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Betroth the Israelite maidservant

Commandment 512Positive commandmentParashat MishpatimSlaves

Scripture

"If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign people because of his unfairness to her.

Hebrew

אִם־רָעָה בְּעֵינֵי אֲדֹנֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר־*לא **לוֹ יְעָדָהּ וְהֶפְדָּהּ לְעַם נָכְרִי לֹא־יִמְשֹׁל לְמָכְרָהּ בְּבִגְדוֹ־בָהּ׃ ‬

Greek

ἐὰν μὴ εὐαρεστήσῃ τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτῆς ἣν αὑτῷ καθωμολογήσατο ἀπολυτρώσει αὐτήν ἔθνει δὲ ἀλλοτρίῳ οὐ κύριός ἐστιν πωλεῖν αὐτήν ὅτι ἠθέτησεν ἐν αὐτῇ

Classification

  • Parashah: Mishpatim
  • Sefer HaChinuch: 43
  • 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.