Negative Commandment #610 of 613
Do not panic and retreat during battle
Commandment #610 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 20:3, classified under War and Battles in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"He shall say to them, 'Hear, O Israel, you are approaching the battle against your enemies today. Do not be fainthearted. Do not be afraid, or panic, or tremble before them,”
— Deuteronomy 20:3
Hebrew
ג וְאָמַר אֲלֵהֶם שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל, אַתֶּם קְרֵבִים הַיּוֹם לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל-אֹיְבֵיכֶם; אַל-יֵרַךְ לְבַבְכֶם, אַל-תִּירְאוּ וְאַל-תַּחְפְּזוּ וְאַל-תַּעַרְצוּ--מִפְּנֵיהֶם.
Greek (Septuagint)
3 καὶ ἐρεῖ πρὸς αὐτούς Ἄκουε, Ισραηλ· ὑμεῖς προσπορεύεσθε σήμερον εἰς πόλεμον ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν, μὴ ἐκλυέσθω ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν, μὴ φοβεῖσθε μηδὲ θραύεσθε μηδὲ ἐκκλίνητε ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν,
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- War and Battles
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 20
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shoftim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #525
- Mishneh Torah
- JudgesKings and Wars
Related Commandments in “War and Battles”
#164: Do not prevent a third-generation Egyptian convert from marrying into the Covenant people
Deuteronomy 23:7
#165: Do not refrain from marrying a third generation Edomite convert
Deuteronomy 23:7
#596: Destroy the seven Canaanite nations
Deuteronomy 20:17
#597: Do not let any of the seven Canaanite nations remain alive
Deuteronomy 20:16
#598: Wipe out the descendants of Amalek
Deuteronomy 25:19
#599: Remember what Amalek did to the Israelites
Deuteronomy 25:17
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