Commandments

The 613 commandments

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

Commandments in this list

Showing 577–600 of 613 commandments · page 25 of 26.

  1. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 18:10

    Commandment 577: Not to practice divination as do the heathen nations

  2. Negative commandment Leviticus 19:4

    Commandment 578: Not to turn to idolatry in thought or deed

  3. Positive commandment Exodus 20:12

    Commandment 579: To honor one's father and mother

  4. Positive commandment Leviticus 19:3

    Commandment 580: To revere one's father and mother

  5. Positive commandment Genesis 1:28

    Commandment 581: To be fruitful and multiply

  6. Negative commandment Exodus 21:15

    Commandment 582: Not to strike one's father or mother

  7. Negative commandment Exodus 21:17

    Commandment 583: Not to curse one's father or mother

  8. Positive commandment Leviticus 19:32

    Commandment 584: To respect the elderly and rise before the aged

  9. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 4:19

    Commandment 585: Not to practice any form of idolatry with the celestial bodies

  10. Positive commandment Deuteronomy 18:15

    Commandment 586: To inquire of and obey a true prophet

  11. Positive commandment Numbers 5:2

    Commandment 587: To send the ritually impure out of the camp according to their degree of impurity

  12. Positive commandment Leviticus 21:2-3

    Commandment 588: A priest shall defile himself for his seven closest relatives upon their death

  13. Negative commandment Leviticus 21:12

    Commandment 589: The High Priest shall not leave the sanctuary during the Temple service

  14. Positive commandment Leviticus 10:19

    Commandment 590: To mourn for close relatives according to the prescribed laws

  15. Negative commandment Exodus 12:9

    Commandment 591: Not to eat the flesh of the Passover offering raw or boiled in water

  16. Negative commandment Leviticus 19:29

    Commandment 592: Not to allow the people of Israel to practice prostitution

  17. Positive commandment Deuteronomy 18:3

    Commandment 593: To give the shoulder, cheeks, and stomach of slaughtered animals to the priest

  18. Positive commandment Deuteronomy 18:4

    Commandment 594: To give the first shearing of the flock to the priest

  19. Positive commandment Leviticus 27:28

    Commandment 595: To devote the property of one who is under the ban (cherem) as prescribed

  20. Negative commandment Leviticus 27:28

    Commandment 596: Not to sell property devoted under the ban (cherem)

  21. Negative commandment Leviticus 27:28

    Commandment 597: Not to redeem property devoted under the ban (cherem)

  22. Positive commandment Exodus 21:35-36

    Commandment 598: To judge in matters of property damage caused by one's animal or property

  23. Positive commandment Exodus 22:3

    Commandment 599: To judge the case of the thief who must pay double, four-fold, or five-fold

  24. Positive commandment Exodus 21:18-19

    Commandment 600: To judge cases of personal injury and assign the five types of compensation