Negative Commandment #503 of 613

Do not insult or harm a foreigner with words

Commandment #503a 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

וְגֵר לֹא־תוֹנֶה וְלֹא תִלְחָצֶנּוּ כִּי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃ ‬

Greek (Septuagint)

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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