Mitzvah #564 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„The judge must not fear a violent man in judgment“
Scripture Reference: DEU 1:17 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Devarim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not fear man, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.'
Hebrew Text (Torah)
לֹא־תַכִּירוּ פָנִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּט כַּקָּטֹן כַּגָּדֹל תִּשְׁמָעוּן לֹא תָגוּרוּ מִפְּנֵי־אִישׁ כִּי הַמִּשְׁפָּט לֵאלֹהִים הוּא וְהַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר יִקְשֶׁה מִכֶּם תַּקְרִבוּן אֵלַי וּשְׁמַעְתִּיו׃
Greek Text (Septuagint)
οὐκ ἐπιγνώσῃ πρόσωπον ἐν κρίσει κατὰ τὸν μικρὸν καὶ κατὰ τὸν μέγαν κρινεῖς οὐ μὴ ὑποστείλῃ πρόσωπον ἀνθρώπου ὅτι ἡ κρίσις τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν καὶ τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐὰν σκληρὸν ᾖ ἀφ' ὑμῶν ἀνοίσετε αὐτὸ ἐπ' ἐμέ καὶ ἀκούσομαι αὐτό
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Devarim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #415
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judges (Buch 14)
Section: The Sanhedrin and the Penalties Under Their Jurisdiction
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments