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The 613 Commandments The Jewish philosopher Rabbi Maimonides made a list of the 613 commandments he found in the Jewish Bible, and they have since become a standard list of what God requires of Jews. The 613 mitzvot are listed below, with their biblical references.
1.To know there is a God Ex. 20:2 2.Not to entertain thoughts of other gods besides Him Ex. 20:3 3.To know that He is one Deut. 6:4 4.To love Him Deut. 6:5 5.To fear Him Deut. 10:20 6.To sanctify His Name Lev. 22:32 7.Not to profane His Name Lev. 22:32 8.Not to destroy objects associated with His Name Deut. 12:4 9.To listen to the prophet speaking in His Name Deut. 18:15 10.Not to test the prophet unduly Deut. 6:16 11.To emulate His ways Deut. 28:9 12.To cleave to those who know Him Deut. 10:20 13.To love other Jews Lev. 19:18 14.To love converts Deut. 10:19 15.Not to hate fellow Jews Lev. 19:17 16.To reprove a sinner Lev. 19:17 17.Not to embarrass others Lev. 19:17 18.Not to oppress the weak Ex. 21:22 19.Not to speak derogatorily of others Lev. 19:16 20.Not to take revenge Lev. 19:18 21.Not to bear a grudge Lev. 19:18 22.To learn Torah Deut. 6:7 23.To honor those who teach and know Torah Lev. 19:32 24.Not to inquire into idolatry Lev. 19:4 25.Not to follow the whims of your heart or what your eyes see Num. 15:39 26.Not to blaspheme Ex. 22:27 27.Not to worship idols in the manner they are worshiped Ex. 20:5 28.Not to worship idols in the four ways we worship God Ex. 20:5 29.Not to make an idol for yourself Ex. 20:4 30.Not to make an idol for others Lev. 19:4 31.Not to make human forms even for decorative purposes Ex. 20:20 32.Not to turn a city to idolatry Ex. 23:13 33.To burn a city that has turned to idol worship Deut. 13:17 34.Not to rebuild it as a city Deut. 13:17 35.Not to derive benefit from it Deut. 13:18 36.Not to missionize an individual to idol worship Deut. 13:12 37.Not to love the missionary Deut. 13:9 38.Not to cease hating the missionary Deut. 13:9 39.Not to save the missionary Deut. 13:9 40.Not to say anything in his defense Deut. 13:9 41.Not to refrain from incriminating him Deut. 13:9 42.Not to prophesize in the name of idolatry Deut. 13:14 43.Not to listen to a false prophet Deut. 13:4 44.Not to prophesize falsely in the name of God Deut. 18:20 45.Not to be afraid of killing the false prophet Deut. 18:22 46.Not to swear in the name of an idol Ex. 23:13 47.Not to perform ov (medium) Lev. 19:31 48.Not to perform yidoni ("magical seer") Lev. 19:31 49.Not to pass your children through the fire to Molech Lev. 18:21 50.Not to erect a column in a public place of worship Deut. 16:22 51.Not to bow down on smooth stone Lev. 26:1 52.Not to plant a tree in the Temple courtyard Deut. 16:21 53.To destroy idols and their accessories Deut. 12:2 54.Not to derive benefit from idols and their accessories Deut. 7:26 55.Not to derive benefit from ornaments of idols Deut. 7:25 56.Not to make a covenant with idolaters Deut. 7:2 57.Not to show favor to them Deut. 7:2 58.Not to let them dwell in the land of Israel Ex. 23:33 59.Not to imitate them in customs and clothing Lev. 20:23 60.Not to be superstitious Lev. 19:26 61.Not to go into a trance to foresee events, etc. Deut. 18:10 62.Not to engage in astrology Lev. 19:26 63.Not to mutter incantations Deut. 18:11 64.Not to attempt to contact the dead Deut. 18:11 65.Not to consult the ov Deut. 18:11 66.Not to consult the yidoni Deut. 18:11 67.Not to perform acts of magic Deut. 18:10 68.Men must not shave the hair off the sides of their head Lev. 19:27 69.Men must not shave their beards with a razor Lev. 19:27 70.Men must not wear women's clothing Deut. 22:5 71.Women must not wear men's clothing Deut. 22:5 72.Not to tattoo the skin Lev. 19:28 73.Not to tear the skin in mourning Deut. 14:1 74.Not to make a bald spot in mourning Deut. 14:1 75.To repent and confess wrongdoings Num. 5:7 76.To say the Shema twice daily Deut. 6:7 77.To serve the Almighty with prayer daily Ex. 23:25 78.The Kohanim must bless the Jewish nation daily Num. 6:23 79.To wear tefillin on the head Deut. 6:8 80.To bind tefillin on the arm Deut. 6:8 81.To put a mezuzah on each door post Deut. 6:9 82.Each male must write a Torah scroll Deut. 31:19 83.The king must have a separate Sefer Torah for himself Deut. 17:18 84.To have tzitzit on four-cornered garments Num. 15:38 85.To bless the Almighty after eating Deut. 8:10 86.To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth Lev. 12:3 87.To rest on the seventh day Ex. 23:12 88.Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day Ex. 20:10 89.The court must not inflict punishment on Shabbat Ex. 35:3 90.Not to walk outside the city boundary on Shabbat Ex. 16:29 91.To sanctify the day with Kiddush and Havdalah Ex. 20:8 92.To rest from prohibited labor Lev. 23:32 93.Not to do prohibited labor on Yom Kippur Lev. 23:32 94.To afflict yourself on Yom Kippur Lev. 16:29 95.Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur Lev. 23:29 96.To rest on the first day of Passover Lev. 23:7 97.Not to do prohibited labor on the first day of Passover Lev. 23:8 98.To rest on the seventh day of Passover Lev. 23:8 99.Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day of Passover Lev. 23:8 100.To rest on Shavuot Lev. 23:21 101.Not to do prohibited labor on Shavuot Lev. 23:21 102.To rest on Rosh Hashana Lev. 23:24 103.Not to do prohibited labor on Rosh Hashana Lev. 23:25 104.To rest on Sukkot Lev. 23:35 105.Not to do prohibited labor on Sukkot Lev. 23:35 106.To rest on Shmini Atzeret Lev. 23:36 107.Not to do prohibited labor on Shmini Atzeret Lev. 23:36 108.Not to eat chametz on the afternoon of the 14th day of Nisan Deut. 16:3 109.To destroy all chametz on 14th day of Nissan Ex. 12:15 110.Not to eat chametz all seven days of Passover Ex. 13:3 111.Not to eat mixtures containing chametz all seven days of Passover Ex. 12:20 112.Not to see chametz in your domain seven days Ex. 13:7 113.Not to find chametz in your domain seven days Ex. 12:19 114.To eat matzah on the first night of Passover Ex. 12:18 115.To relate the Exodus from Egypt on that night Ex. 13:8 116.To hear the Shofar on the first day of Tishrei (Rosh Hashana) Num. 9:1 117.To dwell in a Sukkah for the seven days of Sukkot Lev. 23:42 118.To take up a Lulav and Etrog all seven days Lev. 23:40 119.Each man must give a half shekel annually Ex. 30:13 120.Courts must calculate to determine when a new month begins Ex. 12:2 121.To afflict and cry out before God in times of catastrophe Num. 10:9 122.To marry a wife by means of ketubah and kiddushin Deut. 22:13 123.Not to have sexual relations with women not thus married Deut. 23:18 124.Not to withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife Ex. 21:10 125.To have children with one's wife Gen 1:28 HE 126.To issue a divorce by means of a Get document Deut. 24:1 127.A man must not remarry his wife after she has married someone else Deut. 24:4 128.To do yibbum (marry the widow of one's childless brother) Deut. 25:5 129.To do chalitzah (free the widow of one's childless brother from yibbum) Deut. 25:9 130.The widow must not remarry until the ties with her brother-in-law are removed Deut. 25:5 131.The court must fine one who sexually seduces a maiden Ex. 22:15-16 132.The rapist must marry the maiden (if she chooses) Deut. 22:29 133.He is never allowed to divorce her Deut. 22:29 134.The slanderer must remain married to his wife Deut. 22:19 135.He must not divorce her Deut. 22:19 136.To fulfill the laws of the Sotah Num. 5:30 137.Not to put oil on her meal offering Num. 5:15 138.Not to put frankincense on her meal offering Num. 5:15 139.Not to have sexual relations with your mother Lev. 18:7 140.Not to have sexual relations with your father's wife Lev. 18:8 141.Not to have sexual relations with your sister Lev. 18:9 142.Not to have sexual relations with your father's wife's daughter Lev. 18:11 143.Not to have sexual relations with your son's daughter Lev. 18:10 144.Not to have sexual relations with your daughter Lev. 18:10 145.Not to have sexual relations with your daughter's daughter Lev. 18:10 146.Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter Lev. 18:17 147.Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her son's daughter Lev. 18:17 148.Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter's daughter Lev. 18:17 149.Not to have sexual relations with your father's sister Lev. 18:12 150.Not to have sexual relations with your mother's sister Lev. 18:13 151.Not to have sexual relations with your father's brother's wife Lev. 18:14 152.Not to have sexual relations with your son's wife Lev. 18:15 153.Not to have sexual relations with your brother's wife Lev. 18:16 154.Not to have sexual relations with your wife's sister Lev. 18:18 155.A man must not have sexual relations with a beast Lev. 18:23 156.A woman must not have sexual relations with a beast Lev. 18:23 157.Not to have homosexual sexual relations Lev. 18:22 158.Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father Lev. 18:7 159.Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father's brother Lev. 18:14 160.Not to have sexual relations with someone else's wife Lev. 18:20 161.Not to have sexual relations with a menstrually impure woman Lev. 18:19 162.Not to marry non-Jews Deut. 7:3 163.Not to let Moabite and Ammonite males marry into the Jewish people Deut. 23:4 164.Don't keep a third-generation Egyptian convert from marrying into the Jewish people Deut. 23:8-9 165.Not to refrain from marrying a third generation Edomite convert Deut. 23:8-9 166.Not to let a mamzer (a child born to an adulterous married woman) marry into the Jewish people Deut. 23:3 167.Not to let a eunuch marry into the Jewish people Deut. 23:2 168.Not to offer to God any castrated male animals Lev. 22:24 169.The High Priest must not marry a widow Lev. 21:14 170.The High Priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage Lev. 21:15 171.The High Priest must marry a virgin maiden Lev. 21:13 172.A Kohen must not marry a divorcee Lev. 21:7 173.A Kohen must not marry a zonah (a woman who has had a forbidden sexual relationship) Lev. 21:7 174.A priest must not marry a chalalah ("a desecrated person") (party to or product of 169-172) Lev. 21:7 175.Not to make pleasurable (sexual) contact with any forbidden woman Lev. 18:6 176.To examine the signs of animals to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Lev. 11:2 177.To examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Deut. 14:11 178.To examine the signs of fish to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Lev. 11:9 179.To examine the signs of locusts to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Lev. 11:21 180.Not to eat non-kosher animals Lev. 11:4 181.Not to eat non-kosher fowl Lev. 11:13 182.Not to eat non-kosher fish Lev. 11:11 183.Not to eat non-kosher flying insects Deut. 14:19 184.Not to eat non-kosher creatures that crawl on land Lev. 11:41 185.Not to eat non-kosher maggots Lev. 11:44 186.Not to eat worms found in fruit on the ground Lev. 11:42 187.Not to eat creatures that live in water other than (kosher) fish Lev. 11:43 188.Not to eat the meat of an animal that died without ritual slaughter Deut. 14:21 189.Not to benefit from an ox condemned to be stoned Ex. 21:28 190.Not to eat meat of an animal that was mortally wounded Ex. 22:30 191.Not to eat a limb torn off a living creature Deut. 192.Not to eat blood Lev. 3:17 193.Not to eat certain fats of clean animals Lev. 3:17 194.Not to eat the sinew of the thigh Gen. 32:33 195.Not to eat meat and milk cooked together Ex. 23:19 196.Not to cook meat and milk together Ex. 34:26 197.Not to eat bread from new grain before the Omer Lev. 23:14 198.Not to eat parched grains from new grain before the Omer Lev. 23:14 199.Not to eat ripened grains from new grain before the Omer Lev. 23:14 200.Not to eat fruit of a tree during its first three years Lev. 19:23 201.Not to eat diverse seeds planted in a vineyard Deut. 22:9 202.Not to eat untithed fruits Lev. 22:15 203.Not to drink wine poured in service to idols Deut. 32:38 204.To ritually slaughter an animal before eating it Deut. 12:21 205.Not to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day Lev. 22:28 206.To cover the blood (of a slaughtered beast or fowl) with earth Lev. 17:13 207.Not to take the mother bird from her children Deut. 22:6 208.To release the mother bird if she was taken from the nest Deut. 22:7 209.Not to swear falsely in God's Name Lev. 19:12 210.Not to take God's Name in vain Ex. 20:6 211.Not to deny possession of something entrusted to you Lev. 19:11 212.Not to swear in denial of a monetary claim Lev. 19:11 213.To swear in God's Name to confirm the truth when deemed necessary by court Deut. 10:20 214.To fulfill what was uttered and to do what was avowed Deut. 23:24 215.Not to break oaths or vows Num. 30:3 216.For oaths and vows annulled, there are the laws of annulling vows explicit in the Torah Num. 30:3 217.The Nazir must let his hair grow Num. 6:5 218.He must not cut his hair Num. 6:5 219.He must not drink wine, wine mixtures, or wine vinegar Num. 6:3 220.He must not eat fresh grapes Num. 6:3 221.He must not eat raisins Num. 6:3 222.He must not eat grape seeds Num. 6:4 223.He must not eat grape skins Num. 6:4 224.He must not be under the same roof as a corpse Num. 6:6 225.He must not come into contact with the dead Num. 6:7 226.He must shave after bringing sacrifices upon completion of his Nazirite period Num. 6:9 227.To estimate the value of people as determined by the Torah Lev. 27:2 228.To estimate the value of consecrated animals Lev. 27:12-13 229.To estimate the value of consecrated houses Lev. 27:14 230.To estimate the value of consecrated fields Lev. 27:16 231.Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions (cherem) Lev. 27:28 232.Not to sell the cherem Lev. 27:28 233.Not to redeem the cherem Lev. 27:28 234.Not to plant diverse seeds together Lev. 19:19 235.Not to plant grains or greens in a vineyard Deut. 22:9 236.Not to crossbreed animals Lev. 19:19 237.Not to work different animals together Deut. 22:10 238.Not to wear shatnez, a cloth woven of wool and linen Deut. 22:11 239.To leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor Lev. 19:10 240.Not to reap that corner Lev. 19:9 241.To leave gleanings Lev. 19:9 242.Not to gather the gleanings Lev. 19:9 243.To leave the gleanings of a vineyard Lev. 19:10 244.Not to gather the gleanings of a vineyard Lev. 19:10 245.To leave the unformed clusters of grapes Lev. 19:10 246.Not to pick the unformed clusters of grapes Lev. 19:10 247.To leave the forgotten sheaves in the field Deut. 24:19 248.Not to retrieve them Deut. 24:19 249.To separate the tithe for the poor Deut. 14:28 250.To give charity Deut. 15:8 251.Not to withhold charity from the poor Deut. 15:7 252.To set aside Terumah Gedolah (tithe for the Kohen) Deut. 18:4 253.The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe Num. 18:26 254.Not to preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order Ex. 22:28 255.A non-Kohen must not eat Terumah Lev. 22:10 256.A hired worker or a Jewish bondsman of a Kohen must not eat Terumah Lev. 22:10 257.An uncircumcised Kohen must not eat Terumah Ex. 12:48 258.An impure Kohen must not eat Terumah Lev. 22:4 259.A chalalah must not eat Terumah Lev. 22:12 260.To set aside Ma'aser (tithe) each planting year and give it to a Levite Num. 18:24 261.To set aside the second tithe (Ma'aser Sheni) Deut. 14:22 262.Not to spend its redemption money on anything but food, drink, or ointment Deut. 26:14 263.Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni while impure Deut. 26:14 264.A mourner on the first day after death must not eat Ma'aser Sheni Deut. 26:14 265.Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni grains outside Jerusalem Deut. 12:17 266.Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni wine products outside Jerusalem Deut. 12:17 267.Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni oil outside Jerusalem Deut. 12:17 268.The fourth year crops must be totally for holy purposes like Ma'aser Sheni Lev. 19:24 269.To read the confession of tithes every fourth and seventh year Deut. 26:13 270.To set aside the first fruits and bring them to the Temple Ex. 23:19 271.The Kohanim must not eat the first fruits outside Jerusalem Deut. 12:17 272.To read the Torah portion pertaining to their presentation Deut. 26:5 273.To set aside a portion of dough for a Kohen Num. 15:20 274.To give the shoulder, two cheeks, and stomach of slaughtered animals to a Kohen Deut. 18:3 275.To give the first sheering of sheep to a Kohen Deut. 18:4 276.To redeem the firstborn sons and give the money to a Kohen Num. 18:15 277.To redeem the firstborn donkey by giving a lamb to a Kohen Ex. 13:13 278.To break the neck of the donkey if the owner does not intend to redeem it Ex. 13:13 279.To rest the land during the seventh year by not doing any work which enhances growth Ex. 34:21 280.Not to work the land during the seventh year Lev. 25:4 281.Not to work with trees to produce fruit during that year Lev. 25:4 282.Not to reap crops that grow wild that year in the normal manner Lev. 25:5 283.Not to gather grapes which grow wild that year in the normal way Lev. 25:5 284.To leave free all produce which grew in that year Ex. 23:11 285.To release all loans during the seventh year Deut. 15:2 286.Not to pressure or claim from the borrower Deut. 15:2 287.Not to refrain from lending immediately before the release of the loans for fear of monetary loss Deut. 15:9 288.The Sanhedrin must count seven groups of seven years Lev. 25:8 289.The Sanhedrin must sanctify the fiftieth year Lev. 25:10 290.To blow the Shofar on the tenth of Tishrei to free the slaves Lev. 25:9 291.Not to work the soil during the fiftieth year (Jubilee) Lev. 25:11 292.Not to reap in the normal manner that which grows wild in the fiftieth year Lev. 25:11 293.Not to pick grapes which grew wild in the normal manner in the fiftieth year Lev. 25:11 294.Carry out the laws of sold family properties Lev. 25:24 295.Not to sell the land in Israel indefinitely Lev. 25:23 296.Carry out the laws of houses in walled cities Lev. 25:29 297.The Tribe of Levi must not be given a portion of the land in Israel, rather they are given cities to dwell in Deut. 18:1 298.The Levites must not take a share in the spoils of war Deut. 18:1 299.To give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fields Num. 35:2 300.Not to sell the fields but they shall remain the Levites' before and after the Jubilee year Lev. 25:34 301.To build a Sanctuary Ex. 25:8 302.Not to build the altar with stones hewn by metal Ex. 20:23 303.Not to climb steps to the altar Ex. 20:26 304.To show reverence to the Temple Lev. 19:30 305.To guard the Temple area Num. 18:2 306.Not to leave the Temple unguarded Num. 18:5 307.To prepare the anointing oil Ex. 30:31 308.Not to reproduce the anointing oil Ex. 30:32 309.Not to anoint with anointing oil Ex. 30:32 310.Not to reproduce the incense formula Ex. 30:37 311.Not to burn anything on the Golden Altar besides incense Ex. 30:9 312.The Levites must transport the ark on their shoulders Num. 7:9 313.Not to remove the staves from the ark Ex. 25:15 314.The Levites must work in the Temple Num. 18:23 315.No Levite must do another's work of either a Kohen or a Levite Num. 18:3 316.To dedicate the Kohen for service Lev. 21:8 317.The work of the Kohanim 's shifts must be equal during holidays Deut. 18:6-8 318.The Kohanim must wear their priestly garments during service Ex. 28:2 319.Not to tear the priestly garments Ex. 28:32 320.The Kohen Gadol 's breastplate must not be loosened from the Efod Ex. 28:28 321.A Kohen must not enter the Temple intoxicated Lev. 10:9 322.A Kohen must not enter the Temple with long hair Lev. 10:6 323.A Kohen must not enter the Temple with torn clothes Lev. 10:6 324.A Kohen must not enter the Temple indiscriminately Lev. 16:2 325.A Kohen must not leave the Temple during service Lev. 10:7 326.To send the impure from the Temple Num. 5:2 327.Impure people must not enter the Temple Num. 5:3 328.Impure people must not enter the Temple Mount area Deut. 23:11 329.Impure Kohanim must not do service in the temple Lev. 22:2 330.An impure Kohen, following immersion, must wait until after sundown before returning to service Lev. 22:7 331.A Kohen must wash his hands and feet before service Ex. 30:19 332.A Kohen with a physical blemish must not enter the sanctuary or approach the altar Lev. 21:23 333.A Kohen with a physical blemish must not serve Lev. 21:17 334.A Kohen with a temporary blemish must not serve Lev. 21:17 335.One who is not a Kohen must not serve Num. 18:4 336.To offer only unblemished animals Lev. 22:21 337.Not to dedicate a blemished animal for the altar Lev. 22:20 338.Not to slaughter it Lev. 22:22 339.Not to sprinkle its blood Lev. 22:24 340.Not to burn its fat Lev. 22:22 341.Not to offer a temporarily blemished animal Deut. 17:1 342.Not to sacrifice blemished animals even if offered by non-Jews Lev. 22:25 343.Not to inflict wounds upon dedicated animals Lev. 22:21 344.To redeem dedicated animals which have become disqualified Deut. 12:15 345.To offer only animals which are at least eight days old Lev. 22:27 346.Not to offer animals bought with the wages of a harlot or the animal exchanged for a dog Deut. 23:19 347.Not to burn honey or yeast on the altar Lev. 2:11 348.To salt all sacrifices Lev. 2:13 349.Not to omit the salt from sacrifices Lev. 2:13 350.Carry out the procedure of the burnt offering as prescribed in the Torah Lev. 1:3 351.Not to eat its meat Deut. 12:17 352.Carry out the procedure of the sin offering Lev. 6:18 353.Not to eat the meat of the inner sin offering Lev. 6:23 354.Not to decapitate a fowl brought as a sin offering Lev. 5:8 355.Carry out the procedure of the guilt offering Lev. 7:1 356.The Kohanim must eat the sacrificial meat in the Temple Ex. 29:33 357.The Kohanim must not eat the meat outside the Temple courtyard Deut. 12:17 358.A non-Kohen must not eat sacrificial meat Ex. 29:33 359.To follow the procedure of the peace offering Lev. 7:11 360.Not to eat the meat of minor sacrifices before sprinkling the blood Deut. 12:17 361.To bring meal offerings as prescribed in the Torah Lev. 2:1 362.Not to put oil on the meal offerings of wrongdoers Lev. 5:11 363.Not to put frankincense on the meal offerings of wrongdoers Lev. 3:11 364.Not to eat the meal offering of the High Priest Lev. 6:16 365.Not to bake a meal offering as leavened bread Lev. 6:10 366.The Kohanim must eat the remains of the meal offerings Lev. 6:9 367.To bring all avowed and freewill offerings to the Temple on the first subsequent festival Deut. 12:5-6 368.Not to withhold payment incurred by any vow Deut. 23:22 369.To offer all sacrifices in the Temple Deut. 12:11 370.To bring all sacrifices from outside Israel to the Temple Deut. 12:26 371.Not to slaughter sacrifices outside the courtyard Lev. 17:4 372.Not to offer any sacrifices outside the courtyard Deut. 12:13 373.To offer two lambs every day Num. 28:3 374.To light a fire on the altar every day Lev. 6:6 375.Not to extinguish this fire Lev. 6:6 376.To remove the ashes from the altar every day Lev. 6:3 377.To burn incense every day Ex. 30:7 378.To light the Menorah every day Ex. 27:21 379.The Kohen Gadol ("High Priest") must bring a meal offering every day Lev. 6:13 380.To bring two additional lambs as burnt offerings on Shabbat Num 28:9 HE 381.To make the show bread Ex. 25:30 382.To bring additional offerings on Rosh Chodesh (" The New Month") Num. 28:11 383.To bring additional offerings on Passover Num. 28:19 384.To offer the wave offering from the meal of the new wheat Lev. 23:10 385.Each man must count the Omer - seven weeks from the day the new wheat offering was brought Lev. 23:15 386.To bring additional offerings on Shavuot Num. 28:26 387.To bring two leaves to accompany the above sacrifice Lev. 23:17 388.To bring additional offerings on Rosh Hashana Num. 29:2 389.To bring additional offerings on Yom Kippur Num. 29:8 390.To bring additional offerings on Sukkot Num. 29:13 391.To bring additional offerings on Shmini Atzeret Num. 29:35 392.Not to eat sacrifices which have become unfit or blemished Deut. 14.3 393.Not to eat from sacrifices offered with improper intentions Lev. 7:18 394.Not to leave sacrifices past the time allowed for eating them Lev. 22:30 395.Not to eat from that which was left over Lev. 19:8 396.Not to eat from sacrifices which became impure Lev. 7:19 397.An impure person must not eat from sacrifices Lev. 7:20 398.To burn the leftover sacrifices Lev. 7:17 399.To burn all impure sacrifices Lev. 7:19 400.To follow the procedure of Yom Kippur in the sequence prescribed in Parshat Acharei Mot ("After the death of Aaron's sons...") Lev. 16:3 401.One who profaned property must repay what he profaned plus a fifth and bring a sacrifice Lev. 5:16 402.Not to work consecrated animals Deut. 15:19 403.Not to shear the fleece of consecrated animals Deut. 15:19 404.To slaughter the paschal sacrifice at the specified time Ex. 12:6 405.Not to slaughter it while in possession of leaven Ex. 23:18 406.Not to leave the fat overnight Ex. 23:18 407.To slaughter the second Paschal Lamb Num. 9:11 408.To eat the Paschal Lamb with matzah and Marror on the night of the fourteenth of Nisan Ex. 12:8 409.To eat the second Paschal Lamb on the night of the 15th of Iyar Num. 9:11 410.Not to eat the paschal meat raw or boiled Ex. 12:9 411.Not to take the paschal meat from the confines of the group Ex. 12:46 412.An apostate must not eat from it Ex. 12:43 413.A permanent or temporary hired worker must not eat from it Ex. 12:45 414.An uncircumcised male must not eat from it Ex. 12:48 415.Not to break any bones from the paschal offering Ex. 12:46 416.Not to break any bones from the second paschal offering Num. 9:12 417.Not to leave any meat from the paschal offering over until morning Ex. 12:10 418.Not to leave the second paschal meat over until morning Num. 9:12 419.Not to leave the meat of the holiday offering of the 14th until the 16th Deut. 16:4 420.To be seen at the Temple on Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot Deut. 16:16 421.To celebrate on these three Festivals (bring a peace offering) Ex. 23:14 422.To rejoice on these three Festivals (bring a peace offering) Deut. 16:14 423.Not to appear at the Temple without offerings Deut. 16:16 424.Not to refrain from rejoicing with, and giving gifts to, the Levites Deut. 12:19 425.To assemble all the people on the Sukkot following the seventh year Deut. 31:12 426.To set aside the firstborn animals Ex. 13:12 427.The Kohanim must not eat unblemished firstborn animals outside Jerusalem Deut. 12:17 428.Not to redeem the firstborn Num. 18:17 429.Separate the tithe from animals Lev. 27:32 430.Not to redeem the tithe Lev. 27:33 431.Every person must bring a sin offering (in the temple) for his transgression Lev. 4:27 432.Bring an asham talui (temple offering) when uncertain of guilt Lev. 5:17-18 433.Bring an asham vadai (temple offering) when guilt is ascertained Lev. 5:25 434.Bring an oleh v'yored (temple offering) offering (if the person is wealthy, an animal; if poor, a bird or meal offering) Lev. 5:7-11 435.The Sanhedrin must bring an offering (in the Temple) when it rules in error Lev. 4:13 436.A woman who had a running (vaginal) issue must bring an offering (in the Temple) after she goes to the Mikveh Lev. 15:28-29 437.A woman who gave birth must bring an offering (in the Temple) after she goes to the Mikveh Lev. 12:6 438.A man who had a running (unnatural urinary) issue must bring an offering (in the Temple) after he goes to the Mikveh Lev. 15:13-14 439.A metzora must bring an offering (in the Temple) after going to the Mikveh Lev. 14:10 440.Not to substitute another beast for one set apart for sacrifice Lev. 27:10 441.The new animal, in addition to the substituted one, retains consecration Lev. 27:10 442.Not to change consecrated animals from one type of offering to another Lev. 27:26 443.Carry out the laws of impurity of the dead Num. 19:14 444.Carry out the procedure of the Red Heifer (Para Aduma) Num. 19:2 445.Carry out the laws of the sprinkling water Num. 19:21 446.Rule the laws of human tzara'at as prescribed in the Torah Lev. 13:12 447.The metzora must not remove his signs of impurity Deut. 24:8 448.The metzora must not shave signs of impurity in his hair Lev. 13:33 449.The metzora must publicize his condition by tearing his garments, allowing his hair to grow and covering his lips Lev. 13:45 450.Carry out the prescribed rules for purifying the metzora Lev. 14:2 451.The metzora must shave off all his hair prior to purification Lev. 14:9 452.Carry out the laws of tzara'at of clothing Lev. 13:47 453.Carry out the laws of tzara'at of houses Lev. 13:34 454.Observe the laws of menstrual impurity Lev. 15:19 455.Observe the laws of impurity caused by childbirth Lev. 12:2 456.Observe the laws of impurity caused by a woman's running issue Lev. 15:25 457.Observe the laws of impurity caused by a man's running issue (irregular ejaculation of infected semen) Lev. 15:3 458.Observe the laws of impurity caused by a dead beast Lev. 11:39 459.Observe the laws of impurity caused by the eight shratzim (insects) Lev. 11:29 460.Observe the laws of impurity of a seminal emission (regular ejaculation, with normal semen) Lev. 15:16 461.Observe the laws of impurity concerning liquid and solid foods Lev. 11:34 462.Every impure person must immerse himself in a Mikveh to become pure Lev. 15:16 463.The court must judge the damages incurred by a goring ox Ex. 21:28 464.The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eating Ex. 22:4 465.The court must judge the damages incurred by a pit Ex. 21:33 466.The court must judge the damages incurred by fire Ex. 22:5 467.Not to steal money stealthily Lev. 19:11 468.The court must implement punitive measures against the thief Ex. 21:37 469.Each individual must ensure that his scales and weights are accurate Lev. 19:36 470.Not to commit injustice with scales and weights Lev. 19:35 471.Not to possess inaccurate scales and weights even if they are not for use Deut. 25:13 472.Not to move a boundary marker to steal someone's property Deut. 19:14 473.Not to kidnap Ex. 20:13 474.Not to rob openly Lev. 19:13 475.Not to withhold wages or fail to repay a debt Lev. 19:13 476.Not to covet and scheme to acquire another's possession Ex. 20:14 477.Not to desire another's possession Deut. 5:18 478.Return the robbed object or its value Lev. 5:23 479.Not to ignore a lost object Deut. 22:3 480.Return the lost object Deut. 22:1 481.The court must implement laws against the one who assaults another or damages another's property Ex. 21:18 482.Not to murder Ex. 20:13 483.Not to accept monetary restitution to atone for the murderer Num. 35:31 484.The court must send the accidental murderer to a city of refuge Num. 35:25 485.Not to accept monetary restitution instead of being sent to a city of refuge Num. 35:32 486.Not to kill the murderer before he stands trial Num. 35:12 487.Save someone being pursued even by taking the life of the pursuer Deut. 25:12 488.Not to pity the pursuer Num. 35:12 489.Not to stand idly by if someone's life is in danger Lev. 19:16 490.Designate cities of refuge and prepare routes of access Deut. 19:3 491.Break the neck of a calf by the river valley following an unsolved murder Deut. 21:4 492.Not to work nor plant that river valley Deut. 21:4 493.Not to allow pitfalls and obstacles to remain on your property Deut. 22:8 494.Make a guard rail around flat roofs Deut. 22:8 495.Not to put a stumbling block before a blind man (nor give harmful advice) (Lifnei iver) Lev. 19:14 496.Help another remove the load from a beast which can no longer carry it Ex. 23:5 497.Help others load their beast Deut. 22:4 498.Not to leave others distraught with their burdens (but to help either load or unload) Deut. 22:4 499.Buy and sell according to Torah law Lev. 25:14 500.Not to overcharge or underpay for an article Lev. 25:14 501.Not to insult or harm anybody with words Lev. 25:17 502.Not to cheat a sincere convert monetarily Ex. 22:20 503.Not to insult or harm a sincere convert with words Ex. 22:20 504.Purchase a Hebrew slave in accordance with the prescribed laws Ex. 21:2 505.Not to sell him as a slave is sold Lev. 25:42 506.Not to work him oppressively Lev. 25:43 507.Not to allow a non-Jew to work him oppressively Lev. 25:53 508.Not to have him do menial slave labor Lev. 25:39 509.Give him gifts when he goes free Deut. 15:14 510.Not to send him away empty-handed Deut. 15:13 511.Redeem Jewish maidservants Ex. 21:8 512.Betroth the Jewish maidservant Ex. 21:8 513.The master must not sell his maidservant Ex. 21:8 514.Canaanite slaves must work forever unless injured in one of their limbs Lev. 25:46 515.Not to extradite a slave who fled to (Biblical) Israel Deut. 23:16 516.Not to wrong a slave who has come to Israel for refuge Deut. 23:16 517.The courts must carry out the laws of a hired worker and hired guard Ex. 22:9 518.Pay wages on the day they were earned Deut. 24:15 519.Not to delay payment of wages past the agreed time Lev. 19:13 520.The hired worker may eat from the unharvested crops where he works Deut. 23:25 521.The worker must not eat while on hired time Deut. 23:26 522.The worker must not take more than he can eat Deut. 23:25 523.Not to muzzle an ox while plowing Deut. 25:4 524.The courts must carry out the laws of a borrower Ex. 22:13 525.The courts must carry out the laws of an unpaid guard Ex. 22:6 526.Lend to the poor and destitute Ex. 22:24 527.Not to press them for payment if you know they don't have it Ex. 22:24 528.Press the idolater for payment Deut. 15:3 529.The creditor must not forcibly take collateral Deut. 24:10 530.Return the collateral to the debtor when needed Deut. 24:13 531.Not to delay its return when needed Deut. 24:12 532.Not to demand collateral from a widow Deut. 24:17 533.Not to demand as collateral utensils needed for preparing food Deut. 24:6 534.Not to lend with interest Lev. 25:37 535.Not to borrow with interest Deut. 23:20 536.Not to intermediate in an interest loan, guarantee, witness, or write the promissory note Ex. 22:24 537.Lend to and borrow from idolaters with interest Deut. 23:21 538.The courts must carry out the laws of the plaintiff, admitter, or denier Ex. 22:8 539.Carry out the laws of the order of inheritance Num. 27:8 540.Appoint judges Deut. 16:18 541.Not to appoint judges who are not familiar with judicial procedure Deut. 1:17 542.Decide by majority in case of disagreement Ex. 23:2 543.The court must not execute through a majority of one; at least a majority of two is required Ex. 23:2 544.A judge who presented an acquittal plea must not present an argument for conviction in capital cases Deut. 23:2 545.The courts must carry out the death penalty of stoning Deut. 22:24 546.The courts must carry out the death penalty of burning Lev. 20:14 547.The courts must carry out the death penalty of the sword Ex. 21:20 548.The courts must carry out the death penalty of strangulation Lev. 20:10 549.The courts must hang those stoned for blasphemy or idolatry Deut. 21:22 550.Bury the executed on the day they are killed Deut. 21:23 551.Not to delay burial overnight Deut. 21:23 552.The court must not let the sorcerer live Ex. 22:17 553.The court must give lashes to the wrongdoer Ex. 25:2 554.The court must not exceed the prescribed number of lashes Deut. 25:3 555.The court must not kill anybody on circumstantial evidence Ex. 23:7 556.The court must not punish anybody who was forced to do a crime Deut. 22:26 557.A judge must not pity the murderer or assaulter at the trial Deut. 19:13 558.A judge must not have mercy on the poor man at the trial Lev. 19:15 559.A judge must not respect the great man at the trial Lev. 19:15 560.A judge must not decide unjustly the case of the habitual transgressor Ex. 23:6 561.A judge must not pervert justice Lev. 19:15 562.A judge must not pervert a case involving a convert or orphan Deut. 24:17 563.Judge righteously Lev. 19:15 564.The judge must not fear a violent man in judgment Deut. 1:17 565.Judges must not accept bribes Ex. 23:8 566.Judges must not accept testimony unless both parties are present Ex. 23:1 567.Not to curse judges Ex. 22:27 568.Not to curse the head of state or leader of the Sanhedrin Ex. 22:27 569.Not to curse any upstanding Jew Lev. 19:14 570.Anybody who knows evidence must testify in court Lev. 5:1 571.Carefully interrogate the witness Deut. 13:15 572.A witness must not serve as a judge in capital crimes Deut. 19:17 573.Not to accept testimony from a lone witness Deut. 19:15 574.Transgressors must not testify Ex. 23:1 575.Relatives of the litigants must not testify Deut. 24:16 576.Not to testify falsely Ex. 20:13 577.Punish the false witnesses as they tried to punish the defendant Deut. 19:19 578.Act according to the ruling of the Sanhedrin Deut. 17:11 579.Not to deviate from the word of the Sanhedrin Deut. 17:11 580.Not to add to the Torah commandments or their oral explanations Deut. 13:1 581.Not to diminish from the Torah any commandments, in whole or in part Deut. 13:1 582.Not to curse your father and mother Ex. 21:17 583.Not to strike your father and mother Ex. 21:15 584.Respect your father or mother Ex. 20:12 585.Fear your father or mother Lev. 19:3 586.Not to be a rebellious son Deut. 21:18 587.Mourn for relatives Lev. 10:19 588.The High Priest must not defile himself for any relative Lev. 21:11 589.The High Priest must not enter under the same roof as a corpse Lev. 21:11 590.A Kohen must not defile himself (by going to funerals or cemeteries) for anyone except relatives Lev. 21:1 591.Appoint a king from Israel Deut. 17:15 592.Not to appoint a convert Deut. 17:15 593.The king must not have too many wives Deut. 17:17 594.The king must not have too many horses Deut. 17:16 595.The king must not have too much silver and gold Deut. 17:17 596.Destroy the seven Canaanite nations Deut. 20:17 597.Not to let any of them remain alive Deut. 20:16 598.Wipe out the descendants of Amalek Deut. 25:19 599.Remember what Amalek did to the Jewish people Deut. 25:17 600.Not to forget Amalek's atrocities and ambush on our journey from Egypt in the desert Deut. 25:19 601.Not to dwell permanently in Egypt Deut. 17:16 602.Offer peace terms to the inhabitants of a city while holding siege, and treat them according to the Torah if they accept the terms Deut. 20:10 603.Not to offer peace to Ammon and Moab while besieging them Deut. 23:7 604.Not to destroy fruit trees even during the siege Deut. 20:19 605.Prepare latrines outside the camps Deut. 23:13 606.Prepare a shovel for each soldier to dig with Deut. 23:14 607.Appoint a priest to speak with the soldiers during the war Deut. 20:2 608.He who has taken a wife, built a new home, or planted a vineyard is given a year to rejoice with his possessions Deut. 24:5 609.Not to demand from the above any involvement, communal or military Deut. 24:5 610.Not to panic and retreat during battle Deut. 20:3 611.Keep the laws of the captive woman Deut. 21:11 612.Not to sell her into slavery Deut. 21:14 613.Not to retain her for servitude after having sexual relations with her Deut. 21:14
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