Negative Commandment #501 of 613
Do not insult or harm anybody with words
Commandment #501 — a prohibition from Leviticus 25:17, classified under Morality in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.”
— Leviticus 25:17
Hebrew
יז וְלֹא תוֹנוּ אִישׁ אֶת-עֲמִיתוֹ, וְיָרֵאתָ מֵאֱלֹהֶיךָ: כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה, אֱלֹהֵיכֶם.
Greek (Septuagint)
17 μὴ θλιβέτω ἄνθρωπος τὸν πλησίον καὶ φοβηθήσῃ κύριον τὸν θεόν σου· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Morality
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 25
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- B'har
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #338
- Mishneh Torah
- AcquisitionSales
Related Commandments in “Morality”
#25: Do not follow the whims of your heart or what your eyes see
Numbers 15:39
#477: Do not desire another's possession
Deuteronomy 5:18
#478: Return a stolen object or its value
Leviticus 6:5
#479: Do not ignore a lost object
Deuteronomy 22:3
#480: Return the lost object
Deuteronomy 22:1
#496: Help another remove the load from a beast which can no longer carry it
Exodus 23:5
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