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Positive Commandment #499 of 613
Buy and sell according to G-d's Law
Commandment #499 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 25:14, classified under Business in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend's hand, you shall not wrong one another.”
— Leviticus 25:14
Hebrew
יד וְכִי-תִמְכְּרוּ מִמְכָּר לַעֲמִיתֶךָ, אוֹ קָנֹה מִיַּד עֲמִיתֶךָ--אַל-תּוֹנוּ, אִישׁ אֶת-אָחִיו.
Greek (Septuagint)
14 ἐὰν δὲ ἀποδῷ πρᾶσιν τῷ πλησίον σου ἐὰν καὶ κτήσῃ παρὰ τοῦ πλησίον σου, μὴ θλιβέτω ἄνθρωπος τὸν πλησίον·
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Business
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 25
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- B'har
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #336
- Mishneh Torah
- AcquisitionSales
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