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Negative Commandment #45 of 613
Do not be afraid of killing the false prophet
Commandment #45 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 18:22, classified under Prophecy in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.”
— Deuteronomy 18:22
Hebrew
כב אֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר הַנָּבִיא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה, וְלֹא-יִהְיֶה הַדָּבָר וְלֹא יָבֹא--הוּא הַדָּבָר, אֲשֶׁר לֹא-דִבְּרוֹ יְהוָה: בְּזָדוֹן דִּבְּרוֹ הַנָּבִיא, לֹא תָגוּר מִמֶּנּוּ. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
22 ὅσα ἐὰν λαλήσῃ ὁ προφήτης ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι κυρίου, καὶ μὴ γένηται τὸ ῥῆμα καὶ μὴ συμβῇ, τοῦτο τὸ ῥῆμα, ὃ οὐκ ἐλάλησεν κύριος· ἐν ἀσεβείᾳ ἐλάλησεν ὁ προφήτης ἐκεῖνος, οὐκ ἀφέξεσθε αὐτοῦ.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Prophecy
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 18
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shoftim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #519
- Mishneh Torah
- KnowledgeIdolatry and Gentile Customs
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