Anybody who knows evidence must testify in court
Commandment 570Positive commandmentParashat VayikraTestimony
Scripture
Now if a person sins after he hears a public adjuration to testify when he is a witness, whether he has seen or otherwise known, if he does not tell it, then he will bear his guilt.
Hebrew
א וְנֶפֶשׁ כִּי-תֶחֱטָא, וְשָׁמְעָה קוֹל אָלָה, וְהוּא עֵד, אוֹ רָאָה אוֹ יָדָע; אִם-לוֹא יַגִּיד, וְנָשָׂא עֲוֹנוֹ.
Greek
1 Ἐὰν δὲ ψυχὴ ἁμάρτῃ καὶ ἀκούσῃ φωνὴν ὁρκισμοῦ καὶ οὗτος μάρτυς (ἢ ἑώρακεν ἢ σύνοιδεν), ἐὰν μὴ ἀπαγγείλῃ, λήμψεται τὴν ἁμαρτίαν·
Classification
- Parashah: Vayikra
- Sefer HaChinuch: 122
- Mishneh Torah: Judges — Testimony
Stated in
Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.