Negative Commandment #502 of 613

Do not cheat a foreigner monetarily

Commandment #502a prohibition from Exodus 22:21, classified under Love in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

"You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 22:21

Hebrew

כ וְגֵר לֹא-תוֹנֶה, וְלֹא תִלְחָצֶנּוּ: כִּי-גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם, בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם.

Greek (Septuagint)

21 (22:20) Καὶ προσήλυτον οὐ κακώσετε οὐδὲ μὴ θλίψητε αὐτόν· ἦτε γὰρ προσήλυτοι ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ. --

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Category
Love
Book
exodus
Chapter
22

Scholarly References

Parashah
Mishpatim
Sefer HaChinuch
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Mishneh Torah
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