Negative Commandment #521 of 613
The worker must not eat while on hired time
Commandment #521 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 23:25, classified under Slaves and Servants in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"When you enter your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor's standing grain.”
— Deuteronomy 23:25
Hebrew
כִּי תָבֹא בְּקָמַת רֵעֶךָ וְקָטַפְתָּ מְלִילֹת בְּיָדֶךָ וְחֶרְמֵשׁ לֹא תָנִיף עַל קָמַת רֵעֶךָ׃ ס
Greek (Septuagint)
(23:26) ἐὰν δὲ εἰσέλθῃς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα τοῦ πλησίον σου, φάγῃ σταφυλὴν ὅσον ψυχήν σου ἐμπλησθῆναι, εἰς δὲ ἄγγος οὐκ ἐμβαλεῖς.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Slaves and Servants
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 23
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tetze
- Mishneh Torah
- JudgmentsHiring
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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