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Positive Commandment #514 of 613

Canaanite slaves must work forever unless injured in one of their limbs

Commandment #514a positive obligation from Leviticus 25:46, classified under Slaves and Servants in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

'You may even bequeath them to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your countrymen, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with severity over one another.

Leviticus 25:46

Hebrew

מו וְהִתְנַחַלְתֶּם אֹתָם לִבְנֵיכֶם אַחֲרֵיכֶם, לָרֶשֶׁת אֲחֻזָּה--לְעֹלָם, בָּהֶם תַּעֲבֹדוּ; וּבְאַחֵיכֶם בְּנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו, לֹא-תִרְדֶּה בוֹ בְּפָרֶךְ. {ס}

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ καταμεριεῖτε αὐτοὺς τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν μεθ᾿ ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἔσονται ὑμῖν κατόχιμοι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν τῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ ἕκαστος τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ οὐ κατατενεῖ αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς μόχθοις.

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Book
leviticus
Chapter
25

Scholarly References

Parashah
B'har
Sefer HaChinuch
#347
Mishneh Torah
AcquisitionSlaves

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