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DA30
Not Giving Support to Wrongdoers

DA30

We are not to give support to wrongdoers.

Category: Neighbours & Brothers

Type: Negative

Form: Explicit

Source dataset: New Testament

Uniqueness: Not unique

Classical commandment: No

New Covenant Literal Application

Applies to Person Categories: Not specified

Literal Application: Not specified

More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application

The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.

It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.

This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.

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Bible references

Key NT Scriptures
  • Ephesians 5:11
  • 2 John 1:11
  • Romans 1:32
Supportive NT Scriptures
  • 2 Corinthians 11:11
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:10
Supportive OT Scriptures
  • Proverbs 23:9
  • Psalms 64:6

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Commentary

Rabbi Michael Rudolph

A term often associated with “giving support” is “enabling,” because when one gives support to the actions of another, it allows him (or makes it easier for him) to continue doing what he is doing or allows him to avoid consequences for what he has done. A person who gives support to a wrongdoer is often seen as an accomplice and held accountable for the wrongful act as if he, himself, had committed it. Also, enabling the actions of a wrongdoer can be overt (e.g., acting as a lookout in a burglary) or subtle such as giving sanctuary to a person known to have committed a crime. Such was the famous (albeit controversial) case of Dr. Samuel Mudd who gave medical assistance to John Wilkes Booth during his flight from having assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Mudd was convicted and jailed for conspiracy because the court who tried him ruled that his medical treatment of Booth constituted support of Booth’s crime.


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