Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 125:19

מאי שנא הנודר בשמו והמקיים בשמו דלא לקי משום דהוה ליה לאו שאין בו מעשה הני נמי לאו שבכללות הוא ואין לוקין על לאו שבכללות

he said in R. Eleazar's name: For all these offences he is flagellated, except for vowing or swearing by its name. Now, why for 'Vowing or Swearing by its name'; because it is a negative precept the transgression of which involves no action? But those others too are only forbidden by a negative precept stated in general terms,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a negative precept which does not explicitly forbid a particular action, but a class, as is the case of Turn ye not unto idols. ');">¹⁶</span>

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