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Positive Commandment #134 of 613

A man who slanders his wife with accusations of adultery must remain married to his wife

Commandment #134a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 22:19, classified under Marriage and Family in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl's father, because he publicly defamed a virgin of Israel. And she shall remain his wife; he cannot divorce her all his days.

Deuteronomy 22:19

Hebrew

יט וְעָנְשׁוּ אֹתוֹ מֵאָה כֶסֶף, וְנָתְנוּ לַאֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה--כִּי הוֹצִיא שֵׁם רָע, עַל בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל; וְלוֹ-תִהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה, לֹא-יוּכַל לְשַׁלְּחָהּ כָּל-יָמָיו. {ס}

Greek (Septuagint)

19 καὶ ζημιώσουσιν αὐτὸν ἑκατὸν σίκλους καὶ δώσουσιν τῷ πατρὶ τῆς νεάνιδος, ὅτι ἐξήνεγκεν ὄνομα πονηρὸν ἐπὶ παρθένον Ισραηλῖτιν· καὶ αὐτοῦ ἔσται γυνή, οὐ δυνήσεται ἐξαποστεῖλαι αὐτὴν τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον.

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Book
deuteronomy
Chapter
22

Scholarly References

Parashah
Ki Tetze
Sefer HaChinuch
#553
Mishneh Torah
WomenVirgin Maiden

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