Negative Commandment #215 of 613
Do not break oaths or vows
Commandment #215 — a prohibition from Numbers 30:2, classified under Oaths in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or takes an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.”
— Numbers 30:2
Hebrew
ג אִישׁ כִּי-יִדֹּר נֶדֶר לַיהוָה, אוֹ-הִשָּׁבַע שְׁבֻעָה לֶאְסֹר אִסָּר עַל-נַפְשׁוֹ--לֹא יַחֵל, דְּבָרוֹ: כְּכָל-הַיֹּצֵא מִפִּיו, יַעֲשֶׂה.
Greek (Septuagint)
(30:3) ἄνθρωπος ἄνθρωπος, ὃς ἂν εὔξηται εὐχὴν κυρίῳ ἢ ὀμόσῃ ὅρκον ἢ ὁρίσηται ὁρισμῷ περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ, οὐ βεβηλώσει τὸ ῥῆμα αὐτοῦ· πάντα, ὅσα ἐὰν ἐξέλθῃ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ, ποιήσει.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Oaths
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 30
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Mattot
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #407
- Mishneh Torah
- PromisesVows
Related Commandments in “Oaths”
#209: Do not swear falsely in G-d's Name
Leviticus 19:12
#210: Do not take G-d's Name in vain
Exodus 20:7
#211: Do not deny possession of something entrusted to you
Leviticus 19:11
#212: Do not falsely swear in denial of a claim to property
Leviticus 19:11
#214: Fulfill what you uttered and do what you vowed
Deuteronomy 23:23
#216: For oaths and vows annulled, there are the laws of annulling vows explicit in the Law
Numbers 30:3
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