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Not to covet***To covet is to plan “taking away what belongs to another”; to lust, is “to long for it”. what belongs to another

Maimonides

Not to covet***To covet is to plan “taking away what belongs to another”; to lust, is “to long for it”. what belongs to another, as it is said, “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife….” (Ex. 20:17).

Exodus 20:17

KJV
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
ASV
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.
WEB
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
JPS
And Moses said unto the people: ‘Fear not; for God is come to prove you, and that His fear may be before you, that ye sin not.’