Negative Commandment #286 of 613
Do not pressure or claim from the borrower during the seventh year
Commandment #286 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 15:2, classified under Shemittah and Yovel in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"This is the manner of remission: every creditor shall release what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother, because the LORD'S remission has been proclaimed.”
— Deuteronomy 15:2
Hebrew
וְזֶה דְּבַר הַשְּׁמִטָּה שָׁמוֹט כָּל־בַּעַל מַשֵּׁה יָדוֹ אֲשֶׁר יַשֶּׁה בְּרֵעֵהוּ לֹא־יִגֹּשׂ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וְאֶת־אָחִיו כִּי־קָרָא שְׁמִטָּה לַיהוָה׃
Greek (Septuagint)
καὶ οὕτως τὸ πρόσταγμα τῆς ἀφέσεως ἀφήσεις πᾶν χρέος ἴδιον ὃ ὀφείλει σοι ὁ πλησίον καὶ τὸν ἀδελφόν σου οὐκ ἀπαιτήσεις ὅτι ἐπικέκληται ἄφεσις κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σου
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Shemittah and Yovel
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 15
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Re'eh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #477
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsThe Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee
Related Commandments in “Shemittah and Yovel”
#279: The land shall rest unworked during the seventh year
Exodus 34:21
#280: Do not work the land during the seventh year
Leviticus 25:4
#281: Do not work with trees to produce fruit during the seventh year
Leviticus 25:4
#282: Do not reap crops that grow wild during the seventh year in the normal manner
Leviticus 25:5
#283: Do not gather grapes which grow wild during the seventh year in the normal way
Leviticus 25:5
#284: Leave free all produce which grew in the seventh year
Exodus 23:11
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