Negative Commandment #35 of 613

Do not derive benefit from an idolatrous city

Commandment #35a prohibition from Deuteronomy 13:18, classified under Idolatry in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

if you will listen to the voice of the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments which I am commanding you today, and doing what is right in the sight of the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 13:18

Hebrew

יט כִּי תִשְׁמַע, בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לִשְׁמֹר אֶת-כָּל-מִצְו‍ֹתָיו, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם--לַעֲשׂוֹת, הַיָּשָׁר, בְּעֵינֵי, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ. {ס}

Greek (Septuagint)

(13:19) ἐὰν ἀκούσῃς τῆς φωνῆς κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου φυλάσσειν πάσας τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, ὅσας ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοι σήμερον, ποιεῖν τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὸ ἀρεστὸν ἐναντίον κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου.

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Category
Idolatry
Book
deuteronomy
Chapter
13

Scholarly References

Parashah
Re'eh
Sefer HaChinuch
#466
Mishneh Torah
KnowledgeIdolatry and Gentile Customs

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