Mitzvah #19 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not gossip about others“
Scripture Reference: LEV 19:16 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Kedoshim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the LORD.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
טז לֹא-תֵלֵךְ רָכִיל בְּעַמֶּיךָ, לֹא תַעֲמֹד עַל-דַּם רֵעֶךָ: אֲנִי, יְהוָה.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
16 οὐ πορεύσῃ δόλῳ ἐν τῷ ἔθνει σου, οὐκ ἐπισυστήσῃ ἐφ᾿ αἷμα τοῦ πλησίον σου· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Kedoshim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #236
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Knowledge (Buch 1)
Section: Personal Development
Systematic Category (P119f) Love
