Positive Commandment #512 of 613
Betroth the Israelite maidservant
Commandment #512 — a positive obligation from Exodus 21:8, classified under Slaves and Servants in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign people because of his unfairness to her.”
— Exodus 21:8
Hebrew
אִם־רָעָה בְּעֵינֵי אֲדֹנֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר־*לא **לוֹ יְעָדָהּ וְהֶפְדָּהּ לְעַם נָכְרִי לֹא־יִמְשֹׁל לְמָכְרָהּ בְּבִגְדוֹ־בָהּ׃
Greek (Septuagint)
ἐὰν μὴ εὐαρεστήσῃ τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτῆς ἣν αὑτῷ καθωμολογήσατο ἀπολυτρώσει αὐτήν ἔθνει δὲ ἀλλοτρίῳ οὐ κύριός ἐστιν πωλεῖν αὐτήν ὅτι ἠθέτησεν ἐν αὐτῇ
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Slaves and Servants
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 21
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Mishpatim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #43
- 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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