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Positive commandment 184 of 248

To make a parapet (for the roof)

Rembrandt, Moses with the Ten Commandments (1659), Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain.

Maimonides

To make a parapet (for the roof), as it is said, “…. thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof” (Deut. 22:8).

Deuteronomy 22:8

KJV
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
ASV
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.
WEB
When you build a new house, then you shall make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring blood on your house if anyone falls from there.
JPS
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.