Mitzvah #464 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eating“
Scripture Reference: EXO 22:5 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Mishpatim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"If a man lets a field or vineyard be grazed bare and lets his animal loose so that it grazes in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ד כִּי יַבְעֶר-אִישׁ, שָׂדֶה אוֹ-כֶרֶם, וְשִׁלַּח אֶת-בְּעִירֹה, וּבִעֵר בִּשְׂדֵה אַחֵר--מֵיטַב שָׂדֵהוּ וּמֵיטַב כַּרְמוֹ, יְשַׁלֵּם. {ס}
Greek Text (Septuagint)
5 (22:4) ἐὰν δὲ καταβοσκήσῃ τις ἀγρὸν ἢ ἀμπελῶνα καὶ ἀφῇ τὸ κτῆνος αὐτοῦ καταβοσκῆσαι ἀγρὸν ἕτερον, ἀποτείσει ἐκ τοῦ ἀγροῦ αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὸ γένημα αὐτοῦ· ἐὰν δὲ πάντα τὸν ἀγρὸν καταβοσκήσῃ, τὰ βέλτιστα τοῦ ἀγροῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ βέλτιστα τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος αὐτοῦ ἀποτείσει. --
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Mishpatim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #55
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Injuries (Buch 11)
Section: Injury to Property
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments