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Do not send a Hebrew slave away empty-handed

Commandment 510ProhibitionParashat Re'ehSlaves

Scripture

"When you set him free, you shall not send him away empty-handed.

Hebrew

יג וְכִי-תְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ חָפְשִׁי, מֵעִמָּךְ--לֹא תְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ, רֵיקָם.

Greek

13 ὅταν δὲ ἐξαποστέλλῃς αὐτὸν ἐλεύθερον ἀπὸ σοῦ, οὐκ ἐξαποστελεῖς αὐτὸν κενόν·

Classification

  • Parashah: Re'eh
  • Sefer HaChinuch: 481
  • Mishneh Torah: Acquisition — Slaves

Stated in

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