Mitzvah #570 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Anybody who knows evidence must testify in court“
Scripture Reference: LEV 5:1 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Vayikra)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
Now if a person sins after he hears a public adjuration to testify when he is a witness, whether he has seen or otherwise known, if he does not tell it, then he will bear his guilt.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
א וְנֶפֶשׁ כִּי-תֶחֱטָא, וְשָׁמְעָה קוֹל אָלָה, וְהוּא עֵד, אוֹ רָאָה אוֹ יָדָע; אִם-לוֹא יַגִּיד, וְנָשָׂא עֲוֹנוֹ.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
1 Ἐὰν δὲ ψυχὴ ἁμάρτῃ καὶ ἀκούσῃ φωνὴν ὁρκισμοῦ καὶ οὗτος μάρτυς (ἢ ἑώρακεν ἢ σύνοιδεν), ἐὰν μὴ ἀπαγγείλῃ, λήμψεται τὴν ἁμαρτίαν·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Vayikra
Sefer HaChinuch Number #122
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judges (Buch 14)
Section: Testimony
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments