7) "You shall not take the name of the L–rd your G–d in

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Bachodesh 7:1

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(Ibid. 7) "You shall not take the name of the L–rd your G–d in vain": A vain oath, too, was included in (Leviticus 19:12) "You shall not swear falsely in My name," and Scripture removed it from its class to exempt it from an oath, viz. (Leviticus 5:4) "Or if a soul swear in uttering with his lips, etc.", Scripture being more stringent with it (a vain oath) and exempting it from an offering—I would think that just as it is exempt from an offering, it is exempt from stripes. It is, therefore, written "You shall not take the name of the L–rd your G–d in vain"—It was exempt from an offering, but not from stripes.

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