Mitzvah #505 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not sell a Hebrew as a non-Hebrew is sold“
Scripture Reference: LEV 25:42 (Torah Portion (Parashah): B'har)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold in a slave sale.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
מב כִּי-עֲבָדַי הֵם, אֲשֶׁר-הוֹצֵאתִי אֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם; לֹא יִמָּכְרוּ, מִמְכֶּרֶת עָבֶד.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
42 διότι οἰκέται μού εἰσιν οὗτοι, οὓς ἐξήγαγον ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, οὐ πραθήσεται ἐν πράσει οἰκέτου·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) B'har
Sefer HaChinuch Number #345
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Acquisition (Buch 12)
Section: Slaves
Systematic Category (P119f) Slaves and Servants