Mitzvah #476 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not covet and scheme to acquire another's possession“
Scripture Reference: EXO 20:17 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Yitro)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יג לֹא תַחְמֹד, בֵּית רֵעֶךָ; {ס} לֹא-תַחְמֹד אֵשֶׁת רֵעֶךָ, וְעַבְדּוֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ וְשׁוֹרוֹ וַחֲמֹרוֹ, וְכֹל, אֲשֶׁר לְרֵעֶךָ. {פ}
Greek Text (Septuagint)
17 οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον σου. οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ πλησίον σου οὔτε τὸν ἀγρὸν αὐτοῦ οὔτε τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ οὔτε τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ οὔτε τοῦ βοὸς αὐτοῦ οὔτε τοῦ ὑποζυγίου αὐτοῦ οὔτε παντὸς κτήνους αὐτοῦ οὔτε ὅσα τῷ πλησίον σού ἐστιν.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Yitro
Sefer HaChinuch Number #38
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Injuries (Buch 11)
Section: Robbery and Lost Property
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments