Negative Commandment #17 of 613

Do not embarrass others

Commandment #17a 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

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
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Category
Love
Book
leviticus
Chapter
19

Scholarly References

Parashah
Kedoshim
Sefer HaChinuch
#240
Mishneh Torah
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