Negative Commandment #56 of 613

Do not make a covenant with idolaters

Commandment #56a prohibition from Deuteronomy 7:2, classified under Idolatry in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

and when the LORD your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them.

Deuteronomy 7:2

Hebrew

ב וּנְתָנָם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לְפָנֶיךָ--וְהִכִּיתָם: הַחֲרֵם תַּחֲרִים אֹתָם, לֹא-תִכְרֹת לָהֶם בְּרִית וְלֹא תְחָנֵּם.

Greek (Septuagint)

2 καὶ παραδώσει αὐτοὺς κύριος ὁ θεός σου εἰς τὰς χεῖράς σου καὶ πατάξεις αὐτούς, ἀφανισμῷ ἀφανιεῖς αὐτούς, οὐ διαθήσῃ πρὸς αὐτοὺς διαθήκην οὐδὲ μὴ ἐλεήσητε αὐτούς.

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Category
Idolatry
Book
deuteronomy
Chapter
7

Scholarly References

Parashah
Vaet Chanan
Sefer HaChinuch
#93
Mishneh Torah
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