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Positive Commandment #499 of 613

Buy and sell according to G-d's Law

Commandment #499a 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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