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Positive Commandment #16 of 613
Reprove a neighbor who sins
Commandment #16 — a positive obligation 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
לֹא־תִשְׂנָא אֶת־אָחִיךָ בִּלְבָבֶךָ הוֹכֵחַ תּוֹכִיחַ אֶת־עֲמִיתֶךָ וְלֹא־תִשָּׂא עָלָיו חֵטְא׃
Greek (Septuagint)
οὐ μισήσεις τὸν ἀδελφόν σου τῇ διανοίᾳ σου ἐλεγμῷ ἐλέγξεις τὸν πλησίον σου καὶ οὐ λήμψῃ δι' αὐτὸν ἁμαρτίαν
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Love
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Kedoshim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #239
- Mishneh Torah
- KnowledgePersonal Development
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