Positive Commandment #525 of 613
The courts must carry out the laws of an unpaid guard
Commandment #525 — a positive obligation from Exodus 22:7, classified under Courts, Crimes, and Punishments in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is caught, he shall pay double.”
— Exodus 22:7
Hebrew
ו כִּי-יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶל-רֵעֵהוּ כֶּסֶף אוֹ-כֵלִים, לִשְׁמֹר, וְגֻנַּב, מִבֵּית הָאִישׁ--אִם-יִמָּצֵא הַגַּנָּב, יְשַׁלֵּם שְׁנָיִם.
Greek (Septuagint)
(22:6) ἐὰν δέ τις δῷ τῷ πλησίον ἀργύριον ἢ σκεύη φυλάξαι, καὶ κλαπῇ ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἐὰν εὑρεθῇ ὁ κλέψας, ἀποτείσει διπλοῦν·
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Courts, Crimes, and Punishments
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 22
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Mishpatim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #57
- Mishneh Torah
- JudgmentsBorrowed and Deposited Things
Related Commandments in “Courts, Crimes, and Punishments”
#131: The court must fine one who sexually seduces a maiden
Exodus 22:16
#464: The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eating
Exodus 22:5
#465: The court must judge the damages incurred by a pit
Exodus 21:33
#466: The court must judge the damages incurred by fire
Exodus 22:6
#468: The court must implement punitive measures against a thief
Exodus 22:1
#469: Each individual must ensure that his scales and weights are accurate
Leviticus 19:36
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