Negative Commandment #215 of 613

Do not break oaths or vows

Commandment #215a 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

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