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Negative Commandment #500 of 613
Do not overcharge or underpay for an article
Commandment #500 — a prohibition 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
וְכִי־תִמְכְּרוּ מִמְכָּר לַעֲמִיתֶךָ אוֹ קָנֹה מִיַּד עֲמִיתֶךָ אַל־תּוֹנוּ אִישׁ אֶת־אָחִיו׃
Greek (Septuagint)
ἐὰν δὲ ἀποδῷ πρᾶσιν τῷ πλησίον σου ἐὰν καὶ κτήσῃ παρὰ τοῦ πλησίον σου μὴ θλιβέτω ἄνθρωπος τὸν πλησίον
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Business
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 25
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- B'har
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #337
- Mishneh Torah
- AcquisitionSales
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