Mitzvah #571 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Carefully interrogate the witness“
Scripture Reference: DEU 13:15 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Re'eh)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying it and all that is in it and its cattle with the edge of the sword.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
טז הַכֵּה תַכֶּה, אֶת-יֹשְׁבֵי הָעִיר הַהִוא--לְפִי-חָרֶב: הַחֲרֵם אֹתָהּ וְאֶת-כָּל-אֲשֶׁר-בָּהּ וְאֶת-בְּהֶמְתָּהּ, לְפִי-חָרֶב.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
(13:16) ἀναιρῶν ἀνελεῖς πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρας, ἀναθέματι ἀναθεματιεῖτε αὐτὴν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Re'eh
Sefer HaChinuch Number #463
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judges (Buch 14)
Section: Testimony
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments
