Mitzvah #525 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„The courts must carry out the laws of an unpaid guard“
Scripture Reference: EXO 22:7 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Mishpatim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is caught, he shall pay double.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ו כִּי-יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶל-רֵעֵהוּ כֶּסֶף אוֹ-כֵלִים, לִשְׁמֹר, וְגֻנַּב, מִבֵּית הָאִישׁ--אִם-יִמָּצֵא הַגַּנָּב, יְשַׁלֵּם שְׁנָיִם.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
(22:6) ἐὰν δέ τις δῷ τῷ πλησίον ἀργύριον ἢ σκεύη φυλάξαι, καὶ κλαπῇ ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἐὰν εὑρεθῇ ὁ κλέψας, ἀποτείσει διπλοῦν·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Mishpatim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #57
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judgments (Buch 13)
Section: Borrowed and Deposited Things
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments