Mitzvah #481 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„The court must implement laws against the one who assaults another or damages another's property“
Scripture Reference: EXO 21:18 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Mishpatim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"If men have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but remains in bed,
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יח וְכִי-יְרִיבֻן אֲנָשִׁים--וְהִכָּה-אִישׁ אֶת-רֵעֵהוּ, בְּאֶבֶן אוֹ בְאֶגְרֹף; וְלֹא יָמוּת, וְנָפַל לְמִשְׁכָּב.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
18 ἐὰν δὲ λοιδορῶνται δύο ἄνδρες καὶ πατάξῃ τις τὸν πλησίον λίθῳ ἢ πυγμῇ, καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ, κατακλιθῇ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν κοίτην,
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Mishpatim
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Injuries (Buch 11)
Section: One Who Injured Person or Property
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments