Mitzvah #42 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not prophesy in the name of idolatry“
Scripture Reference: DEU 18:20 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Shoftim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.'
Hebrew Text (Torah)
כ אַךְ הַנָּבִיא אֲשֶׁר יָזִיד לְדַבֵּר דָּבָר בִּשְׁמִי, אֵת אֲשֶׁר לֹא-צִוִּיתִיו לְדַבֵּר, וַאֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר, בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים--וּמֵת, הַנָּבִיא הַהוּא.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
20 πλὴν ὁ προφήτης, ὃς ἂν ἀσεβήσῃ λαλῆσαι ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου ῥῆμα, ὃ οὐ προσέταξα λαλῆσαι, καὶ ὃς ἂν λαλήσῃ ἐπ᾿ ὀνόματι θεῶν ἑτέρων, ἀποθανεῖται ὁ προφήτης ἐκεῖνος.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Shoftim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #518
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Knowledge (Buch 1)
Section: Idolatry and Gentile Customs
Systematic Category (P119f) Idolatry