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Negative Commandment #489 of 613
Do not stand idly by if someone's life is in danger
Commandment #489 — a prohibition from Leviticus 19:16, classified under Love in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the LORD.”
— Leviticus 19:16
Hebrew
לֹא־תֵלֵךְ רָכִיל בְּעַמֶּיךָ לֹא תַעֲמֹד עַל־דַּם רֵעֶךָ אֲנִי יְהוָה׃
Greek (Septuagint)
οὐ πορεύσῃ δόλῳ ἐν τῷ ἔθνει σου οὐκ ἐπισυστήσῃ ἐφ' αἷμα τοῦ πλησίον σου ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Love
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Kedoshim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #237
- Mishneh Torah
- KnowledgePersonal Development
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