Negative Commandment #189 of 613
Do not benefit from an ox condemned to be stoned
Commandment #189 — a prohibition from Exodus 21:28, classified under Food in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall surely be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished.”
— Exodus 21:28
Hebrew
וְכִי־יִגַּח שׁוֹר אֶת־אִישׁ אוֹ אֶת־אִשָּׁה וָמֵת סָקוֹל יִסָּקֵל הַשּׁוֹר וְלֹא יֵאָכֵל אֶת־בְּשָׂרוֹ וּבַעַל הַשּׁוֹר נָקִי׃
Greek (Septuagint)
ἐὰν δὲ κερατίσῃ ταῦρος ἄνδρα ἢ γυναῖκα καὶ ἀποθάνῃ λίθοις λιθοβοληθήσεται ὁ ταῦρος καὶ οὐ βρωθήσεται τὰ κρέα αὐτοῦ ὁ δὲ κύριος τοῦ ταύρου ἀθῷος ἔσται
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Food
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 21
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Mishpatim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #52
- Mishneh Torah
- HolinessForbidden Foods
Related Commandments in “Food”
#176: Examine the signs of animals to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:2
#177: Examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Deuteronomy 14:11
#178: Examine the signs of fish to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:9
#179: Examine the signs of insects to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:21
#180: Do not eat non-kosher animals
Leviticus 11:4
#181: Do not eat non-kosher fowl
Leviticus 11:13
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