when we realize that we are accepted in the Beloved, and that He has stood for us, Romans 3:20; Romans 5:1-3; Romans 5:9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 27

¹ The people are commanded to write the law upon stones
⁵ and to build an altar of whole stones
¹¹ The tribes to be divided on Gerizim and Ebal
¹⁴ The curses to be pronounced on mount Ebal

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 27:22 mean?

Cursed [is] he who lies with his sister the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother And shall say all the people Amen -

אָר֗וּר שֹׁכֵב֙ עִם־ אֲחֹת֔וֹ בַּת־ אָבִ֖יו א֣וֹ בַת־ אִמּ֑וֹ וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־ הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן ס

אָר֗וּר	Cursed [is]
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular Root: אָרַר Sense: to curse.
שֹׁכֵב֙	he who lies
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: שָׁכַב Sense: to lie down.
אֲחֹת֔וֹ	his sister
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: אָחֹות Sense: sister.
בַּת־	the daughter
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: בַּת Sense: daughter.
אָבִ֖יו	of his father
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual.
בַת־	the daughter
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: בַּת Sense: daughter.
אִמּ֑וֹ	of his mother
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: אֵם Sense: mother.
וְאָמַ֥ר	And shall say
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הָעָ֖ם	the people
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
אָמֵֽן	Amen
Parse: Adverb Root: אָמֵן Sense: verily, truly, amen, so be it.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

What are the major concepts related to Deuteronomy 27:22?

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