Negative Commandment #57 of 613
Do not show favor to idolaters
Commandment #57 — a 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
וּנְתָנָם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ וְהִכִּיתָם הַחֲרֵם תַּחֲרִים אֹתָם לֹא־תִכְרֹת לָהֶם בְּרִית וְלֹא תְחָנֵּם׃
Greek (Septuagint)
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
- #426
- Mishneh Torah
- KnowledgeIdolatry and Gentile Customs
Related Commandments in “Idolatry”
#24: Do not inquire into idolatry
Leviticus 19:4
#27: Do not worship idols in the manner they are worshiped
Exodus 20:5
#28: Do not worship idols in the four ways we worship G-d
Exodus 20:5
#29: Do not make an idol for yourself
Exodus 20:4
#30: Do not make an idol for others
Leviticus 19:4
#31: Do not make human forms even for decorative purposes
Exodus 20:23
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