Mitzvah #75 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Repent and confess wrongdoings“
Scripture Reference: NUM 5:7 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Naso)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
then he shall confess his sins which he has committed, and he shall make restitution in full for his wrong and add to it one-fifth of it, and give it to him whom he has wronged.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ז וְהִתְוַדּוּ, אֶת-חַטָּאתָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ, וְהֵשִׁיב אֶת-אֲשָׁמוֹ בְּרֹאשׁוֹ, וַחֲמִישִׁתוֹ יֹסֵף עָלָיו; וְנָתַן, לַאֲשֶׁר אָשַׁם לוֹ.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
7 ἐξαγορεύσει τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, ἣν ἐποίησεν, καὶ ἀποδώσει τὴν πλημμέλειαν τὸ κεφάλαιον καὶ τὸ ἐπίπεμπτον αὐτοῦ προσθήσει ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸ καὶ ἀποδώσει, τίνι ἐπλημμέλησεν αὐτῷ.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Naso
Sefer HaChinuch Number #364
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Knowledge (Buch 1)
Section: Repentance
Systematic Category (P119f) Prayer and Confession