Mitzvah #597 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not let any of the seven Canaanite nations remain alive“
Scripture Reference: DEU 20:16 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Shoftim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"Only in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you shall not leave alive anything that breathes.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
טז רַק, מֵעָרֵי הָעַמִּים הָאֵלֶּה, אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, נֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה--לֹא תְחַיֶּה, כָּל-נְשָׁמָה.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
16 ἰδοὺ δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων τῶν ἐθνῶν τούτων, ὧν κύριος ὁ θεός σου δίδωσίν σοι κληρονομεῖν τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν, οὐ ζωγρήσετε ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν πᾶν ἐμπνέον,
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Shoftim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #528
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judges (Buch 14)
Section: Kings and Wars
Systematic Category (P119f) War and Battles
