Negative Commandment #579 of 613
Do not deviate from the word of the Sanhedrin
Commandment #579 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 17:11, classified under Courts, Crimes, and Punishments in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"According to the terms of the law which they teach you, and according to the verdict which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the word which they declare to you, to the right or the left.”
— Deuteronomy 17:11
Hebrew
עַל־פִּי הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר יוֹרוּךָ וְעַל־הַמִּשְׁפָּט אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמְרוּ לְךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה לֹא תָסוּר מִן־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־יַגִּידוּ לְךָ יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאל׃
Greek (Septuagint)
κατὰ τὸν νόμον καὶ κατὰ τὴν κρίσιν ἣν ἂν εἴπωσίν σοι ποιήσεις οὐκ ἐκκλινεῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥήματος οὗ ἐὰν ἀναγγείλωσίν σοι δεξιὰ οὐδὲ ἀριστερά
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Courts, Crimes, and Punishments
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 17
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shoftim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #496
- Mishneh Torah
- JudgesRebels
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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