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The 613 Commandments

The Talmud counts 613 commandments in the Torah (Makkot 23b). This is the list Maimonides set at the opening of his Mishneh Torah: 248 positive commandments, things to do, and 365 negative commandments, things not to do. Each one links to the verse it rests on.

248Positive“You shall”
365Negative“You shall not”
2Genesisby first source verse
115Exodusby first source verse
239Leviticusby first source verse
54Numbersby first source verse
201Deuteronomyby first source verse

613 of 613 commandments

  1. P1To know that there is a GodExodus 20:2
  2. P2To acknowledge His unityDeuteronomy 6:4
  3. P3To love HimDeuteronomy 6:5
  4. P4To fear HimDeuteronomy 6:13
  5. P5To pray to HimExodus 23:25
  6. P6To cleave to HimDeuteronomy 10:20
  7. P7To swear by His nameDeuteronomy 10:20
  8. P8To imitate His good and upright waysDeuteronomy 28:9
  9. P9To hallow His nameLeviticus 22:32
  10. P10To read the Shema twice dailyDeuteronomy 6:7
  11. P11To learn Torah and to teach itDeuteronomy 6:7
  12. P12To bind the phylactery on the headDeuteronomy 6:8
  13. P13To bind the phylactery on the armDeuteronomy 6:8
  14. P14To make fringes (Zizith)Numbers 15:38
  15. P15To affix the MezuzahDeuteronomy 6:9
  16. P16To assemble the people to hear the Torah, at the close of the seventh year*On the 2nd day of the Feast of Tabernacles after the close of the Sabbatical yearDeuteronomy 31:12
  17. P17That every person shall write a scroll of the Torah for himselfDeuteronomy 31:19
  18. P18That the King shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself, besides the one which every individual should write, so that he shall possess two scrolls of the TorahDeuteronomy 17:18
  19. P19To recite grace after mealsDeuteronomy 8:10
  20. P20To build the SanctuaryExodus 25:8
  21. P21To revere the SanctuaryLeviticus 19:30
  22. P22To watch over this edifice continuallyNumbers 18:2
  23. P23That the Levite shall serve in the SanctuaryNumbers 18:23
  24. P24That the priest shall wash his hands and feet at the time of serviceExodus 30:19
  25. P25To kindle lights in the SanctuaryExodus 27:21
  26. P26That the priests shall bless IsraelNumbers 6:23
  27. P27To set the shew-bread and the frankincense before the Lord every SabbathExodus 25:30
  28. P28To offer up incense twice dailyExodus 30:7
  29. P29To keep fire always burning on the altar of the burnt-offeringLeviticus 6:13
  30. P30To remove the ashes from the altarLeviticus 6:10
  31. P31To send the unclean out of the Camp of the Shechinah, that is, out of the SanctuaryNumbers 5:2
  32. P32To show honour to a descendant of Aaron, and to give him precedence in all things that are holyLeviticus 21:8
  33. P33That the priests shall put on priestly vestments for the serviceExodus 28:2
  34. P34That, when the Ark is carried, it should be carried on the shoulderNumbers 7:9
  35. P35To anoint high priests and kings with the oil of anointmentExodus 30:31
  36. P36That the priests shall serve in the Sanctuary, in divisions, but on festivals, they all serve togetherDeuteronomy 18:6–8
  37. P37That the priests defile themselves for their deceased relatives, and mourn for them like other Israelites, who are commanded to mourn for their relativesLeviticus 21:3
  38. P38That the High Priest shall marry a virginLeviticus 21:13
  39. P39To offer up the regular sacrifices dailyNumbers 28:3
  40. P40That the High Priest shall offer a meal-offering dailyLeviticus 6:20
  41. P41To offer up an additional sacrifice every SabbathNumbers 28:9
  42. P42To offer up an additional sacrifice every New MoonNumbers 28:11
  43. P43To offer up an additional sacrifice on the Feast of PassoverLeviticus 23:36
  44. P44To offer up the meal-offering of the Omer*First fruits of the Barley Harvest. on the morrow after the first day of Passover, together with one lambLeviticus 23:10
  45. P45To bring an additional offering on the Feast of WeeksNumbers 28:26–27
  46. P46To bring on the Feast of Weeks loaves of bread together with the sacrifices which are then offered up in connection with the loavesLeviticus 23:17–20
  47. P47To offer up an additional sacrifice on the New YearNumbers 29:1–6
  48. P48To offer up an additional sacrifice on the Day of the Fast (Day of Atonement)Numbers 29:7–8
  49. P49To observe, on the Day of the Fast, the service appointed for that dayLeviticus 16:3–34
  50. P50To offer up an additional sacrifice on the Feast of TabernaclesNumbers 29:12–34
  51. P51To offer up an additional offering on the Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly, which is a feast by itselfNumbers 29:35–38
  52. P52To celebrate the feastsExodus 23:14
  53. P53To appear (in the Sanctuary) on the feastDeuteronomy 16:16
  54. P54To rejoice on the feastsDeuteronomy 16:14
  55. P55To slay the Paschal lambExodus 12:6
  56. P56To eat the flesh of the Paschal sacrifice, on the night of the fifteenth of NissanExodus 12:8
  57. P57To observe the second PassoverNumbers 9:11
  58. P58To eat the flesh of the Paschal lamb on it, with unleavened bread and bitter herbsNumbers 9:11
  59. P59To sound the trumpets at the offering of sacrifices and in times of troubleNumbers 10:9–10
  60. P60That sacrifices of cattle can only take place when they are at least eight days oldLeviticus 22:27
  61. P61That every animal offered up shall be without blemishLeviticus 22:21
  62. P62That every sacrifice be saltedLeviticus 2:13
  63. P63To observe the procedure of the burnt-offeringLeviticus 1:3
  64. P64To observe the procedure of the sin-offeringLeviticus 6:25
  65. P65To observe the procedure of the trespass-offeringLeviticus 7:1
  66. P66To observe the procedure, of the peace-offeringLeviticus 7:11
  67. P67To observe the procedure of the meal-offeringLeviticus 2:1
  68. P68That the Court of Judgment shall offer up a sacrifice, if they have erred in a judicial pronouncementLeviticus 4:13
  69. P69That an individual shall bring a sin-offering, if he has sinned in error by committing a transgression, the conscious violation of which is punished with excisionLeviticus 4:27
  70. P70That an individual shall bring an offering, if he is in doubt as to whether he has committed a sin for which one has to bring a sin-offeringLeviticus 5:17–19
  71. P71That an offering shall be brought by one who has in error committed a trespass against sacred things, or robbed, or lain carnally with a bond-maid betrothed to a man, or denied what was deposited with him and swore falsely to support his denial. This is called a trespass-offering for a known trespassBy tradition
  72. P72To offer a sacrifice of varying value in accordance with one’s meansLeviticus 5:7
  73. P73To make confession, before the Lord, of any sin that one has committed, when bringing a sacrifice and at other timesNumbers 5:7
  74. P74That a man having an issue shall bring a sacrifice, after he is cleansed of his issueLeviticus 15:13–15
  75. P75That a woman having an issue shall bring a sacrifice, after she is cleansed of her issueLeviticus 15:28–30
  76. P76*In the printed texts, the order is reversed.*In the printed texts, the order is reversed. That a woman after childbirth, shall bring an offering when she is cleanLeviticus 12:6
  77. P77That the leper shall bring a sacrifice, after he is cleansedLeviticus 14:10
  78. P78To tithe cattleLeviticus 27:32
  79. P79To sanctify the firstling of clean cattle and offer it upDeuteronomy 15:19
  80. P80To redeem the firstborn maleNumbers 18:15
  81. P81To redeem the firstling of an assExodus 13:13
  82. P82To break the neck of such firstling if it be not redeemedExodus 13:13
  83. P83To bring all offerings, whether obligatory or freewill, on the first festival after these were incurredDeuteronomy 12:5–6
  84. P84To offer all sacrifices in the SanctuaryDeuteronomy 12:14
  85. P85To take trouble to bring sacrifices to the Sanctuary from places outside the land of IsraelDeuteronomy 12:26
  86. P86To redeem cattle, set apart for sacrifices, that contracted disqualifying blemishes, after which they may be eaten by anyoneDeuteronomy 12:15
  87. P87If a beast is exchanged for one that had been set apart as an offering, both become sacredLeviticus 27:10
  88. P88That the remainder of the meal-offerings shall be eatenLeviticus 6:16
  89. P89That the flesh of a sin-offering and trespass-offering shall be eatenExodus 29:33
  90. P90To burn meat of the holy (sacrifice) that has become uncleanLeviticus 7:19
  91. P91To burn meat of the holy (sacrifice) that has remained overLeviticus 7:17
  92. P92That the Nazarite shall permit his hair to growNumbers 6:5
  93. P93That the Nazarite shall shave his hair when he brings his offerings at the completion of the period of his Nazariteship, or within that period, if he has become defiledNumbers 6:9
  94. P94That a man should fulfill whatever he has uttered, whether in regard to an offering or to charity, and so forthDeuteronomy 23:23
  95. P95To decide in cases of annulment of vows, according to the rules set forth in the Torah. (Num. 30:2-17)Numbers 30:1–16
  96. P96That anyone who touches the carcass of a beast that died of itself shall be uncleanLeviticus 11:39
  97. P97That eight species of creeping things defile by contactLeviticus 11:29–30
  98. P98That foods become defiled (by contact with unclean things)Leviticus 11:34
  99. P99That a menstruating woman is unclean and defiles others (Lev. 15:19-24)Leviticus 15:19–24
  100. P100That a lying-in woman is unclean like a menstruating woman (ibid. 12:2-5)Leviticus 12:2–5
  101. P101That a leper is unclean and defiles (ibid. 13:2-46)Leviticus 13:2–46
  102. P102That a leprous garment is unclean and defiles (ibid 13:47-59)Leviticus 13:47–59
  103. P103That a leprous house defiles (ibid. 14:34-46)Leviticus 14:34–46
  104. P104That a man, having a running issue, defiles (ibid. 15:1-15)Leviticus 15:1–15
  105. P105That the seed of copulation defiles (ibid. 15:16)Leviticus 15:16
  106. P106That a woman, having a running issue, defiles (ibid. 15:25-27)Leviticus 15:25–27
  107. P107That a corpse defiles (Num. 19:11-16)Numbers 19:11–16
  108. P108That the waters of separation defile one who is clean, and cleanse the unclean from pollution by a dead body (Num. 19:19-22). With reference to these modes of uncleanness, most of the rules and regulations concerning each of them are explained in the PentateuchNumbers 19:19–22
  109. P109That purification from all kinds of defilement shall be effected by immersion in the waters of a MikvahLeviticus 15:16
  110. P110That the procedure of cleansing leprosy, whether of a man or of a house, takes place with cedar-wood, hyssop, scarlet thread, two birds, and running waterLeviticus 14:1–7
  111. P111That the leper shall shave all his hairLeviticus 14:9
  112. P112That the leper shall be universally recognised as such by the prescribed marks. “His garments shall be rent and the hair of his head dishevelled and he shall cover his upper lip and shall cry ‘unclean, unclean’” (Lev. 13:45). So too, all other unclean persons should declare themselves as suchLeviticus 13:45
  113. P113To carry out the ordinance of the Red Heifer so that its ashes shall be always availableNumbers 19:9
  114. P114That one who vows to the Lord the monetary value of a person shall pay the amount appointed in the Scriptural portionLeviticus 27:2–8
  115. P115That one, who vows to the Lord the monetary value of an unclean beast, shall pay its valueLeviticus 27:11–13
  116. P116That one, who vows the value of his house, shall pay according to the appraisal of the priestLeviticus 27:14–15
  117. P117That one who sanctifies to the Lord a portion of his field, shall pay according to the estimation appointed in the Scriptural portionLeviticus 27:16–24
  118. P118That he who, in error, makes unlawful use of sacred things, shall make restitution of the value of his trespass and add a fifthLeviticus 5:16
  119. P119That the fruit of fruit-bearing trees in the fourth year of their planting shall be sacredLeviticus 19:24
  120. P120To leave the harvest of the corner of the field or orchard for the poor (Lev. 19:9)Leviticus 19:9
  121. P121To leave the gleanings of the harvest for the poor (Lev. 19:9)Leviticus 19:9
  122. P122To leave the forgotten sheaves for the poor (Deut. 24: 19-20)Deuteronomy 24:19–20
  123. P123To leave for the poor, the gleanings of the vineyard (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 24:21)Leviticus 19:10
  124. P124To leave for the poor, the single grapes of the vineyard (Lev. 19:10). In regard to all the fore-going precepts (120-124), it is said, “For the poor and the stranger, thou shalt leave them” (Lev. 19:10). And this text constitutes their affirmative preceptLeviticus 19:10
  125. P125To bring the first-fruits to the SanctuaryExodus 23:19
  126. P126To set apart the great heave-offering for the priestDeuteronomy 18:4
  127. P127To set apart the tithe of the corn for the LevitesLeviticus 27:30
  128. P128To set apart the second tithe to be eaten by its owner in JerusalemDeuteronomy 14:22
  129. P129That the Levites shall set apart a tithe of the tithes, which they had received from the Israelites, and give it to the priestsNumbers 18:26
  130. P130To set apart in the third and sixth year the tithe for the poor, instead of the second titheDeuteronomy 14:28–29
  131. P131To make the declaration, when bringing the second tithe to the SanctuaryDeuteronomy 26:13–16
  132. P132To read the portion prescribed on bringing the first fruitsDeuteronomy 26:5–10
  133. P133To set apart a portion of the dough for the priestNumbers 15:20
  134. P134To let the land lie fallow (in the Sabbatical year)Exodus 23:11
  135. P135To cease from tilling the land (in that year)Exodus 34:21
  136. P136To keep the Jubilee year holy by resting and letting the land lie fallowLeviticus 25:10
  137. P137To sound the Ram’s horn in the Sabbatical yearLeviticus 25:9
  138. P138To grant redemption to the land in the Jubilee yearLeviticus 25:24
  139. P139That houses sold within a walled city may be redeemed within a yearLeviticus 25:29
  140. P140To count the years of the Jubilee by years and by cycles of seven yearsLeviticus 25:8
  141. P141To release debts in the seventh yearDeuteronomy 15:2
  142. P142To exact the debt of an alienDeuteronomy 15:3
  143. P143To give to the priest the due portions of the carcass of cattleDeuteronomy 18:3
  144. P144To give the first of the fleece to the priestDeuteronomy 18:4
  145. P145To decide in regard to dedicated property as to which is sacred to the Lord, and which belongs to the priestLeviticus 27:28
  146. P146To slay, according to the ritual, cattle, deer, and fowl, and then their flesh may be eatenDeuteronomy 12:21
  147. P147To cover the blood of undomesticated animals (deer, etc.) and of fowl, that have been killedLeviticus 17:13
  148. P148To set the mother-bird free when taking the nestDeuteronomy 22:6–7
  149. P149To examine the marks in cattleLeviticus 11:2
  150. P150To examine the marks in fowl, so as to distinguish between the unclean and the cleanDeuteronomy 14:11
  151. P151To examine the marks in locusts, so as to distinguish the clean from the uncleanLeviticus 11:21
  152. P152To examine the marks in fishesLeviticus 11:9
  153. P153That the new month shall be solemnly proclaimed as holy, and the months and years shall be calculated by the Supreme Court onlyExodus 12:2
  154. P154To rest on the SabbathExodus 23:12
  155. P155To hallow the SabbathExodus 20:8
  156. P156To remove leaven (on the Eve of Passover)Exodus 12:15
  157. P157To discourse concerning the departure from Egypt on the first night of the Feast of PassoverExodus 13:8
  158. P158To eat unleavened bread on this nightExodus 12:18
  159. P159To rest on the first day of PassoverExodus 12:16
  160. P160To rest on the seventh day of that feastExodus 12:16
  161. P161To count forty-nine days from the time of cutting the Omer (first sheaves of the Barley Harvest)Leviticus 23:15
  162. P162To rest on the fiftieth dayLeviticus 23:21
  163. P163To rest on the first day of the seventh monthLeviticus 23:24
  164. P164To fast on the tenth day of that monthLeviticus 16:27
  165. P165To rest on the day of the Fast (Day of Atonement)Leviticus 23:32
  166. P166To rest on the first day of the Feast of TabernaclesLeviticus 23:35
  167. P167To rest on the eighth day of that feastLeviticus 23:36
  168. P168To dwell in booths seven daysLeviticus 23:42
  169. P169To take on that feast a palm branch and the other three plantsLeviticus 23:40
  170. P170To hear the sound of the ram’s horn on the New YearNumbers 29:1
  171. P171To give half a shekel every year (to the Sanctuary for provision of the public sacrifices)Exodus 30:13
  172. P172To heed the call of every prophet in each generation, provided that he neither adds to, nor takes away from the TorahDeuteronomy 18:15
  173. P173To appoint a kingDeuteronomy 17:15
  174. P174To accept the rulings of every Supreme Court in IsraelDeuteronomy 17:11
  175. P175To give the decision according to the majority, when there is a difference of opinion among the members of the Sanhedrin as to matters of lawExodus 23:2
  176. P176To appoint judges and officers in every community of IsraelDeuteronomy 16:18
  177. P177To treat parties in a litigation with equal impartialityLeviticus 19:15
  178. P178That one who possesses evidence shall testify in CourtLeviticus 5:1
  179. P179To examine witnesses thoroughlyDeuteronomy 13:14
  180. P180To do unto false witnesses, as they had purposed to do (to the accused)Deuteronomy 19:19
  181. P181To decapitate the heifer in the manner prescribedDeuteronomy 21:4
  182. P182To establish six cities of refuge (for those who had committed accidental homicide)Deuteronomy 19:3
  183. P183To give the Levites cities to dwell in, these to serve also as cities of refuge*Under special conditions (See Maimonides’ Code Hilchoth Rozeach 10:13)Numbers 35:2
  184. P184To make a parapet (for the roof)Deuteronomy 22:8
  185. P185To destroy idolatry and its appurtenancesDeuteronomy 12:2–3
  186. P186To slay the inhabitants of a city that has become idolatrous and to burn that cityDeuteronomy 13:16–17
  187. P187To exterminate the seven Canaanite nations from the land of IsraelDeuteronomy 20:17
  188. P188To destroy the seed of AmalekDeuteronomy 25:19
  189. P189Always to keep in remembrance what Amalek didDeuteronomy 25:17
  190. P190In a permissive****** As distinguished from obligatory wars. war, to observe the procedure prescribed in the TorahDeuteronomy 20:10
  191. P191To anoint a special priest (to address the soldiers) in a warDeuteronomy 20:2
  192. P192To have a place outside the camp for sanitary purposesDeuteronomy 23:12
  193. P193To keep that place sanitaryDeuteronomy 23:13–14
  194. P194To restore that which one took by robberyLeviticus 6:4
  195. P195To give almsDeuteronomy 15:11
  196. P196To bestow liberal gifts upon the Hebrew bondman (at the end of his term of service)Deuteronomy 15:14
  197. P197To lend to a poor personExodus 22:25
  198. P198To lend to an alien at interestDeuteronomy 23:20
  199. P199To return a pledge to its ownerDeuteronomy 24:13
  200. P200To pay wages to the hired man at the due timeDeuteronomy 24:15
  201. P201That the hired labourer shall be permitted to eat (of the produce which he is reaping)Deuteronomy 23:25–26
  202. P202To relieve a neighbour of his burden and help to unload his beastExodus 23:5
  203. P203To assist in replacing the load upon a neighbour’s beastDeuteronomy 22:4
  204. P204To restore lost propertyDeuteronomy 22:1
  205. P205To rebuke the sinnerLeviticus 19:17
  206. P206To love all human beings, who are of the covenantLeviticus 19:18
  207. P207To love the strangerDeuteronomy 10:19
  208. P208To ensure that scales and weights are correctLeviticus 19:36
  209. P209To honour the wiseLeviticus 19:32
  210. P210To honour father and motherExodus 20:12
  211. P211To revere father and motherLeviticus 19:3
  212. P212To propagate the human raceGenesis 1:28
  213. P213To take a wife by the sacrament of marriageDeuteronomy 24:1
  214. P214That the newly married husband shall (be free) for one year to rejoice with his wifeDeuteronomy 24:5
  215. P215To circumcise the male offspringLeviticus 12:3
  216. P216To marry the widow of a brother who has died childlessDeuteronomy 25:5
  217. P217That the widow formally release the brother-in-law, (in case he refuses to marry her)Deuteronomy 25:8–9
  218. P218That the violator (of an unbetrothed virgin) shall marry herDeuteronomy 22:28–29
  219. P219That one who defames his wife’s honour (by false charges of inchastity before marriage) must live with her all his lifetimeDeuteronomy 22:19
  220. P220To impose a penalty of fifty shekels upon the seducer (of an unbetrothed virgin) and enforce the other rules in connection with the caseExodus 22:16–17
  221. P221To deal with a beautiful woman taken captive in war, in the manner prescribed in the TorahDeuteronomy 21:10–14
  222. P222To divorce by a formal written documentDeuteronomy 24:1
  223. P223That the woman suspected of adultery be dealt with as prescribed in the TorahNumbers 5:30
  224. P224To punish the wicked by the infliction of stripesDeuteronomy 25:2
  225. P225To exile one who committed accidental homicideNumbers 35:25
  226. P226That the Court shall pass sentence of death by decapitation with the swordLeviticus 26:25
  227. P227That the Court shall pass sentence of death by strangulationLeviticus 20:10
  228. P228That the Court shall pass sentence of death by burning with fireLeviticus 20:14
  229. P229That the Court shall pass sentence of death by stoningDeuteronomy 22:24
  230. P230To hang the dead body of one who has incurred that penaltyDeuteronomy 21:22
  231. P231To inter the executed on the day of executionDeuteronomy 21:23
  232. P232To deal judicially with the Hebrew bondman, in accordance with the laws appertaining to himExodus 21:2–6
  233. P233To espouse a Hebrew maid-servantExodus 21:8–9
  234. P234To redeem herExodus 21:8
  235. P235To keep the Canaanite slave foreverLeviticus 25:46
  236. P236That he who inflicts a bodily injury shall pay monetary compensationExodus 21:18–19
  237. P237To judge cases of injuries caused by beastsExodus 21:35–36
  238. P238To judge cases of damage caused by an uncovered pitExodus 21:33–34
  239. P239To adjudge a thief to pay compensation, or (in certain cases) suffer deathExodus 22:1
  240. P240To adjudicate cases of damage caused by trespass of cattleExodus 22:5
  241. P241To adjudicate cases of damage caused by fireExodus 22:6
  242. P242To adjudicate cases of damage by a gratuitous depositaryExodus 22:7–8
  243. P243To judge cases of liability of a paid depositaryExodus 22:10
  244. P244To adjudicate cases of loss for which a gratuitous borrower is liableExodus 22:14–15
  245. P245To adjudicate cases of purchase and saleLeviticus 25:14
  246. P246To adjudicate other cases between a plaintiff and a defendantExodus 22:9
  247. P247To save the pursued even at the cost of the life of the pursuerDeuteronomy 25:12
  248. P248To adjudicate cases of inheritancesNumbers 27:8–11
  249. N1not to entertain the idea that there is any god but the EternalExodus 20:3
  250. N2Not to make a graven image; neither to make it oneself not to have it made by othersExodus 20:4
  251. N3Not to make idols even for othersExodus 34:17
  252. N4Not to make any figures for ornament, even if they are not worshippedExodus 20:23
  253. N5Not to bow down to an idol, even if that be not its mode of worshipExodus 20:5
  254. N6Not to worship an idol in the way in which it is usually worshippedExodus 20:5
  255. N7Not to pass (a child through the fire) to MolechLeviticus 18:21
  256. N8Not to consult ghostsLeviticus 19:31
  257. N9Not to resort to familiar spiritsLeviticus 19:31
  258. N10Not to turn to idolatryLeviticus 19:4
  259. N11Not to set up a pillar (for worship)Deuteronomy 16:22
  260. N12Not to lay down a figured stone for worshipLeviticus 26:1
  261. N13Not to plant a tree in the SanctuaryDeuteronomy 16:21
  262. N14Not to swear by an idol, to its worshipers, nor cause them to swear by itExodus 23:13
  263. N15Not to lead the children of Israel*Prohibition 15 refers to seduction of inhabitants of a city or tribe in Israel to idolatry; prohibition 16, to enticement of individual Israelites. astray to idolatryExodus 23:13
  264. N16Not to entice an Israelite to idolatryDeuteronomy 13:11
  265. N17Not to love the enticer to idolatryDeuteronomy 13:8
  266. N18Not to give up hating the enticerDeuteronomy 13:8
  267. N19Not to save the enticer from capital punishment, but to stand by at his executionDeuteronomy 13:8
  268. N20A person whom he attempted to entice to idolatry shall not urge pleas for the acquittal of the enticerDeuteronomy 13:8
  269. N21A person whom he attempted to entice shall not refrain from giving evidence of the enticer’s guilt, if he has such evidenceDeuteronomy 13:8
  270. N22Not to use the ornament (cover) of any object of idolatrous worshipDeuteronomy 7:25
  271. N23Not to rebuild a city that has been led astray to idolatryDeuteronomy 13:16
  272. N24Not to make use of the property of a city that has been so led astrayDeuteronomy 13:17
  273. N25Not to make use of an idol, or its accessory objects, or its offerings, or its libationsDeuteronomy 7:26
  274. N26Not to prophesy in its nameDeuteronomy 18:20
  275. N27Not to prophesy falselyDeuteronomy 18:20
  276. N28Not to hearken to one who prophesies in the name of an idolDeuteronomy 13:3
  277. N29Not to refrain from putting a false prophet to death, nor be in fear of himDeuteronomy 18:22
  278. N30Not to adopt the institutions of idolaters nor their customsLeviticus 20:23
  279. N31Not to practice divinationDeuteronomy 18:10
  280. N32Not to observe times*Or “Not to practice soothsaying”. (as favourable or the reverse)Leviticus 19:26
  281. N33Not to practise enchantmentsLeviticus 19:26
  282. N34Not to practise witchcraftDeuteronomy 18:10
  283. N35Not to practise the art of the charmerDeuteronomy 18:11
  284. N36Not to consult ghostsDeuteronomy 18:11
  285. N37Not to consult a familar spiritDeuteronomy 18:11
  286. N38Not to enquire of the dead in a dream (necromancy)Deuteronomy 18:11
  287. N39That a woman shall not wear the attire of a manDeuteronomy 22:5
  288. N40That a man shall not wear the attire of a womanDeuteronomy 22:5
  289. N41Not to tatoo the body, like the idolatersLeviticus 19:28
  290. N42Not to wear garments made of wool and linen, such as the idolatrous priests wearDeuteronomy 22:11
  291. N43Not to round the corners of the head, as the idolatrous priests doLeviticus 19:27
  292. N44Not to remove the entire beard, like the idolatersLeviticus 19:27
  293. N45Not to cut oneself, like the idolatersDeuteronomy 14:1
  294. N46Never to settle in the land of EgyptDeuteronomy 17:16
  295. N47Not to indulge in wayward thoughts and wanton sightsNumbers 15:39
  296. N48Not to make a covenant with the seven (Canaanite, idolatrous) nationsExodus 23:32
  297. N49Not to keep alive any individual of these seven nationsDeuteronomy 20:16
  298. N50Not to show favour to idolatersDeuteronomy 7:2
  299. N51Not to settle idolaters in our landExodus 23:33
  300. N52Not to intermarry with idolatersDeuteronomy 7:3
  301. N53That an Ammonite or Moabite shall never marry the daughter of an IsraeliteDeuteronomy 23:3
  302. N54Not to exclude a descendant of Esau from the community of Israel for three generationsDeuteronomy 23:8–9
  303. N55Not to exclude an Egyptian from the community of Israel for three generationsDeuteronomy 23:7–8
  304. N56Not to offer peace to the Ammonites and Moabites before waging war on them, as should be done to other nationsDeuteronomy 23:6
  305. N57Not to destroy fruit-trees (wantonly or in warfare), nor may anything else be (wantonly) destroyedDeuteronomy 20:19–20
  306. N58That those engaged in warfare shall not fear their enemies nor be panic-stricken by them during the battleDeuteronomy 3:22
  307. N59That the evil done to us by Amalek shall not depart from our mindsDeuteronomy 25:19
  308. N60(We are charged) not to blasphemeExodus 22:28
  309. N61Not to violate an oath (even when it only accompanies the statement of what one intends to do)Leviticus 19:12
  310. N62Not to swear needlesslyExodus 20:7
  311. N63Not to profane the name of the Holy One, blessed be HeLeviticus 22:32
  312. N64Not to put the word of God to the testDeuteronomy 6:16
  313. N65Not to destroy aught of the Sanctuary, of synagogues, or of houses of study, nor erase the holy names (of God); nor may sacred scriptures be destroyedDeuteronomy 12:2–4
  314. N66That the dead body of an executed criminal shall not remain hanging on the tree over nightDeuteronomy 21:23
  315. N67Not to allow the Sanctuary to remain unwatchedNumbers 18:5
  316. N68That the priest shall not enter the Sanctuary at all times*But only when he is to perform service thereLeviticus 16:2
  317. N69That a person with a physical blemish shall not enter the Sanctuary further than the altarLeviticus 21:23
  318. N70That a person with a physical blemish shall not serve (in the Sanctuary)Leviticus 21:17
  319. N71That a priest, with a temporary blemish, shall not serve thereLeviticus 21:21
  320. N72That the Levites shall not occupy themselves with the service that belongs to the priests, nor the priests, with that belonging to the LevitesNumbers 18:3
  321. N73That an intoxicated person shall not enter the Sanctuary, nor give decisions in matters of the LawLeviticus 10:9–11
  322. N74That one, not a descendant of Aaron in the male line, shall not serve (in the Sanctuary)Numbers 18:4–7
  323. N75That a priest who is unclean shall not serve (in the Sanctuary)Leviticus 22:2–3
  324. N76That a priest who had had an immersion during the day (to cleanse him from his uncleanness) shall not serve in the Sanctuary till after sunsetLeviticus 21:6
  325. N77That a priest who is unclean shall not enter the courtyard (of the Sanctuary)Numbers 5:2–3
  326. N78That anyone who is unclean shall not enter the Camp of the Levites, and corresponding to it, in subsequent generations was the Temple mountDeuteronomy 23:10
  327. N79Not to build an altar of hewn stoneExodus 20:25
  328. N80Not to mount the altar by stepsExodus 20:26
  329. N81Not to extinguish the fire on the altarLeviticus 6:13
  330. N82Not to offer (strange) incense nor any sacrifice upon the golden altarExodus 30:9
  331. N83Not to compound oil (for lay use) after the formula of the anointing oil (Ex. 30:23-24)Exodus 30:23–24
  332. N84Not to anoint a stranger with the anointing oilExodus 30:32
  333. N85Not to compound aught after the formula of the incenseExodus 30:37
  334. N86Not to remove the staves from the ArkExodus 25:15
  335. N87That the breastplate shall not be loosened from the ephodExodus 28:28
  336. N88Not to tear the High Priest’s robeExodus 28:32
  337. N89Not to offer up sacrifices outside (the Sanctuary)Deuteronomy 12:13
  338. N90Not to slaughter beasts set apart for sacrifices outside (the Sanctuary)Leviticus 17:3–4
  339. N91Not to sanctify blemished cattle for sacrifice on the altarLeviticus 22:20
  340. N92Not to slaughter blemished cattle as sacrificesLeviticus 22:22
  341. N93Not to sprinkle the blood of blemished cattle upon the altarLeviticus 22:24
  342. N94Not to burn the limbs of blemished cattle upon the altarLeviticus 22:22
  343. N95Not to offer up a beast that has a temporary blemishDeuteronomy 17:1
  344. N96Not to offer up a blemished beast that comes from non-IsraelitesLeviticus 22:25
  345. N97Not to inflict a blemish on cattle set apart for sacrificeLeviticus 22:21
  346. N98Not to offer up leaven or honeyLeviticus 2:11
  347. N99Not to offer up any offering unsaltedLeviticus 2:13
  348. N100Not to bring sacrifices out of the hire of a harlot, or price of a dog*This is a euphemism for sodomy. See Deut. 23:18Deuteronomy 23:18
  349. N101Not to slaughter an animal and its young on the same dayLeviticus 22:28
  350. N102Not to put olive oil in a sin-offering made of flourLeviticus 5:11
  351. N103Not to put frankincense on itLeviticus 5:11
  352. N104Not to put olive oil in the meal-offering of a woman suspected of adulteryNumbers 5:15
  353. N105Not to put frankincense on itNumbers 5:15
  354. N106Not to exchange a beast set aside for sacrificeLeviticus 27:10
  355. N107Not to transfer a beast set apart for sacrifice from one class of sacrifices to anotherLeviticus 27:26
  356. N108Not to redeem the firstling of a clean beastNumbers 18:17
  357. N109Not to sell the tithe of the herdLeviticus 27:32–33
  358. N110Not to sell a field devoted to the LordLeviticus 27:28
  359. N111Not to redeem a field devoted to the LordLeviticus 27:28
  360. N112Not to sever completely the head of a fowl, brought as a sin-offeringLeviticus 5:8
  361. N113Not to do work with cattle set apart for sacrificeDeuteronomy 15:19
  362. N114Not to shear beasts set apart for sacrificeDeuteronomy 15:19
  363. N115Not to slaughter the Paschal lamb while there is leaven in the homeExodus 23:18
  364. N116Not to leave the part of the Paschal lamb that should be burnt on the altar, till the morning, when it will be no longer fit to be burntExodus 23:18
  365. N117Not to leave any portion of the flesh of the Paschal sacrifice till the morning unconsumedExodus 12:10
  366. N118Not to leave any portion of the festival offering, brought on the fourteenth day of Nissan, unto the third dayDeuteronomy 16:4
  367. N119Not to leave any flesh of the Paschal lamb, brought on the second Passover, until the morningNumbers 9:12
  368. N120Not to leave any flesh of the thanksgiving offering until the morningLeviticus 22:30
  369. N121Not to break a bone of the Pachal lambExodus 12:46
  370. N122Not to break a bone of the Paschal lamb brought on the second PassoverNumbers 9:12
  371. N123Not to take any of the flesh of the Paschal lamb from the company’s place of assemblyExodus 12:46
  372. N124Not to allow the remainder of the meal-offerings (eaten by the priests) to become leavenedLeviticus 6:17
  373. N125Not to eat the flesh of the Paschal lamb, raw or soddenExodus 12:9
  374. N126Not to give flesh of the Paschal lamb to a denizen**A non-Israelite who lives in the land of Israel, and keeps the seven Noachide precepts., to eat thereofExodus 12:45
  375. N127That the uncircumcised shall not eat of the flesh of the Paschal lambExodus 12:48
  376. N128Not to give of the flesh of the Paschal lamb to an Israelite who had become an apostateExodus 12:43
  377. N129That a person who is unclean shall not eat of things that are holyLeviticus 7:20
  378. N130Not to eat of holy things that have become uncleanLeviticus 7:19
  379. N131Not to eat flesh of a sacrifice that has been left over (beyond the time appointed for its consumption)Leviticus 19:8
  380. N132Not to eat of sacrifices that are abhorrent (because it was intended to be eaten beyond the appointed time)Leviticus 7:18
  381. N133That a stranger (one who is not a priest, nor the wife of a priest, nor his unmarried daughter) shall not eat of the heave-offeringLeviticus 22:10
  382. N134That even a sojourner with a priest (Hebrew bondman released in the Jubilee year), or his hired servant (Hebrew bondman released after six years of service) shall not eat of the heave-offeringLeviticus 22:10
  383. N135That an uncircumcised person shall not eat of the heave-offering; and the same applies to other holy things. This rule is inferred from the law of the Paschal offering, by similarity of phrase (Ex. 12:44-45 and Lev. 22:10); but it is not explicitly set forth in the Torah. Traditionally it has been learnt that the rule that the uncircumcised must not eat holy things is an essential principle of the Torah and not an enactment of the ScribesExodus 12:44–45
  384. N136That a priest who is unclean shall not eat of the heave-offeringLeviticus 22:3–4
  385. N137A priest’s daughter who profaned herself shall not eat of holy things, neither of the heave-offering, nor of the breast, nor of the shoulder (of peace-offerings) (Lev. 10:14)Leviticus 10:14
  386. N138Not to eat of the meal-offering brought by the priestsLeviticus 6:23
  387. N139Not to eat of the flesh of sin-offerings, the blood of which is brought within the Sanctuary and sprinkled towards the VeilLeviticus 6:30
  388. N140Not to eat the flesh of beasts set apart as sacrifices, that have been rendered unfit to be offered up by deliberately inflicted blemishDeuteronomy 14:3
  389. N141Not to eat the second tithe of cereals outside JerusalemDeuteronomy 12:17
  390. N142Not to consume the second tithe of the vintage outside JerusalemDeuteronomy 12:17
  391. N143Not to consume the second tithe of the oil outside JerusalemDeuteronomy 12:17
  392. N144Not to eat of the unblemished firstling outside JerusalemDeuteronomy 12:17
  393. N145That the priests shall not eat the flesh of the sin-offering or trespass-offering outside the Courtyard (of the Sanctuary); since the text “Thou mayest not eat within thy gates” (ibid.) applies to whatever is eaten outside the place appointed for its consumptionDeuteronomy 12:17
  394. N146Not to eat the flesh of the burnt-offeringDeuteronomy 12:17
  395. N147Not to eat of the flesh of the sacrifices that are holy in a minor degree***Such as peace-offerings, consumed by the owners, with the exception of what is burnt on the alter and the priests’ portions., before the blood has been sprinkled (on the altar)Deuteronomy 12:17
  396. N148That one not of the seed of Aaron, shall not eat the flesh of the holy sacrifices****Such as sin-offerings, trespass-offeringsExodus 29:33
  397. N149That the priest shall not eat the first-fruits before they are set down in the Courtyard (of the Sanctuary)Deuteronomy 12:17
  398. N150Not to eat the Second Tithe, even in Jerusalem, in a state of uncleanness, until the tithe had been redeemedDeuteronomy 26:14
  399. N151Not to eat the Second Tithe, when mourningDeuteronomy 26:14
  400. N152Not to expend the proceeds of the second tithe on anything but food and drinkDeuteronomy 26:14
  401. N153Not to eat Tevel. Tevel is produce of the soil, from which heave-offering and tithes have to be separated, so-called before this has been doneLeviticus 22:15
  402. N154Not to separate from the produce the heave-offerings (given to the priest), before the first-fruits, nor the first tithe before the heave-offering, nor the second tithe before the first tithe (Levites’ dues); but the separation should proceed in the due order; first-fruits at the beginning, then the great heave-offering, then the first tithe, and last the second titheExodus 22:29
  403. N155Not to delay bringing vowed or free-will*An offering is vowed, when a particular beast has been set apart for sacrifice. A free-will offering is so called when one promised to bring a special kind of sacrifice without setting apart a particular beast. offeringsDeuteronomy 23:21
  404. N156Not to go up to the Sanctuary for the festival without bringing an offeringExodus 23:15
  405. N157Not to transgress in matters wherein one has assumed an obligationNumbers 30:2
  406. N158That a priest shall not take a harlot in marriageLeviticus 21:7
  407. N159That a priest shall not take a profaned woman in marriageLeviticus 21:7
  408. N160That a priest shall not take a divorced woman in marriageLeviticus 21:7
  409. N161That the High Priest shall not take a widow in marriageLeviticus 21:14
  410. N162That the High Priest shall not cohabit with a widow, even without marriage, because he profanes her, and it is said, “Neither shall he profane his seed among his people” (ibid. 21:15). He is thus prohibited from profaning one who would be eligible to be married to a priestLeviticus 21:15
  411. N163That a priest shall not enter the Sanctuary with dishevelled hair*So Maimonides explains it in his Sefer-ha-Mitzvoth, Prohibition 163Leviticus 10:6
  412. N164That a priest shall not enter the Sanctuary with torn garmentsLeviticus 10:6
  413. N165That the priest shall not leave the Courtyard of the Sanctuary, during serviceLeviticus 10:7
  414. N166That the ordinary priest shall not defile himself by contact with any dead, other than immediate relativesLeviticus 21:1–3
  415. N167That a High Priest shall not defile himself with any dead, even if they are relativesLeviticus 21:11
  416. N168That a High Priest shall not go (under the same roof) with a dead bodyLeviticus 21:11
  417. N169That none of the tribe of Levi shall take any portion of territory in the land (of Israel)Deuteronomy 18:1
  418. N170That none of the tribe of Levi shall take any share of the spoil (at the conquest of the Promised Land)Deuteronomy 18:1
  419. N171Not to make a bald spot for the deadDeuteronomy 14:1
  420. N172Not to eat the flesh of unclean beastsLeviticus 11:4
  421. N173Not to eat unclean fishLeviticus 11:11
  422. N174Not to eat unclean fowlLeviticus 11:13
  423. N175Not to eat of winged insectsDeuteronomy 14:19
  424. N176Not to eat of things that creep upon the earth*Maimonides, in the Sefer-Ha-Mitzvoth, says, on the authority of the Sifra, that prohibition 176 refers to vermin that procreate their kind, while prohibition 177 refers to those that do not do soLeviticus 11:41–42
  425. N177Not to eat any vermin of the earthLeviticus 11:44
  426. N178Not to eat a worm found in fruit, after it has emergedLeviticus 11:41
  427. N179Not to eat things that swarm in the waterLeviticus 11:43
  428. N180Not to eat the flesh of a beast that died of itselfDeuteronomy 14:21
  429. N181Not to eat the flesh of a beast that is terefah (lit. torn)Exodus 22:31
  430. N182Not to eat a limb removed from a living beastDeuteronomy 12:23
  431. N183Not to eat the sinew of the thigh-vein which shrankGenesis 32:32
  432. N184Not to eat bloodLeviticus 7:26
  433. N185Not to eat tallow-fatLeviticus 7:23
  434. N186Not to boil flesh-meat with milkExodus 23:19
  435. N187Not to eat flesh with milkExodus 34:26
  436. N188Not to eat the flesh of an ox that was condemned to be stonedExodus 21:28
  437. N189Not to eat bread made of new grain before (the Omer of barley has been offered up on the second day of) PassoverLeviticus 23:14
  438. N190Not to eat roasted grain of the new produce (before that time)Leviticus 23:14
  439. N191Not to eat fresh ears of the new grain (before that time)Leviticus 23:14
  440. N192Not to eat the fruit of a tree for three years from the time it was plantedLeviticus 19:23
  441. N193Not to eat the produce of diverse seeds sown in a vineyardDeuteronomy 22:9
  442. N194Not to drink wine of idolatersDeuteronomy 32:38
  443. N195Not to eat or drink like a glutton or drunkardDeuteronomy 21:20
  444. N196Not to eat on the Day of the Fast (Day of Atonement)Leviticus 23:29
  445. N197Not to eat leavened bread on PassoverExodus 13:3
  446. N198Not to eat on Passover any food containing leavenExodus 12:20
  447. N199Not to eat leavened bread after mid-day on the fourteenth (of Nissan)Deuteronomy 16:2
  448. N200That leavened bread shall not be seen (in an Israelite’s home during Passover)Exodus 13:7
  449. N201That no leaven be in the Israelite’s possession (during Passover)Exodus 12:19
  450. N202That a Nazarite shall not drink wine, or anything mixed with wine which tastes like wineNumbers 6:3
  451. N203That he shall not eat fresh grapesNumbers 6:3
  452. N204That he shall not eat dried grapes (raisins)Numbers 6:3
  453. N205That he shall not eat the kernels***חרצנים and זג are respectively so rendered in the Targum Onkelos, Rashi and the Biur. The Philadelphia version translates the former term as “pressed grapes”, and the latter as “grape-stones”.***חרצנים and זג are respectively so rendered in the Targum Onkelos, Rashi and the Biur. The Philadelphia version translates the former term as “pressed grapes”, and the latter as “grape-stones”. of the grapesNumbers 6:4
  454. N206That he shall not eat of the skins of the grapesNumbers 6:4
  455. N207That a Nazarite shall not defile himself for any dead personNumbers 6:7
  456. N208That he shall not enter any covered structure where there is a dead bodyNumbers 6:6
  457. N209That the Nazarite shall not cut his hairNumbers 6:5
  458. N210Not to reap the entire fieldLeviticus 19:9
  459. N211Not to gather the ears that have fallen to the ground while reapingLeviticus 19:9
  460. N212Not to gather the imperfect clusters of the vineyardLeviticus 19:10
  461. N213Not to gather the clusters of grapes that have fallen to the ground”Leviticus 19:10
  462. N214Not to return to take a forgotten sheafDeuteronomy 24:19
  463. N215Not to sow different kinds of seed together in one fieldLeviticus 19:19
  464. N216Not to sow grain or herbs in a vineyardDeuteronomy 22:9
  465. N217Not to cross-breed cattle of different speciesLeviticus 19:19
  466. N218Not to work with beasts of different species, yoked togetherDeuteronomy 22:10
  467. N219Not to muzzle a beast, while it is working in produce which it can eat and enjoyDeuteronomy 25:4
  468. N220Not to till the ground in the Sabbatical yearLeviticus 25:4
  469. N221Not to do any work on the trees in the Sabbatical yearLeviticus 25:4
  470. N222Not to reap the aftermath that grows in the Sabbatical year, in the same way as it is reaped in other yearsLeviticus 25:5
  471. N223Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the Sabbatical year in the same way as it is gathered in other yearsLeviticus 25:5
  472. N224Not to cultivate the soil nor do any work on the trees, in the Jubilee YearLeviticus 25:11
  473. N225Not to reap the aftermath of the field that grew of itself in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other yearsLeviticus 25:11
  474. N226Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other yearsLeviticus 25:11
  475. N227Not to sell a field in the land of Israel in perpetuityLeviticus 25:23
  476. N228Not to change the character of the open land (about the cities of) the Levites or of their fields*That is, to change the suburbs into town lots, or vice versa, or the fields into either of the two former classes of land. (T.B. Sotah 57b and Maimonides’ Sefer-Ha-Mitzvoth on Prohibition 228)Leviticus 25:34
  477. N229Not to forsake the LevitesDeuteronomy 12:19
  478. N230Not to demand return of a loan after the Sabbatical year has elapsedDeuteronomy 15:2
  479. N231Not to refrain from making a loan to a poor man, because of the Sabbatical yearDeuteronomy 15:9
  480. N232Not to refrain from maintaining a poor man and giving him what he needsDeuteronomy 15:7
  481. N233Not to send away a Hebrew bondman servant empty handed, when he is freed from serviceDeuteronomy 15:13
  482. N234Not to demand from a poor man repayment of his debt, when the creditor knows that he is poor, nor press himExodus 22:25
  483. N235Not to make a loan to an Israelite on interestLeviticus 25:37
  484. N236Not to take a loan on interestDeuteronomy 23:19
  485. N237Not to take part in any usurious transaction between borrower and lender, neither as a surety, nor as a witness, nor as a writer of the bond for themExodus 22:25
  486. N238Not to delay payment of a hired man’s wagesLeviticus 19:13
  487. N239Not to exact a pledge from a debtor by forceDeuteronomy 24:10
  488. N240Not to keep the pledge from its owner, who is a poor man, at the time when he needs itDeuteronomy 24:12
  489. N241Not to take a pledge from a widowDeuteronomy 24:17
  490. N242Not to take in pledge utensils used in preparing foodDeuteronomy 24:6
  491. N243Not to kidnap any person in IsraelExodus 20:13
  492. N244Not to steal personal propertyLeviticus 19:11
  493. N245Not to rob by violenceLeviticus 19:13
  494. N246Not to remove landmarksDeuteronomy 19:14
  495. N247Not to defraudLeviticus 19:13
  496. N248Not to deny falsely another’s property rightsLeviticus 19:11
  497. N249Not to swear falsely in denial of another’s property rightsLeviticus 19:11
  498. N250Not to do wrong in buying or sellingLeviticus 25:14
  499. N251Not to wrong any one in speechLeviticus 25:17
  500. N252Not to wrong the stranger in speechExodus 22:21
  501. N253Not to wrong the stranger in buying or sellingExodus 22:21
  502. N254Not to surrender a slave, who has fled to the land of Israel, to his owner who lives outside PalestineDeuteronomy 23:15
  503. N255Not to wrong such a slaveDeuteronomy 23:16
  504. N256Not to afflict an orphan or a widowExodus 22:22
  505. N257Not to compel the Hebrew servant to do the work of a slaveLeviticus 25:39
  506. N258Not to sell him as a slaveLeviticus 25:42
  507. N259Not to treat a Hebrew servant rigorouslyLeviticus 25:43
  508. N260Not to permit a Gentile to treat harshly a Hebrew bondman sold to himLeviticus 25:53
  509. N261Not to sell a Hebrew maid-servant to another personExodus 21:8
  510. N262Not to withhold from an espoused Hebrew bondwoman, food, clothing or conjugal rightsExodus 21:10
  511. N263Not to sell a beautiful woman, (taken captive in war)Deuteronomy 21:14
  512. N264Not to degrade a beautiful woman (taken captive in war) to the condition of a bondwomanDeuteronomy 21:14
  513. N265Not to covet***To covet is to plan “taking away what belongs to another”; to lust, is “to long for it”. what belongs to anotherExodus 20:17
  514. N266Not to lustDeuteronomy 5:18
  515. N267That a hired labourer shall not eat produce attached to the soil, at which he is working, at a time when it is not being harvestedDeuteronomy 23:25
  516. N268That the hired labourer (at harvest time), shall not take more than he can eatDeuteronomy 23:24
  517. N269Not to pretend not to have seen lost property, so as to save oneself the trouble of recovering it and restoring it to the ownerDeuteronomy 22:3
  518. N270Not to leave a beast, that has fallen down beneath its burden, unaidedDeuteronomy 22:4
  519. N271Not to commit fraud in measuringLeviticus 19:35
  520. N272Not to have in our possession diverse**Diverse measures and weights pretending that they are the same denomination. measures and weightsDeuteronomy 25:13–14
  521. N273Not to render iniquitous decisionsLeviticus 19:15
  522. N274Not to take a bribeExodus 23:8
  523. N275Not to show special courtesy to a great man, when trying a caseLeviticus 19:15
  524. N276Not to be afraid of a bad man, when trying a caseDeuteronomy 1:17
  525. N277Not to be moved in trying a case, by the poverty of one of the partiesLeviticus 19:15
  526. N278Not to pervert the judgment of a sinnerExodus 23:6
  527. N279Not to spare the offender, in imposing the prescribed penalties on one who has caused damageDeuteronomy 19:13
  528. N280Not to pervert the judgment of strangers or orphansDeuteronomy 24:17
  529. N281Not to hear one of the parties to a suit in the absence of the other partyExodus 23:1
  530. N282Not to decide, in capital cases, according to the view of the majority, when those who are for condemnation exceed by one only, those who are for acquittalExodus 23:2
  531. N283That, in capital cases, one who had argued for acquittal, shall not later on argue for condemnationExodus 23:2
  532. N284Not to appoint as a judge, a person who is not well versed in the laws of the Torah, even if he is expert in other branches of knowledgeDeuteronomy 1:17
  533. N285Not to testify falselyExodus 20:16
  534. N286That a transgressor shall not testify,***This means that this evidence it not to be received by the Court.***This means that this evidence it not to be received by the CourtExodus 23:1
  535. N287That a relative shall not testifyDeuteronomy 24:16
  536. N288Not to decide a case on the evidence of a single witnessDeuteronomy 19:15
  537. N289Not to slay an innocent personExodus 20:13
  538. N290Not to render a decision on one’s personal opinion, but only on the evidence of two witnesses, who saw what actually occurredExodus 23:7
  539. N291That a witness, who has testified in a capital case, shall not lay down the law in that particular caseDeuteronomy 19:15
  540. N292Not to execute one guilty of a capital offence, before he has stood his trialNumbers 35:12
  541. N293Not to spare a pursuer, but he is to be slain before he reaches the pursued and slays the latter, or uncovers his nakednessDeuteronomy 25:12
  542. N294Not to punish any one who has committed an offence under duressDeuteronomy 22:26
  543. N295Not to accept ransom from a murdererNumbers 35:31
  544. N296Not to accept ransom from an accidental homicide, so as to relieve him from exileNumbers 35:32
  545. N297Not to stand by idly when a human life is in dangerLeviticus 19:16
  546. N298Not to leave something that might cause hurtDeuteronomy 22:8
  547. N299Not to give occasion to the simple-minded to stumble on the roadLeviticus 19:14
  548. N300Not to exceed the statutory number of stripes laid on one who has incurred that punishmentDeuteronomy 25:3
  549. N301Not to carry talesLeviticus 19:16
  550. N302Not to cherish hatred in one’s heartLeviticus 19:17
  551. N303Not to put any person in Israel to shameLeviticus 19:17
  552. N304Not to take revengeLeviticus 19:18
  553. N305Not to bear a grudgeLeviticus 19:18
  554. N306Not to take the mother-bird with the youngDeuteronomy 22:6
  555. N307Not to shave off the hair of the scallLeviticus 13:33
  556. N308Not to pluck out the marks of leprosyDeuteronomy 24:8
  557. N309Not to plough nor sow the rough valley (in which a heifer’s neck was broken in expiation of a murder on the road, the perpetrator of which remained undiscovered)Deuteronomy 21:4
  558. N310Not to suffer any one practising witchcraft to liveExodus 22:18
  559. N311That a bridegroom shall be exempt for a whole year from taking part in any public labour, such as military service, guarding the wall and similar dutiesDeuteronomy 24:5
  560. N312Not to rebel against the orders of the CourtDeuteronomy 17:11
  561. N313Not to add to the commandments of the Torah, whether in the Written Law or in its interpretation received by traditionDeuteronomy 12:32
  562. N314Not to take away from the commandments of the TorahDeuteronomy 12:32
  563. N315Not to curse a judgeExodus 22:28
  564. N316Not to curse a ruler, that is, the King or the head of the College in the land of IsraelExodus 22:28
  565. N317Not to curse any other IsraeliteLeviticus 19:14
  566. N318Not to curse a father or motherExodus 21:17
  567. N319Not to smite a father or a motherExodus 21:15
  568. N320Not to do work on the SabbathExodus 20:10
  569. N321Not to travel on the Sabbath outside the limits of one’s place of residence,*2,000 cubits beyond the limits of a townExodus 16:29
  570. N322Not to inflict punishment on the Sabbath dayExodus 35:3
  571. N323Not to do work on the first day of PassoverExodus 12:16
  572. N324Not to do work on the seventh day of PassoverExodus 12:16
  573. N325Not to do work on the Feast of PentecostLeviticus 23:21
  574. N326Not to do work on the first day of the seventh monthLeviticus 23:25
  575. N327Not to do work on the Day of AtonementLeviticus 23:31
  576. N328Not to do work on the first day of the Feast (of Tabernacles)Leviticus 23:35
  577. N329Not to do work on the eighth day of the Feast (of Tabernacles)Leviticus 23:36
  578. N330Not to commit incest with one’s mother (Lev. 18:7)Leviticus 18:7
  579. N331Not to commit incest with one’s father’s wife (ibid. 18:8)Leviticus 18:8
  580. N332Not to commit incest with one’s sister (ibid. 18:9)Leviticus 18:9
  581. N333Not to commit incest with one’s half sister (ibid. 18:9)Leviticus 18:9
  582. N334Not to commit incest with one’s son’s daughter (ibid. 18:10)Leviticus 18:10
  583. N335Not to commit incest with one’s daughter’s daughter (ibid. 18:10)Leviticus 18:10
  584. N336Not to commit incest with one’s daughter. Why has this not been explicitly set forth in the Torah ? Since the Torah forbids incest with one’s daughter’s daughter, it is silent on the prohibition of incest with one’s daughter.***As being unnecessary to set forth. It is learnt by tradition that this is an essential law of the Torah like the prohibition of the other classes of incestBy tradition
  585. N337Not to commit incest with one’s wife’s daughter (ibid. 18:17)Leviticus 18:17
  586. N338Not to commit incest with the daughter of one’s wife’s son (ibid. 18:17)Leviticus 18:17
  587. N339Not to commit incest with the daughter of one’s wife’s daughter (ibid. 18:17)Leviticus 18:17
  588. N340Not to commit incest with one’s father’s sister (ibid. 18:12)Leviticus 18:12
  589. N341Not to commit incest with one’s mother’s sister (ibid. 18:13)Leviticus 18:13
  590. N342Not to commit incest with one’s father’s brother’s wife (ibid. 18:14)Leviticus 18:14
  591. N343Not to commit incest with one’s son’s wife (ibid. 18:15)Leviticus 18:15
  592. N344Not to commit incest with one’s brother’s wife (ibid. 18:16)Leviticus 18:16
  593. N345Not to commit incest with one’s wife’s sister (ibid. 18:18)Leviticus 18:18
  594. N346Not to have intercourse with a woman, in her menstrual period (ibid. 18:19)Leviticus 18:19
  595. N347Not to have intercourse with another man’s wife (ibid. 18:20)Leviticus 18:20
  596. N348Not to have intercourse with a beast (Lev. 18:23)Leviticus 18:23
  597. N349That a woman shall not have intercourse with a beast (Lev. 18:23)Leviticus 18:23
  598. N350Not to commit sodomy with a male (Lev. 18:22)Leviticus 18:22
  599. N351Not to commit sodomy with one’s father (Lev. 18:7)Leviticus 18:7
  600. N352Not to commit sodomy with one’s father’s brother (Lev. 18:14)Leviticus 18:14
  601. N353Not to indulge in familiarities with relatives, such as kissing, embracing, winking, skipping, which may lead to incestLeviticus 18:6
  602. N354That a bastard shall not marry the daughter of an IsraeliteDeuteronomy 23:2
  603. N355That there shall be no harlot (in Israel); that is, that there shall be no intercourse with a woman, without previous marriage with a deed of marriage and formal declaration of marriageDeuteronomy 23:17
  604. N356That one who divorced his wife shall not re-marry her, if after the divorce she had been married to another manDeuteronomy 24:4
  605. N357That a widow whose husband died childless must not be married to anyone but her deceased husband’s brother*Unless he formally releases her by the ceremony of Chalitza (Deut. 25:7-10)Deuteronomy 25:7–10
  606. N358That one who has raped a damsel and has then (in accordance with the law) married her, may not divorce herDeuteronomy 22:29
  607. N359That a man may not divorce his wife concerning whom he has published an evil reportDeuteronomy 22:19
  608. N360That a eunuch shall not marry a daughter of IsraelDeuteronomy 23:1
  609. N361Not to castrate the male of any species; neither a man, nor a domestic or wild beast, nor a fowlLeviticus 22:24
  610. N362Not to appoint as ruler over Israel, one who comes from non-IsraelitesDeuteronomy 17:15
  611. N363That the King shall not acquire an excessive number of horsesDeuteronomy 17:16
  612. N364That the King shall not take an excessive number of wivesDeuteronomy 17:17
  613. N365That he shall not accumulate an excessive quantity of gold and silverDeuteronomy 17:17

List and wording: Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Positive and Negative Commandments, translated by Moses Hyamson (1937–1949), public domain, text via Sefaria. Citations follow the Hebrew verse numbering; where an English Bible numbers a verse differently, the English number is used for the KJV, ASV and WEB.