Negative Commandment #124 of 613
Do not withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife
Commandment #124 — a prohibition from Exodus 21:10, classified under Marriage and Family in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights.”
— Exodus 21:10
Hebrew
י אִם-אַחֶרֶת, יִקַּח-לוֹ--שְׁאֵרָהּ כְּסוּתָהּ וְעֹנָתָהּ, לֹא יִגְרָע.
Greek (Septuagint)
10 ἐὰν δὲ ἄλλην λάβῃ ἑαυτῷ, τὰ δέοντα καὶ τὸν ἱματισμὸν καὶ τὴν ὁμιλίαν αὐτῆς οὐκ ἀποστερήσει.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Marriage and Family
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 21
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Mishpatim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #46
- Mishneh Torah
- WomenMarriage
Related Commandments in “Marriage and Family”
#122: Marry a wife by means of a marriage agreement and sanctification
Deuteronomy 22:13
#123: Do not have sexual relations with women not married by means of a marriage agreement and sanctification
Deuteronomy 23:18
#125: Have children with one's wife
Genesis 1:28
#126: Issue a divorce by means of a "get" document
Deuteronomy 24:1
#127: A man must not remarry his ex-wife after she has married someone else
Deuteronomy 24:4
#128: A man must marry the widow of his childless brother
Deuteronomy 25:5
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