Negative Commandment #603 of 613
Do not offer peace to Ammon and Moab while besieging them
Commandment #603 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 23:7, classified under Marriage and Family in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall not detest an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land.”
— Deuteronomy 23:7
Hebrew
לֹא־תְתַעֵב אֲדֹמִי כִּי אָחִיךָ הוּא ס לֹא־תְתַעֵב מִצְרִי כִּי־גֵר הָיִיתָ בְאַרְצוֹ׃
Greek (Septuagint)
23:8 οὐ βδελύξῃ ιδουμαῖον ὅτι ἀδελφός σού ἐστιν οὐ βδελύξῃ αἰγύπτιον ὅτι πάροικος ἐγένου ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτοῦ
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Marriage and Family
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 23
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tetze
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #562
- Mishneh Torah
- JudgesKings and Wars
Related Commandments in “Marriage and Family”
#122: Marry a wife by means of a marriage agreement and sanctification
Deuteronomy 22:13
#123: Do not have sexual relations with women not married by means of a marriage agreement and sanctification
Deuteronomy 23:18
#124: Do not withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife
Exodus 21:10
#125: Have children with one's wife
Genesis 1:28
#126: Issue a divorce by means of a "get" document
Deuteronomy 24:1
#127: A man must not remarry his ex-wife after she has married someone else
Deuteronomy 24:4
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