III. The Prohibition of Conjuring, Murder of Infants, Perjury, and False Witness.
Thou shalt not use magic.1 Thou shalt not use witchcraft; for He says, "Ye shall not suffer a witch to live."2 Thou shall not slay thy child by causing abortion, nor kill that which is begotten; for "everything that is shaped, and has received a soul from God, if it be slain, shall be avenged, as being unjustly destroyed."3 "Thou shalt not covet the things that belong to thy neighbour, as his wife, or his servant, or his ox, or his field." "Thou shalt not forswear thyself; for it is said, "Thou shalt not swear at all."4 But if that cannot be avoided, thou shalt swear truly; for "every one that swears by Him shall be commended."5 "Thou shalt not bear false witness;" for "he that falsely accuses the needy provokes to anger Him that made him."6
