Deuteronomy 27:24
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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.
X
X