Commandments

The 613 commandments

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

Commandments in this list

Showing 193–216 of 613 commandments · page 9 of 26.

  1. Positive commandment Exodus 29:33

    Commandment 193: To eat the flesh of the sin offering and guilt offering in the Temple precincts

  2. Positive commandment Leviticus 7:19

    Commandment 194: To burn the flesh of consecrated offerings that have become impure

  3. Negative commandment Leviticus 21:23

    Commandment 195: A blemished priest shall not enter the Temple from the altar inward

  4. Negative commandment Leviticus 21:17

    Commandment 196: A blemished priest shall not serve in the Temple

  5. Negative commandment Leviticus 21:17

    Commandment 197: A priest with a temporary blemish shall not serve until the blemish heals

  6. Negative commandment Numbers 18:3

    Commandment 198: Levites and priests shall not interchange in their respective duties

  7. Negative commandment Leviticus 10:9

    Commandment 199: Not to enter the Temple or approach the altar while intoxicated

  8. Negative commandment Leviticus 22:10

    Commandment 200: A non-priest shall not eat the most holy offerings

  9. Negative commandment Leviticus 22:10

    Commandment 201: A tenant or hired servant of a priest shall not eat terumah

  10. Negative commandment Exodus 12:48

    Commandment 202: An uncircumcised priest shall not eat terumah

  11. Negative commandment Leviticus 22:4

    Commandment 203: An impure priest shall not eat terumah

  12. Negative commandment Leviticus 22:12

    Commandment 204: A daughter of a priest married to a non-priest shall not eat terumah

  13. Negative commandment Leviticus 6:16

    Commandment 205: Not to eat the meal offering of a priest; it shall be wholly burned

  14. Negative commandment Leviticus 6:23

    Commandment 206: Not to eat the flesh of sin offerings whose blood is brought inside the sanctuary

  15. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 14:3

    Commandment 207: Not to eat consecrated animals that have become disqualified

  16. Positive commandment Exodus 25:8

    Commandment 208: To build and maintain the Temple as a sanctuary for God

  17. Positive commandment Leviticus 19:30

    Commandment 209: To revere and show awe toward the Temple

  18. Positive commandment Numbers 18:4

    Commandment 210: To guard the Temple at all times by the priests and Levites

  19. Negative commandment Numbers 18:5

    Commandment 211: Not to leave the Temple unguarded

  20. Negative commandment Numbers 5:3

    Commandment 212: A ritually impure person shall not enter the Temple precincts

  21. Negative commandment Deuteronomy 23:11

    Commandment 213: A ritually impure person shall not enter the camp of the Levites (the Temple mount)

  22. Positive commandment Exodus 20:22

    Commandment 214: To construct the altar in its prescribed form

  23. Negative commandment Exodus 20:22

    Commandment 215: Not to build the altar with hewn stones

  24. Negative commandment Exodus 20:23

    Commandment 216: Not to ascend the altar by steps but by a ramp