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   15 "That one shall be exact in the use of weights & measures."   
      
   Positive Mitzvah 208   
      
   Leviticus 19:36 "Honest balance, honest weights, an honest dry measure   
   and an honest liquid measure, you shall have"   
      
      
      
   16. "That the robber shall return [or pay for] the stolen object."   
      
   Positive Mitzvah 194   
      
   Leviticus 5:23 "He shall return that which he stole"   
      
      
      
   IV. No murder   
      
   1. "Against any person murdering anyone"   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 289   
      
   Exodus 20:13 "You shall not murder"   
      
      
      
   V. No adultery   
      
   1. "Against [a man] having union with his mother."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 330   
      
   Leviticus 18:7 "She is your mother, do not act immodestly with her"   
      
      
      
   2. "Against [a man] having union with his sister."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 331   
      
   Leviticus 18:8 "Do not act immodestly with your father's wife"   
      
      
      
   3. "Against [a man] having union with the wife of his father."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 332   
      
   Leviticus 18:9 "Do not act immodestly...with your sister"   
      
      
      
   4. "Against [a man] having union with another man's wife."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 347   
      
   Exodus 20:13 "You shall not commit adultery"   
      
      
      
   5. "Against [a man] copulating with a beast."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 348   
      
   Leviticus 18:23 "Do not act indecently with an animal"   
      
      
      
   6. "Against a woman copulating with a beast."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 349   
      
   Leviticus 18:23 "A woman may not act indecently with an animal"   
      
      
      
   7. "Against [a man] lying carnally with a male."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 350   
      
   Leviticus 18:22 "Do not have a relationship with a male as you would   
   with a woman"   
      
      
      
   8. "Against [a man] lying carnally with his father."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 351   
      
   Leviticus 18:7 "Do not act immodestly with your father"   
      
      
      
   9. "Against [a man] lying carnally with his father's brother."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 352   
      
   Leviticus 18:14 "Do not act immodestly with your father's brother"   
      
      
      
   10. "Against engaging in erotic conduct that may lead to a prohibited   
   union. [That is, petting by persons whose marriage would be illicit.]"   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 353   
      
   Leviticus 18:6 "No person shall approach a close relative and act   
   immodestly"   
      
      
      
   VI. Courts of justice   
      
   1. "To appoint judges and officers in each and every community."   
      
   Positive Mitzvah 176   
      
   Deuteronomy 16:18 "Appoint judges and officers in all your gates"   
      
      
      
   2. "To treat the litigants equally before the law."   
      
   Positive Mitzvah 177   
      
   Leviticus 19:15 "With righteousness, judge your neighbor"   
      
      
      
   3. "To inquire diligently into the testimony of a witness."   
      
   Positive Mitzvah 179   
      
   Deuteronomy 13:15 "Then you shall inquire, search, and ask diligently"   
      
      
      
   4. "Against the wanton miscarriage of justice by the court."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 273   
      
   Leviticus 19:15 "You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment"   
      
      
      
   5. "Against the judge accepting a bribe or gift from a litigant."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 274   
      
   Exodus 23:8 "And you shall take no bribe"   
      
      
      
   6. "Against the judge showing marks of honour to but one litigant."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 275   
      
   Leviticus 19:15 "Nor honor an important person"   
      
      
      
   7. "Against the judge acting in fear of a litigant's threats."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 276   
      
   Deuteronomy 1:17 "You shall not be afraid because of any man"   
      
      
      
   8. "Against the judge, out of compassion, favouring a poor litigant."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 277   
      
   Exodus 23:3 "You shall not favor a poor man in his cause"   
      
      
      
   9. "Against the judge discriminating against the litigant because he   
   is a sinner."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 278   
      
   Exodus 23:6 "You shall not pervert the judgment of the needy in his   
   cause"   
      
      
      
   10. "Against the judge, out of softness, putting aside the penalty of   
   a mauler or killer."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 279   
      
   Deuteronomy 19:21 "And your eye shall not have pity"   
      
      
      
   11. "Against the judge discriminating against a stranger or an   
   orphan."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 280   
      
   Deuteronomy 24:17 "You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger   
   or the or the orphan"   
      
      
      
   12. "Against the judge hearing one litigant in the absence of   
   another."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 281   
      
   Exodus 23:1 "You shall not raise a false report"   
      
      
      
   13. "Against appointing a judge who lacks knowledge of the Law."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 284   
      
   Deuteronomy 1:17 "Do not respect persons in judgment"   
      
      
      
   14. "Against incrimination by circumstantial evidence."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 290   
      
   Exodus 23:7 "And the innocent and righteous you shall not slay"   
      
      
      
   15. "Against punishing for a crime committed under duress."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 294   
      
   Deuteronomy 22:26 "But to the girl you shall do nothing"   
      
      
      
   16. "That the court is to administer the death penalty by the sword   
   [i.e., decapitation]."   
      
   Positive Mitzvah 226   
      
   Exodus 21:20 "[The sin] shall surely be avenged"   
      
      
      
   17. "Against anyone taking the law into his own hands to kill the   
   perpetrator of a capital crime."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 292   
      
   Numbers 35:12 "The murderer shall not die until he stands before the   
   congregation in judgment"   
      
      
      
   18. "To testify in court."   
      
   Positive Mitzvah 178   
      
   Leviticus 5:1 "And he is witness, whether he has seen or known of it"   
      
      
      
   19. "Against testifying falsely."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 285   
      
   Exodus 20:13 "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor"   
      
      
      
   VII. No limb of a living animal   
      
   1. "Against eating a limb severed from a living animal, beast, or   
   fowl."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 182   
      
   Deuteronomy 12:23 "And you may not eat the life with the meat"   
      
      
      
   2. "Against eating the flesh of any animal which was torn by a wild   
   beast which, in part, prohibits the eating of such flesh as was torn   
   off an animal while it was still alive."   
      
   Negative Mitzvah 181   
      
   Exodus 22:30 "Neither shall you eat any meat that is torn in the   
   field"   
      
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