Mitzvah #524 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„The courts must carry out the laws of a borrower“
Scripture Reference: EXO 22:14 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Mishpatim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"If a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not with it, he shall make full restitution.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יג וְכִי-יִשְׁאַל אִישׁ מֵעִם רֵעֵהוּ, וְנִשְׁבַּר אוֹ-מֵת; בְּעָלָיו אֵין-עִמּוֹ, שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּם.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
(22:13) ἐὰν δὲ αἰτήσῃ τις παρὰ τοῦ πλησίον, καὶ συντριβῇ ἢ ἀποθάνῃ ἢ αἰχμάλωτον γένηται, ὁ δὲ κύριος μὴ ᾖ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, ἀποτείσει·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Mishpatim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #60
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judgments (Buch 13)
Section: Borrowed and Deposited Things
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments