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Do not swear falsely in G-d's Name

Commandment 209ProhibitionParashat KedoshimOaths

Scripture

'You shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

Hebrew

יב וְלֹא-תִשָּׁבְעוּ בִשְׁמִי, לַשָּׁקֶר: וְחִלַּלְתָּ אֶת-שֵׁם אֱלֹהֶיךָ, אֲנִי יְהוָה.

Greek

12 καὶ οὐκ ὀμεῖσθε τῷ ὀνόματί μου ἐπ᾿ ἀδίκῳ καὶ οὐ βεβηλώσετε τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.

Classification

  • Parashah: Kedoshim
  • Sefer HaChinuch: 227
  • Mishneh Torah: Promises — Oaths

Stated in

Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.