Positive commandments

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1. #1 Positive commandment Exodus 20:2

   Commandment 1: To know that God exists as the ultimate and absolute being

2. #3 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 6:4

   Commandment 3: To acknowledge the unity of God, that He is one and indivisible

3. #4 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 6:5

   Commandment 4: To love God with all one's heart, soul, and resources

4. #5 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 6:13

   Commandment 5: To fear God and stand in awe of His authority

5. #6 Positive commandment Leviticus 22:32

   Commandment 6: To sanctify the name of God publicly

6. #9 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 18:15

   Commandment 9: To listen to and obey the prophet who speaks in God's name

7. #11 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 28:9

   Commandment 11: To emulate the ways and attributes of God

8. #12 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 10:20

   Commandment 12: To cleave to those who know and serve God

9. #13 Positive commandment Leviticus 19:18

   Commandment 13: To love fellow Israelites as oneself

10. #14 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 10:19

    Commandment 14: To love the resident alien and stranger

11. #16 Positive commandment Leviticus 19:17

    Commandment 16: To rebuke a sinner and correct wrongdoing

12. #22 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 6:7

    Commandment 22: To study Torah and teach it diligently to one's children

13. #23 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 6:8

    Commandment 23: To bind tefillin on the head as a sign

14. #24 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 6:8

    Commandment 24: To bind tefillin on the arm as a sign

15. #25 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 6:9

    Commandment 25: To affix a mezuzah to the doorposts of one's house

16. #26 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 31:12

    Commandment 26: To assemble the people to hear the Torah every seventh year

17. #27 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 31:19

    Commandment 27: Each person shall write a Torah scroll for himself

18. #28 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 17:18

    Commandment 28: The king shall write a second Torah scroll for himself

19. #29 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 6:7

    Commandment 29: To recite the Shema prayer morning and evening

20. #30 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 8:10

    Commandment 30: To recite grace after meals when satisfied

21. #31 Positive commandment Numbers 15:38

    Commandment 31: To make fringes (tzitzit) on the corners of garments

22. #32 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 10:20

    Commandment 32: To swear by the name of God when taking an oath in truth

23. #36 Positive commandment Deuteronomy 23:24

    Commandment 36: To fulfill what one has uttered with one's lips as a vow

24. #37 Positive commandment Numbers 30:9

    Commandment 37: A husband or father may annul the vow of a wife or daughter under specified conditions