Negative Commandment #510 of 613
Do not send a Hebrew slave away empty-handed
Commandment #510 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 15:13, classified under Slaves and Servants in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"When you set him free, you shall not send him away empty-handed.”
— Deuteronomy 15:13
Hebrew
יג וְכִי-תְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ חָפְשִׁי, מֵעִמָּךְ--לֹא תְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ, רֵיקָם.
Greek (Septuagint)
13 ὅταν δὲ ἐξαποστέλλῃς αὐτὸν ἐλεύθερον ἀπὸ σοῦ, οὐκ ἐξαποστελεῖς αὐτὸν κενόν·
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Slaves and Servants
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 15
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Re'eh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #481
- 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
#509: Give a Hebrew slave gifts when he goes free
Deuteronomy 15:14
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