What is commandment #44 of the 613 commandments?

Commandment #44 is a negative commandment from Deuteronomy 18:20: "Do not prophesy falsely in the name of G-d." It belongs to the category of Idolatry.

Where is commandment #44 found in the Bible?

This commandment is found in Deuteronomy 18:20, in the book of Deuteronomy.

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Negative Commandment #44 of 613

Do not prophesy falsely in the name of G-d

Commandment #44 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 18:20, classified under Idolatry in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

“'But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.'”

— Deuteronomy 18:20

Hebrew

אַךְ הַנָּבִיא אֲשֶׁר יָזִיד לְדַבֵּר דָּבָר בִּשְׁמִי אֵת אֲשֶׁר לֹא־צִוִּיתִיו לְדַבֵּר וַאֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וּמֵת הַנָּבִיא הַהוּא׃ ‬

Greek (Septuagint)

πλὴν ὁ προφήτης ὃς ἂν ἀσεβήσῃ λαλῆσαι ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου ῥῆμα ὃ οὐ προσέταξα λαλῆσαι καὶ ὃς ἂν λαλήσῃ ἐπ' ὀνόματι θεῶν ἑτέρων ἀποθανεῖται ὁ προφήτης ἐκεῖνος