Positive Commandment #509 of 613
Give a Hebrew slave gifts when he goes free
Commandment #509 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 15:14, classified under Slaves and Servants in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall furnish him liberally from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.”
— Deuteronomy 15:14
Hebrew
יד הַעֲנֵיק תַּעֲנִיק, לוֹ, מִצֹּאנְךָ, וּמִגָּרְנְךָ וּמִיִּקְבֶךָ: אֲשֶׁר בֵּרַכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, תִּתֶּן-לוֹ.
Greek (Septuagint)
14 ἐφόδιον ἐφοδιάσεις αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν προβάτων σου καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ σίτου σου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ληνοῦ σου· καθὰ εὐλόγησέν σε κύριος ὁ θεός σου, δώσεις αὐτῷ.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Slaves and Servants
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 15
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Re'eh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #482
- Mishneh Torah
- AcquisitionSlaves
Related Commandments in “Slaves and Servants”
#504: Purchase a Hebrew slave in accordance with the prescribed laws
Exodus 21:2
#505: Do not sell a Hebrew as a non-Hebrew is sold
Leviticus 25:42
#506: Do not work a Hebrew slave oppressively
Leviticus 25:43
#507: Do not allow a non-Israelite to work a Hebrew slave oppressively
Leviticus 25:53
#508: Do not have a Hebrew slave do menial slave labor
Leviticus 25:39
#510: Do not send a Hebrew slave away empty-handed
Deuteronomy 15:13
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