## Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments

###### Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments 36:1
[Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments 36:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaMitzvot/s/Negative%20Commandments/r/36:1)

שהזהירנו משאול בעל אוב. והוא אמרו יתעלה לא ימצא בך וגו' ושואל אוב. והעובר על לאו זה כלומר שישאל באוב אינו חייב מיתה אבל הוא אסור. (שם, שם):

**Sefaria Edition 2021, Translated by Rabbi Francis Nataf:**
That He prohibited us from inquiring of someone with an *ov*. And that is His, may He be exalted, saying, "Let no one be found among you ... or one who asks an *ov*" (Deuteronomy 18:10-11). And one who transgresses this negative commandment - meaning he inquires of an *ov* - is not liable for death, but it is forbidden. (See Parashat Shoftim; Mishneh Torah, Foreign Worship and Customs of the Nations 11.)