Commandments

The 613 commandments

The whole Law in Maimonidean number order — each cited and shown as a primary source.

Commandments in this list

Showing 409–432 of 613 commandments · page 18 of 26.

  1. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 19:15

    Commandment 409: Not to accept testimony from a single witness in capital or corporal cases

  2. Positive commandment Deuteronomy 19:19

    Commandment 410: False witnesses shall receive the punishment they sought to inflict on the accused

  3. Positive commandment Deuteronomy 21:4

    Commandment 411: To perform the ritual of breaking the heifer's neck in a case of an unsolved murder

  4. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 21:4

    Commandment 412: Not to cultivate the valley where the heifer's neck was broken

  5. Positive commandment Deuteronomy 16:18

    Commandment 413: To appoint judges and enforcement officers in every city

  6. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 1:17

    Commandment 414: Not to appoint a judge who is not learned in Torah law

  7. Positive commandment Exodus 23:2

    Commandment 415: To decide cases based on the majority opinion of the judges

  8. Negative commandment Exodus 23:2

    Commandment 416: Not to follow the majority to do evil in perverting justice

  9. Negative commandment Leviticus 19:15

    Commandment 417: A judge shall not show favoritism in judging a case

  10. Negative commandment Exodus 23:8

    Commandment 418: Not to accept bribes in judgment

  11. Negative commandment Leviticus 19:15

    Commandment 419: Not to show partiality to a poor person in a legal dispute

  12. Negative commandment Leviticus 19:15

    Commandment 420: Not to show partiality to a great or powerful person in judgment

  13. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 24:17

    Commandment 421: Not to pervert justice against a stranger or orphan

  14. Positive commandment Leviticus 19:15

    Commandment 422: To judge righteously and with equity

  15. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 1:17

    Commandment 423: A judge shall not fear any person in rendering judgment

  16. Negative commandment Exodus 22:27

    Commandment 424: Not to curse a judge

  17. Negative commandment Exodus 22:27

    Commandment 425: Not to curse a ruler or leader of the people

  18. Negative commandment Leviticus 19:14

    Commandment 426: Not to curse any Israelite

  19. Positive commandment Deuteronomy 17:15

    Commandment 427: To set a king over Israel according to God's choosing

  20. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 17:15

    Commandment 428: Not to appoint a foreigner as king over Israel

  21. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 17:16

    Commandment 429: The king shall not acquire an excessive number of horses

  22. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 17:17

    Commandment 430: The king shall not acquire an excessive number of wives

  23. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 17:17

    Commandment 431: The king shall not amass excessive gold and silver

  24. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 17:16

    Commandment 432: Not to dwell permanently in the land of Egypt