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Negative Commandment #19 of 613
Do not gossip about others
Commandment #19 — a prohibition from Leviticus 19:16, classified under Love in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the LORD.”
— Leviticus 19:16
Hebrew
טז לֹא-תֵלֵךְ רָכִיל בְּעַמֶּיךָ, לֹא תַעֲמֹד עַל-דַּם רֵעֶךָ: אֲנִי, יְהוָה.
Greek (Septuagint)
16 οὐ πορεύσῃ δόλῳ ἐν τῷ ἔθνει σου, οὐκ ἐπισυστήσῃ ἐφ᾿ αἷμα τοῦ πλησίον σου· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Love
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Kedoshim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #236
- Mishneh Torah
- KnowledgePersonal Development
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