Fetha Negest — Judgment of the Kings — CHAPTER 23 — FOOD, CLOTHING, DWELLING, AND TRADES

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Food shall be judged according to the received discipline without turning mere cultural difference into moral corruption.

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Clothing should preserve modesty and social order without making luxury a measure of righteousness.

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A dwelling must provide lawful shelter and shall not be seized from another merely through force.

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Trades are lawful when their object and manner are lawful. Fraudulent weights, adulterated goods, exploitation, and trades whose direct object is unlawful injury are condemned.

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A person may not be despised merely because his lawful work is humble.

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Religious office and commercial enterprise shall be separated where commerce would compromise judgment or stewardship.

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