Mitzvah #56 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not make a covenant with idolaters“
Scripture Reference: DEU 7:2 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Vaet Chanan)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
and when the LORD your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ב וּנְתָנָם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לְפָנֶיךָ--וְהִכִּיתָם: הַחֲרֵם תַּחֲרִים אֹתָם, לֹא-תִכְרֹת לָהֶם בְּרִית וְלֹא תְחָנֵּם.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
2 καὶ παραδώσει αὐτοὺς κύριος ὁ θεός σου εἰς τὰς χεῖράς σου καὶ πατάξεις αὐτούς, ἀφανισμῷ ἀφανιεῖς αὐτούς, οὐ διαθήσῃ πρὸς αὐτοὺς διαθήκην οὐδὲ μὴ ἐλεήσητε αὐτούς.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Vaet Chanan
Sefer HaChinuch Number #93
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Knowledge (Buch 1)
Section: Idolatry and Gentile Customs
Systematic Category (P119f) Idolatry