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The following is a complete listing of the 42 precepts of Maat. Since there are various ver-
sions of thePert Em Heruwhich have been discovered and no two have the same exact
wording, variants will also be included to elucidate on the expanded meanings accorded to
the precepts by different Sages.
Affirmationsof Innocence: The 42 Precepts of Maat 92
(1) “I have not done what is wrong.” Variant:I have not acted with falsehood.
(2) “I have not robbed with violence.”
(3) “I have not done violence (to anyone or anything).” Variant:I have not been rapacious
(taking by force; plundering.)
(4) “I have not committed theft.” Variant:I have not coveted.
(5)“Ihavenotmurderedmanorwoman.”Variant:Ihavenotorderedsomeoneelsetocom-
mit murder.
(6)“Ihavenotdefraudedofferings.”Variant:Ihavenotdestroyedfoodsuppliesorincreased
or decreased the measures to profit.
(7) “I have not acted deceitfully.” Variant:I have not acted with crookedness.
(8) “I have not robbed the things that belong to God.”
(9) “I have told no lies.”
(10) “I have not snatched away food.”
(11)“Ihavenotutteredevilwords.”Variant:Ihavenotallowedmyselftobecomesullen,to
sulk or become depressed.
(12) “I have attacked no one.”
(13)“IhavenotslaughteredthecattlethataresetapartfortheGods.”Variant:Ihavenot
slaughtered the Sacred bull – (Apis)
(14)“Ihavenoteatenmyheart”(overcomewithanguishanddistraught).Variant:Ihavenot
committed perjury.
(15) “I have not laid waste the ploughed lands.”
(16) “I have not been an eavesdropper or pried into matters to make mischief.”
