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Negative Commandment #15 of 613
Do not hate fellow covenant members
Commandment #15 — a prohibition from Leviticus 19:17, classified under Love in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.”
— Leviticus 19:17
Hebrew
יז לֹא-תִשְׂנָא אֶת-אָחִיךָ, בִּלְבָבֶךָ; הוֹכֵחַ תּוֹכִיחַ אֶת-עֲמִיתֶךָ, וְלֹא-תִשָּׂא עָלָיו חֵטְא.
Greek (Septuagint)
17 οὐ μισήσεις τὸν ἀδελφόν σου τῇ διανοίᾳ σου, ἐλεγμῷ ἐλέγξεις τὸν πλησίον σου καὶ οὐ λήμψῃ δι᾿ αὐτὸν ἁμαρτίαν.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Love
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Kedoshim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #238
- Mishneh Torah
- KnowledgePersonal Development
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