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Positive Commandment #75 of 613

Repent and confess wrongdoings

Commandment #75a positive obligation from Numbers 5:7, classified under Prayer and Confession in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

then he shall confess his sins which he has committed, and he shall make restitution in full for his wrong and add to it one-fifth of it, and give it to him whom he has wronged.

Numbers 5:7

Hebrew

ז וְהִתְוַדּוּ, אֶת-חַטָּאתָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ, וְהֵשִׁיב אֶת-אֲשָׁמוֹ בְּרֹאשׁוֹ, וַחֲמִישִׁתוֹ יֹסֵף עָלָיו; וְנָתַן, לַאֲשֶׁר אָשַׁם לוֹ.

Greek (Septuagint)

7 ἐξαγορεύσει τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, ἣν ἐποίησεν, καὶ ἀποδώσει τὴν πλημμέλειαν τὸ κεφάλαιον καὶ τὸ ἐπίπεμπτον αὐτοῦ προσθήσει ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸ καὶ ἀποδώσει, τίνι ἐπλημμέλησεν αὐτῷ.

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Book
numbers
Chapter
5

Scholarly References

Parashah
Naso
Sefer HaChinuch
#364
Mishneh Torah
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