Passage

A curse and an obstacle

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

¹⁴“‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:14World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

Leviticus forbids cursing a deaf person and placing an obstacle before a blind person.

To understand

The nearby commands also prohibit withholding wages and acting unjustly in judgment. This command names harms directed at people who cannot hear the curse or see the obstacle.

A question

How do the two named disabilities affect the harms described in this command?