Commandments

The 613 commandments

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

Commandments in this list

Showing 505–528 of 613 commandments · page 22 of 26.

  1. Negative commandment Leviticus 18:23

    Commandment 505: Not to have sexual relations with an animal

  2. Negative commandment Leviticus 18:23

    Commandment 506: A woman shall not have sexual relations with an animal

  3. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 23:2

    Commandment 507: A man castrated by crushing, cutting, or other means shall not marry into the congregation of Israel

  4. Negative commandment Leviticus 22:24

    Commandment 508: Not to castrate any male creature, human or animal

  5. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 23:3

    Commandment 509: A mamzer (offspring of a forbidden union) shall not marry into the congregation of Israel

  6. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 23:18

    Commandment 510: Not to have sexual relations with a woman outside of marriage (harlotry)

  7. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 24:4

    Commandment 511: Not to remarry one's former wife after she has married another

  8. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 25:5

    Commandment 512: A childless widow shall not marry anyone other than her deceased husband's brother without chalitzah

  9. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 22:19

    Commandment 513: A man who has defamed his wife shall not divorce her

  10. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 22:29

    Commandment 514: A man who has violated a virgin shall not divorce her

  11. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 23:2

    Commandment 515: A eunuch shall not marry an Israelite woman

  12. Positive commandment Leviticus 21:13

    Commandment 516: The High Priest shall marry only a virgin

  13. Negative commandment Leviticus 21:14

    Commandment 517: The High Priest shall not marry a widow

  14. Negative commandment Leviticus 21:14

    Commandment 518: The High Priest shall not take a divorced woman as a wife

  15. Negative commandment Leviticus 21:14

    Commandment 519: The High Priest shall not take a harlot as a wife

  16. Negative commandment Leviticus 21:15

    Commandment 520: The High Priest shall not have sexual relations with a widow even without marriage

  17. Negative commandment Leviticus 21:7

    Commandment 521: A regular priest shall not marry a harlot

  18. Negative commandment Leviticus 21:7

    Commandment 522: A regular priest shall not marry a profaned woman (chalalah)

  19. Negative commandment Leviticus 21:7

    Commandment 523: A regular priest shall not marry a divorced woman

  20. Negative commandment Leviticus 21:11

    Commandment 524: The High Priest shall not enter a place where there is a dead body

  21. Negative commandment Leviticus 21:11

    Commandment 525: The High Priest shall not become ritually impure from any corpse, even close relatives

  22. Positive commandment Leviticus 21:2-3

    Commandment 526: A regular priest shall defile himself for his seven closest deceased relatives

  23. Negative commandment Leviticus 21:1

    Commandment 527: A regular priest shall not become impure by contact with a corpse other than his seven close relatives

  24. Positive commandment Numbers 18:23

    Commandment 528: The Levites shall serve in the Tabernacle and Temple from age twenty-five to fifty