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Negative Commandment #503 of 613
Do not insult or harm a foreigner with words
Commandment #503 — a 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
- #65
- Mishneh Torah
- KnowledgePersonal Development
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