The 613 Laws Of The Old Testament
(Called The "Mitzvot")
Before we get started, most think that these 613 Laws of God are not valid today. Read them below and see why you would not want to obey them. Then consider that there are 1,050 Commandments in the New Testament!!! Some simple examples would be, “Rejoice evermore;” “be patient toward all;” “follow that which is good;” etcetera.
See What You Think of the 613:
*** = Still Valid Today.
### = Sanctuary Services Fulfilled By Christ.
NOTE: All To Be Considered With Colossians 2:14-16; Which Cancels Ordinances Against Us Because Of The Sacrifice Of Our Lord.
NOTE: “Moses wrote these judgments and statutes from the mouth of God while He was with him in the mount. If the people of God had obeyed the Principles of the Ten Commandments, there would have been no need of the specific directions given to Moses, which he wrote in a book, relative to their duty to God and to one another.” 1SP:265.
A) LAWS CONCERNING GOD.
B) TREATMENT OF THE LAW.
C) SIGNS AND SYMBOLS.
D) PRAYER AND BLESSING.
E) LOVE AND BROTHERHOOD.
F) THE POOR AND UNFORTUNATE.
G) TREATMENT OF THE GENTILES.
H) MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, AND FAMILY.
I) FORBIDDEN SEXUAL RELATIONS.
J) TIMES AND SEASONS.
K) DIETARY LAWS.
L) BUSINESS PRACTICES.
M) EMPLOYEES, SERVANTS, AND SLAVES.
N) VOWS, OATHS, AND SWEARING.
O) THE SABBATICAL AND JUBILEE YEARS.
P) THE COURT AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE.
Q) INJURIES AND DAMAGES.
R) PROPERTY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS.
S) CRIMINAL LAWS.
T) PUNISHMENT AND RESTITUTION.
U) PROPHECY.
V) IDOLATRY, IDOLATERS, AND IDOLATROUS PRACTICES.
W) AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY.
X) CLOTHING.
Y) THE FIRSTBORN LAWS.
Z) THE HIGH PRIEST AND LEVITES DUTIES.
AA) TITHES, TAXES, AND THE T’RUMAH (HEAVE OFFERING).
BB) THE TEMPLE, THE SANCTUARY AND SACRED OBJECTS.
CC) SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS.
DD) RITUAL PURITY AND IMPURITY.
EE) LEPERS AND LEPROSY.
FF) RULES FOR THE KINGS.
GG) RULES FOR NAZARITES.
HH) RULES FOR WARFARE.
A) LAWS CONCERNING GOD
1. To know that God exists (Exo. 20:2; Deu. 5:6). *** = Still Valid Today.
2. Not to entertain the idea that there is any god but the Eternal God (Exo. 20:3). *** = Still Valid Today.
3. Not to blaspheme God (Exo. 22:27-28; Lev 24:16?). *** = Still Valid Today.
4. To hallow God’s Name (Lev. 22:32). *** = Still Valid Today.
5. Not to profane God’s Name (Lev. 22:32). *** = Still Valid Today.
6. To know that God is One, a complete Unity (Deu. 6:4). *** = Still Valid Today.
7. To love God (Deu. 6:5). *** = Still Valid Today.
8. To fear God reverently (Deu. 6:13; 10:20). *** = Still Valid Today.
9. Not to tempt the Lord, to test Him (Deu. 6:16). *** = Still Valid Today.
10. To imitate God’s good and upright ways (i.e., to be like God (Deu. 28:9). *** = Still Valid Today.
B) TREATMENT OF THE LAW
11. To honor the old and the wise (Lev. 19:32). *** = Still Valid Today.
12. To learn the Torah (first five Books of the Bible) and to teach it (Deu. 6:7). *** = Still Valid Today.
13. To cleave to those who know God (Deu. 10:20). *** = Still Valid Today.
14. Not to add to the Commandments of the Torah (Deu. 13:1). *** = Still Valid Today.
15. Not to take away from the Commandments of the Torah (Deu. 13:1). *** = Still Valid Today.
16. That every person shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself (Deu. 31:19). *** = Still Valid Today. As an example, do you make notes in your Bible; or outlines of the first five Books of the Bible; or studies that help you to understand the Bible?
C) SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
17. To circumcise the male offspring (Gen. 17:12; Lev. 12:3). Physically No Longer Today (1Co. 7-18-19; Gal. 5:6; 6:15); However, but spiritually Valid, in that we are to circumcise our hearts (Rom. 2:29). *** = Still Valid Today (spiritually speaking).
18. To put fringes on the corners of clothing (Num. 15:38). Physically No Longer Today. However, spiritually speaking, some people but a bow-knot on their finger to remember something they need to do. Therefore, if wearing something helps you to remember to pray, or think of God, or to have your Bible study at a certain time, et cetera. *** = Still Valid Today.
19. To bind God’s Word on the head (“yarmulke,” also known as a “kippah”) (Deu. 6:8). Physically Never, it was misunderstood by Jews. What is meant is that one should keep God in their thoughts constantly. *** = Still Valid Today.
20. To bind God’s Word on the hand (Deu. 6:8). Physically Never, it was misunderstood by Jews. What was meant was to ensure that what you are reaching for, what you intend to do, must be to please God in purpose always. *** = Still Valid Today.
21. To affix the Law of God (“mezuzah”) to the door posts and gates of your house (Deu. 6:9). Physically Yes or No, because spiritually we are to bind them to our mind and hearts. *** = Still Valid Today.
D) PRAYER AND BLESSING
22. To pray to God (Exo. 23:25; Deu. 6:13). *** = Still Valid Today.
23. To read the {Hebrew, “Shema,” literally meaning, “The Hearing”] the Commandments and teach them in the morning and at night and at any other opportunity (Deu. 6:7). *** = Still Valid Today.
24. To recite grace after meals (Deu. 8:10). *** = Still Valid Today.
25. Not to lay down a stone for worship, or any other item of God’s creation (Lev. 26:1). *** = Still Valid Today.
E) LOVE AND BROTHERHOOD
26. To love all human beings who are of the covenant (fellow Christians) (Lev. 19:18). ***
27. Not to stand by idly when a human life is in danger (Lev. 19:16). ***
28. Not to wrong any one in speech (Lev. 25:17). ***
29. Not to carry tales (Lev. 19:16). ***
30. Not to cherish hatred in one’s heart (Lev. 19:17). ***
31. Not to take revenge (Lev. 19:18). ***
32. Not to bear a grudge (Lev. 19:18). ***
33. Not to put any Jew (fellow believer) to shame (Lev. 19:17). ***
34. Not to curse any other Israelite (fellow believer) (Lev. 19:14). ***
35. Not to give occasion to the simple-minded to stumble (Lev. 19:14) (This includes doing anything that will cause another to sin). ***
36. To rebuke the sinner (The Matthew, Chapter 18 principle) (Lev. 19:17). ***
37. To relieve a neighbor of his burden and help to unload his beast (Exo. 23:5). ***
38. To assist in replacing the load upon a neighbor’s beast (Deu. 22:4). ***
39. Not to leave a beast, that has fallen down beneath its burden, unaided (Deu. 22:4). ***
F) THE POOR AND UNFORTUNATE
40. Not to afflict an orphan or a widow (Exo. 22:21). ***
41. Not to reap the entire field (Lev. 19:9; Lev. 23:22). ***
42. To leave the un-reaped corners of the field or orchard for the poor (Lev. 19:9). ***
43. Not to gather gleanings (the ears that have fallen to the ground while reaping) (Lev. 19:9). ***
44. To leave the gleanings for the poor (Lev. 19:9). ***
45. Not to gather the imperfect clusters of grapes [Hebrew, “ol’loth”] of the vineyard (Lev. 19:10). ***
46. To leave the imperfect clusters of grapes [Hebrew, “ol’loth”] of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10; Deu. 24:21). ***
47. Not to gather the single grapes that have fallen to the ground (Lev. 19:10). ***
48. To leave the single grapes of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10). ***
49. Not to return to take a forgotten sheaf (Deu. 24:19) This applies to all fruit trees (Deu. 24:20). ***
50. To leave the forgotten sheaves for the poor (Deu. 24:19-20). ***
51. Not to refrain from maintaining a poor man and giving him what he needs (Deu. 15:7). ***
52. To give charity according to one’s means (Deu. 15:11). ***
G) TREATMENT OF THE GENTILES
53. To love the stranger (Deu. 10:19). ***
54. Not to wrong the stranger in speech (Exo. 22:20). ***
55. Not to wrong the stranger in buying or selling (Exo. 22:20). ***
56. Not to intermarry with gentiles (Deu. 7:3). ***
57. To exact (require) the debt of an alien if you want; but of your fellow countryman (Christian) you must release them after 7 years (Deu. 15:3). ***
58. To lend to an alien at interest (Deu. 23:21). ***
H) MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, AND FAMILY
59. To honor father and mother (Exo. 20:12). ***
60. Not to smite a father or a mother (Exo. 21:15). ***
61. Not to curse a father or mother (Exo. 21:17). ***
62. To reverently fear (respect) father and mother (Lev. 19:3). ***
63. To be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 1:28). ***
64. That a eunuch shall not marry a daughter of Israel (Deu. 23:2). ***
65. That a bastard [Hebrew “mamzer” = illegitimate son] shall not marry the daughter of a Jew (Deu. 23:3). ***
66. That an Ammonite or Moabite shall never marry the daughter of an Israelite (unequally yoked; 2Co. 6:14) (Deu. 23:4). ***
67. Not to exclude a descendant of Esau from the community of Israel for three generations (Deu. 23:7-8). Example: Your great-grandfather was caught as a thief; his son, your grandfather, was also caught as a thief, and his son, your dad’s brother, was caught stealing, but his son is your Christian brother in Church. ***
68. Not to exclude an Egyptian from the community of Israel for three generations (Deu. 23:4&9). Example: Your great-grandfather was caught as a thief; his son, your grandfather, was also caught as a thief, and his son, your dad’s brother, was caught stealing, but his son is your Christian brother in Church. ***
69. That 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 marriage (Deu. 23:18). ***
70. To take a wife by the sacrament of marriage and dismiss her if she is impure (Deu. 24:1). ***
71. That the newly married husband shall be free from soldiering for one year to rejoice with his wife (Deu. 24:5). ***
72. That a bridegroom shall be exempt for a whole year from taking part in any public labor, such as military service, guarding the wall and similar duties (Deu. 24:5). ***
73. Not to withhold food, clothing or conjugal rights from a wife (Exo. 21:10). ***
74. That the woman suspected of adultery shall be dealt with as prescribed in the Torah (Num. 5:30). ***
75. That one who defames his wife’s honor (by falsely accusing her of unchastity before marriage) must live with her all his lifetime (Deu. 22:19). ***
76. That a man may not divorce his wife concerning whom he has published an evil report (about her unchastity before marriage) (Deu. 22:19). ***
77. To divorce by a formal written document (Deu. 24:1). ***
78. That the one who divorced his wife shall not remarry her, if after the divorce she had been married to another man (Deu. 24:4). ***
79. That a widow whose husband died childless must not be married to anyone but her deceased husband’s brother (Deu. 25:5). This was a Law to keep the land in the same family. &&& = However, there was a time in Jewish history where this did apply. ***
80. To marry the widow of a brother who has died childless (Deu. 25:5). This was a Law to keep the land in the same family. &&& = However, there was a time in Jewish history where this did apply. ***
81. That the widow formally releases the brother-in-law (if he refuses to marry her) (Deu. 25:7-9). This was a Law to keep the land in the same family. &&& = However, there was a time in Jewish history where this did apply. ***
I) FORBIDDEN SEXUAL RELATIONS
82. Not to indulge in familiarities with relatives, such as sensual kissing, carnal embracing, or provocative winking which may lead to incest (Lev. 18:6). ***
83. Not to commit incest with one’s mother (Lev. 18:7). ***
84. Not to commit sodomy with one’s father (Lev. 18:7). ***
85. Not to commit incest with one’s father’s wife (Lev. 18:8). ***
86. Not to commit incest with one’s sister (Lev. 18:9). ***
87. Not to commit incest with one’s father’s wife’s daughter (Lev. 18:9). ***
88. Not to commit incest with one’s son’s daughter (Lev. 18:10). ***
89. Not to commit incest with one’s daughter’s daughter (Lev. 18:10). ***
90. Not to commit incest with one’s daughter (Lev. 18:6). ***
91. Not to commit incest with one’s father’s sister (Lev. 18:12). ***
92. Not to commit incest with one’s mother’s sister (Lev. 18:13). ***
93. Not to commit incest with one’s father’s brother’s wife (Lev. 18:14). ***
94. Not to commit sodomy with one’s father’s brother (Lev. 18:14). ***
95. Not to commit incest with one’s son’s wife (Lev. 18:15). ***
96. Not to commit incest with one’s brother’s wife (Lev. 18:16). ***
97. Not to commit incest with one’s wife’s daughter (Lev. 18:17). ***
98. Not to commit incest with the daughter of one’s wife’s son (Lev. 18:17). ***
99. Not to commit incest with the daughter of one’s wife’s daughter (Lev. 18:17). ***
100. Not to commit incest with one’s wife’s sister (Lev. 18:18). ***
101. Not to have intercourse with a woman, in her menstrual period (Lev. 18:19). ***
102. Not to have intercourse with another man’s wife (Lev. 18:20). ***
103. Not to commit sodomy with a male (Lev. 18:22). ***
104. Not to have intercourse with a beast (Lev. 18:23). ***
105. That a woman shall not have intercourse with a beast (Lev. 18:23). ***
106. Not to castrate the male of any species; neither a man, nor a domestic or wild beast, nor a fowl (Lev. 22:24). ***
J) TIMES AND SEASONS
NOTE: See my Bible Study: “FEASTS OF THE LORD.”
107. That the new month shall be solemnly proclaimed as holy, and the months and years shall be calculated by this month only (Exo. 12:2). *** (Should apply today).
108. Not to violate the Sabbath by not preparing for It the day before (Exo. 16:29). ***
109. To sanctify the Sabbath (Exo. 20:8). ***
110. Not to do work on Sabbath (Exo. 20:10). ***
111. To rest on Sabbath (Exo. 23:12; 34:21). ***
112. To celebrate the festivals (Exo. 23:14). ***
113. To rejoice on the festivals (Deu. 16:14). ***
114. To appear in the Sanctuary on the festivals (Deu. 16:16). ***
115. To remove leaven on the Eve of Passover (Exo. 12:15). ***
116. To rest on the first day of Passover (Exo. 12:16; Lev. 23:7). ***
117. Not to do work on the first day of Passover (Exo. 12:16; Lev. 23:6-7). ***
118. To rest on the seventh day of Passover (Exo. 12:16; Lev. 23:8). ***
119. Not to do work on the seventh day of Passover (Exo. 12:16; Lev. 23:8). ***
120. To eat “matzah” [unleavened bread] on the first night of Passover (Exo. 12:18). ***
121. That no leaven be in the Israelite’s possession during Passover (Exo. 12:19). (Note: Today in Israel the parents [and sometimes if available, grandparents], will have the children go through their house looking for leaven (kind of like an Easter Egg hunt of today. ***
122. Not to eat any food containing leaven on Passover (Exo. 12:20). ***
123. Not to eat leaven on Passover (Exo. 13:3). ***
124. That leaven shall not be seen in an Israelite’s home during Passover (Exo. 13:7). ***
125. To discuss the departure from Egypt on the first night of Passover (Exo. 13:8). ***
126. Not to eat leaven after mid-day on the fourteenth of Nissan (Deu. 16:3). ***
127. To count forty-nine days from the time of the cutting of the Omer (i.e., first sheaves of the barley harvest) (Lev. 23:15). ***
128. To rest on Pentecost (Lev. 23:21). ***
129. Not to do work on the Feast of Pentecost (Lev. 23:21). ***
130. To rest on Rosh Hashanah [i.e., the Feast of Trumpets] (Lev. 23:24). ***
131. Not to do work on Rosh Hashanah (Lev. 23:25). ***
132. To hear the sound of the Trumpet [Hebrew, “Shofar,” or ram’s horn] (Num. 29:1). As a nation it does not apply today, but as a family, it does. ***
133. To fast on “Yom Kippur,” i.e., the Day of Atonement (Lev. 23:27). ***
134. Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:29). ***
135. Not to do work on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:31). ***
136. To rest on the Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:32). ***
137. To rest on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles or Booth’s [Hebrew, “Sukkot”] (Lev. 23:35). ***
138. Not to do work on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles. (Lev. 23:35). ***
139. To rest on the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:36). ***
140. Not to do work on the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:36). ***
141. To take during “Sukkot” a palm branch and the other three plants (Lev. 23:40). ***
142. To dwell in booths seven days during “Sukkot” (Lev. 23:42). ***
K) DIETARY LAWS
143. To examine the marks in cattle (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean) (Lev. 11:2). ***
144. Not to eat the flesh of unclean beasts (Lev. 11:4). ***
145. To examine the marks in fishes (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Lev. 11:9). ***
146. Not to eat unclean fish (Lev. 11:11). ***
147. To examine the marks in fowl, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Deu. 14:11). ***
148. Not to eat unclean fowl (Lev. 11:13). ***
149. To examine the marks in locusts, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Lev. 11:21). ***
150. Not to eat a worm found in fruit (Lev. 11:41). ***
151. Not to eat of things that creep upon the earth (Lev. 11:41-42). ***
152. Not to eat any vermin of the earth (Lev. 11:44). ***
153. Not to eat things that swarm in the water (Lev. 11:43, 46). ***
154. Not to eat of winged insects (Deu. 14:19). ***
155. Not to eat the flesh of a beast that is torn (Exo. 22:30). ***
156. Not to eat the flesh of a beast that died of itself (Deu. 14:21). ***
157. To slay cattle, deer and fowl according to the Law if their flesh is to be eaten (Deu. 12:21). ***
158. Not to eat a limb removed from a living beast (Deu. 12:23). ***
159. Not to slaughter an animal and its young on the same day (Lev. 22:28). ***
160. Not to take the mother-bird with the young (Deu. 22:6). ***
161. To set the mother-bird free when taking the nest (Deu. 22:6-7). ***
162. Not to eat the flesh of an ox that was condemned to be stoned (Exo. 21:28). ***
163. Not to boil meat with milk (Exo. 23:19). ***
164. Not to eat flesh with milk (Exo. 34:26). ***
165. Not to eat of the thigh-vein which shrank (specifically Jacob’s thigh, applying to Israel; but we can still honor this) (Gen. 32:33). ***
166. Not to eat the fat of the offering (Lev. 7:23). ***
167. Not to eat the blood (Lev. 7:26). ***
168. To cover the blood of undomesticated animals (deer, etc.) and of fowl that have been killed (Lev. 17:13). ***
169. Not to eat or drink like a glutton or a drunkard (which includes not to rebel against father or mother because one is a glutton or drunkard) (Lev. 19:26; Deu. 21:20). ***
L) BUSINESS PRACTICES
170. Not to do wrong in buying or selling (Lev. 25:14). ***
171. Not to make a loan to an Israelite (Christian brother) on interest (Lev. 25:37). ***
172. Not to lend to a brother Christian (Israelite) on interest (Deu. 23:20). ***
173. Not 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 them (Exo. 22:24). ***
174. To lend to a poor person (Exo. 22:24). ***
175. Not to demand from a poor man repayment of his debt, when the creditor knows that he cannot pay, nor press him (Exo. 22:24). ***
176. Not to take in pledge a man’s livelihood. (Deu. 24:6). ***
177. Not to exact a pledge from a debtor by force (Deu. 24:10). ***
178. Not to keep the pledge from its owner at the time when he needs it (Deu. 24:12). ***
179. To return a pledge to its owner (Deu. 24:13). ***
180. Not to take a pledge from a widow (Deu. 24:17). ***
181. Not to commit fraud in measuring (Lev. 19:35). ***
182. To ensure that scales and weights are correct (Lev. 19:36). ***
183. Not to possess inaccurate measures and weights (Deu. 25:13-14). ***
M) EMPLOYEES, SERVANTS, AND SLAVES
184. Not to delay payment of a hired man’s wages (Lev. 19:13). ***
185. That the hired laborer shall be permitted to eat of the produce he is reaping (Deu. 23:25-26). ***
186. That the hired laborer shall not take more than he can eat (Deu. 23:25). ***
187. That a hired laborer shall not eat produce that is not being harvested (Deu. 23:26). ***
188. To pay wages to the hired man at the due time (Deu. 24:15). ***
189. To deal judicially with the Hebrew bondman in accordance with the Laws appertaining to him (Exo. 21:2-6). ***
190. Not to compel the Hebrew servant to do the work of a slave (Lev. 25:39). ***
191. Not to sell a Hebrew servant as a slave (Lev. 25:42). ***
192. Not to treat a Hebrew servant rigorously (Lev. 25:43). ***
193. Not to permit a gentile to treat harshly a Hebrew bondman sold to him (Lev. 25:53). ***
194. Not to send away a Hebrew bondman servant empty handed, when he is freed from service (Deu. 15:13). ***
195. To bestow liberal gifts upon the Hebrew bondsman (at the end of his term of service), and the same should be done to a Hebrew bondwoman (Deu. 15:14). ***
196. To redeem a Hebrew maid-servant (Exo. 21:8). Example: A restaurant needs a manager, so a fellow restaurant supplies them with one of theirs; but after a few months they need her back. So they then pay their sister restaurant a salary for the remaining period the manager would have stayed there, in order to bring her back. ***
197. Not to sell a Hebrew maid-servant to another person (Exo. 21:8). Example: You don’t like a fellow co-worker, so you sell them out to your boss and he fires them. ***
198. Not to divorce a Hebrew servant whom you have married, even though you don’t like her later (Exo. 21:7-9). Note: God hates divorce. ***
199. To keep the Canaanite slave forever (Lev. 25:46). Example: Christian employers, should not hire people and just before they are to receive (retirement; health care; dental; eye; et cetera) benefits, they release them before they would have received their benefits. ***
200. Not to surrender a slave, who has fled to the land of Israel, to his owner who lives outside Palestine (Deu. 23:16). Example: Treat your employees well and they will not transfer to a competitor. ***
201. Not to wrong such a slave (Deu. 23:17). Example: Christian employers are to treat their employees well. ***
202. Not to muzzle a beast, while it is working in produce which it can eat and enjoy (Deu. 25:4). Example: Treat your pets well. ***
N) VOWS, OATHS, AND SWEARING
203. That a man should fulfill whatever he has uttered (Deu. 23:24). ***
204. Not to swear needlessly (Exo. 20:7). ***
205. Not to violate an oath or swear falsely (Lev. 19:12). ***
206. To decide in cases of annulment of vows, according to the rules set forth in the Torah (Num. 30:2-17). ***
207. Not to break a vow (Num. 30:3). ***
208. To swear by God’s Name truly (Deu. 10:20). ***
209. Not to delay in fulfilling vows or bringing vowed or free-will offerings (Deu. 23:22). ***
O) THE SABBATICAL AND JUBILEE YEARS
210. To let the land lie fallow in the Sabbatical year (Exo. 23:11; Lev. 25:2). ***
211. To cease from tilling the land in the Sabbatical year (Exo. 23:11) (Lev. 25:2). ***
212. Not to till the ground in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:4). ***
213. Not to do any work on the trees in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:4). ***
214. Not to reap the aftermath that grows in the Sabbatical year, in the same way as it is reaped in other years (Lev. 25:5). ***
215. Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the Sabbatical year in the same way as it is gathered in other years (Lev. 25:5). ***
216. To sound the Ram’s horn in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:9). ***
217. To release debts in the seventh year (Deu. 15:2). ***
218. Not to demand return of a loan after the Sabbatical year has passed (Deu. 15:2). ***
219. Not to refrain from making a loan to a poor man, because of the release of loans in the Sabbatical year (Deu. 15:9). ***
220. To assemble the people [your family] to hear the Torah at the close of the seventh year (Deu. 31:12). ***
221. To count the years of the Jubilee by years and by cycles of seven years (Lev. 25:8). ***
222. To keep the Jubilee year holy by resting and letting the land lie fallow (Lev. 25:10). ***
223. Not to cultivate the soil nor do any work on the trees, in the Jubilee Year (Lev. 25:11). ***
224. Not to reap the aftermath of the field that grew of itself in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other years (Lev. 25:11). ***
225. Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other years (Lev. 25:11). ***
226. To grant redemption to the land in the Jubilee year (Lev. 25:24). ***
P) THE COURT AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
227. To appoint judges and officers in every community of Israel (Deu. 16:18). Example: Support your local government through the elective process. ***
228. Not 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 knowledge (Deu. 1:17). ***
229. To adjudicate cases of purchase and sale (Lev. 25:14). ***
230. To judge cases of liability of a paid depositary (Exo. 22:9). ***
231. To adjudicate cases of loss for which a gratuitous borrower is liable (Exo. 22:13-14). ***
232. To adjudicate cases of inheritances (Num. 27:8-11). ***
233. To judge cases of damage caused by an uncovered pit (Exo. 21:33-34). ***
234. To judge cases of injuries caused by beasts (Exo. 21:35-36). ***
235. To adjudicate cases of damage caused by trespass of cattle (Exo. 22:4). ***
236. To adjudicate cases of damage caused by fire (Exo. 22:5). ***
237. To adjudicate cases of damage caused by a gratuitous depositary (Exo. 22:6-7). ***
238. To adjudicate other cases between a plaintiff and a defendant (Exo. 22:8). ***
239. Not to curse a judge (Exo. 22:27). ***
240. That one who possesses evidence shall testify in Court (Lev. 5:1). ***
241. Not to testify falsely (Exo. 20:13). ***
242. Two or three witnesses are required in a capital case (Num. 35:30). ***
243. That a transgressor shall not testify (Exo. 23:1). ***
244. That the court shall not accept the testimony of a close relative of the defendant in matters of capital punishment (Deu. 24:16). ***
245. Not to hear one of the parties to a suit in the absence of the other party (Exo. 23:1). ***
246. To examine witnesses thoroughly (Deu. 13:15). ***
247. Not to decide a case on the evidence of a single witness (Deu. 19:15). ***
248. To give the decision according to the majority, when there is a difference of opinion among the members of the Sanhedrin as to matters of Law (Exo. 23:2). ***
249. Not 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 acquittal (Exo. 23:2). ***
250. That, in capital cases, one who had argued for acquittal, shall not later on argue for condemnation (Exo. 23:2). ***
251. To treat parties in a litigation with equal impartiality (Lev. 19:15). ***
252. Not to render iniquitous decisions (Lev. 19:15). ***
253. Not to favor a great man when trying a case (Lev. 19:15). ***
254. Not to take a bribe (Exo. 23:8). ***
255. Not to be afraid of a bad man, when trying a case (Deu. 1:17). ***
256. Not to be moved in trying a case, by the poverty of one of the parties (Exo. 23:3; Lev. 19:15). ***
257. Not to pervert the judgment of strangers or orphans (Deu. 24:17). ***
258. Not to pervert the judgment of a sinner (a person poor in fulfillment of Commandments) (Exo. 23:6). ***
259. Not to render a decision on one’s personal opinion, but only on the evidence of two witnesses, who saw what actually occurred (Exo. 23:7). ***
260. Not to execute one guilty of a capital offense, before he has stood his trial (Num. 35:12). ***
261. To accept the rulings of the court in Israel (Deu. 17:11). ***
262. Not to rebel against the orders of the court (Deu. 17:11). ***
Q) INJURIES AND DAMAGES
263. To make a “battlement” [a low wall or railing in order to keep anyone from falling over the edge] for your roof (Deu. 22:8). ***
264. Not to leave something that might cause hurt [according to the “Talmudic” understanding of this verse] (Deu. 22:8). ***
265. To save the pursued [innocent] even at the cost of the life of the pursuer (Deu. 25:12). ***
266. Not to spare a pursuer, but he is to be slain before he reaches the pursued and slays the latter, or uncovers his nakedness (Deu. 25:12). ***
R) PROPERTY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
267. Not to sell a field in the land of Israel in perpetuity (Lev. 25:23). Example: Keep it in the family. ***
268. Not to change the character of the open land (about the cities of) the Levites or of their fields; not to sell it in perpetuity, but it may be redeemed at any time (Lev. 25:34). Example: Be honest in all land transactions. ***
269. That houses sold within a walled city may be redeemed within a year (Lev. 25:29). Example: Be honest in all land transactions. ***
270. Not to remove landmarks (property boundaries) (Deu. 19:14). ***
271. Not to swear falsely in denial of another’s property rights (Lev. 19:11). ***
272. Not to deny falsely another’s property rights (Lev. 19:11). ***
273. Never to settle in the land of Egypt (Deu. 17:16). Example: Do not live where Christians are not wanted. ***
274. Not to steal personal property (Lev. 19:11). ***
275. To restore that which one took by robbery (Lev. 5:23). ***
276. To return lost property (Deu. 22:1). ***
277. Not to pretend not to have seen lost property, to avoid the obligation to return it (Deu. 22:3). ***
S) CRIMINAL LAWS
278. Not to slay an innocent person (Exo. 20:13). ***
279. Not to kidnap any person of Israel (Exo. 20:13). ***
280. Not to rob by violence (Lev. 19:13). ***
281. Not to defraud people (Lev. 19:13). ***
282. Not to covet what belongs to another (Exo. 20:14). ***
283. Not to commit adultery (Deu. 5:18). ***
284. Not to indulge in evil thoughts and sights (Num. 15:39). ***
T) PUNISHMENT AND RESTITUTION
285. That the court shall pass sentence of death by decapitation with the sword (Exo. 21:20; Lev. 26:25). ***
286. That the court shall pass sentence of death by strangulation (Lev. 20:10). ***
287. That the court shall pass sentence of death by burning with fire if a man sleeps with his wife’s mother (Lev. 20:14). ***
288. That the court shall pass sentence of death by stoning (Deu. 22:24). ***
289. To hang the dead body of one who has incurred the death penalty (Deu. 21:22). ***
290. That the dead body of an executed criminal shall not remain hanging on the tree overnight (Deu. 21:23). ***
291. To bury the executed on the day of execution (Deu. 21:23). ***
292. Not to accept ransom from a murderer (Num. 35:31). ***
293. To exile one who committed accidental homicide (Num. 35:25). ***
294. To establish six cities of refuge (for those who committed accidental homicide) (Deu. 19:3). ***
295. Not to accept ransom from an accidental homicide, so as to relieve him from exile (Num. 35:32). ***
296. To decapitate the heifer in the manner prescribed (in expiation of a murder on the road, the perpetrator of which remained undiscovered) (Deu. 21:4). ***
297. Not to plow nor sow the rough valley (in which a heifer’s neck was broken in honor of the death) (Deu. 21:4). ***
298. To adjudge a thief to pay compensation or (in certain cases) suffer death (Exo. 21:16; Exo. 21:37; Exo. 22:1). ***
299. That he who inflicts a bodily injury shall pay monetary compensation (Exo. 21:18-19). ***
300. To impose a penalty of fifty shekels [jail sentence] upon the seducer (of an un-betrothed virgin) and enforce the other rules in connection with the case (Exo. 22:15-16). ***
301. That the violator (of an un-betrothed virgin) shall marry her (Deu. 22:28-29). ***
302. That one who has raped a damsel and has then (in accordance with the law) married her, may not divorce her (Deu. 22:29). ***
303. Not to inflict punishment on the Sabbath (Exo. 35:3). ***
304. To punish the wicked by the infliction of stripes (Deu. 25:2). ***
305. Not to exceed the statutory number of stripes [Do not exceed the number of years one is sentenced to stay in jail] laid on one who has incurred that punishment (Deu. 25:3) (and by implication, not to strike anyone). ***
306. Not to spare the offender, in imposing the prescribed penalties on one who has caused damage (Deu. 19:13). ***
307. To do unto false witnesses as they had purposed to do (to the accused) (Deu. 19:19). ***
308. Not to punish anyone who has committed an offense under duress (Deu. 22:26). ***
U) PROPHECY
309. To heed the call of every prophet in each generation, provided that he neither adds to, nor takes away from the Torah (Deu. 18:15). ***
310. Not to prophesy falsely (Deu. 18:20). ***
311. Not to refrain from putting a false prophet to death nor to be in fear of him (Deu. 18:22). ***
V) IDOLATRY, IDOLATERS, AND IDOLATROUS PRACTICES
312. Not to make a graven image; neither to make it oneself, nor to have it made by others (Exo. 20:4). ***
313. Not to make any figures for ornament and then worship them (Exo. 20:4-5). ***
314. Not to make idols even for others (Exo. 34:17; Lev. 19:4). ***
315. Not to use the ornament of any object of idolatrous worship (Deu. 7:25). ***
316. Not to make use of an idol or its accessory objects, offerings, or libations (Deu. 7:26). ***
317. Not to drink wine of idolaters (Deu. 32:38). ***
318. Not to worship an idol in the way in which it is usually worshipped (Exo. 20:5). ***
319. Not to bow down to an idol, even if that is not its mode of worship (Exo. 20:5). ***
320. Not to prophesy in the name of an idol (Exo. 23:13; Deu. 18:20). ***
321. Not to hearken to one who prophesies in the name of an idol (Deu. 13:4). ***
322. Not to lead the children of Israel [Fellow Christians] astray to idolatry (Exo. 23:13). ***
323. Not to entice an Israelite [Fellow Christians] to idolatry (Deu. 13:12). ***
324. To destroy idolatry and its appurtenances [Where we can today] (Deu. 12:2-3). ***
325. Not to love the enticer to idolatry (Deu. 13:9). ***
326. Not to give up hating the enticer to idolatry (Deu. 13:9). ***
327. Not to save the enticer from capital punishment, but to stand by at his execution (Deu. 13:9). ***
328. A person whom he attempted to entice to idolatry shall not urge pleas for the acquittal of the enticer (Deu. 13:9). ***
329. A person whom he attempted to entice shall not refrain from giving evidence of the enticer’s guilt, if he has such evidence (Deu. 13:9). ***
330. Not to swear by an idol to its worshipers, nor cause them to swear by it (Exo. 23:13). ***
331. Not to turn one’s attention to idolatry (Lev. 19:4). ***
332. Not to adopt the institutions of idolaters nor their customs (Lev. 18:3; Lev. 20:23). ***
333. Not to pass a child through the fire to Molech (Lev. 18:21). Example: Do not place your children in positions that expose them to error in doctrine, such that they later turn to a life that will eventually lead to eternal death. ***
334. Not to suffer any one practicing witchcraft to live [in your house] (Exo. 22:17). ***
335. Not to practice observing times or seasons, i.e., astrology (Lev. 19:26). ***
336. Not to practice superstitions/witchcraft (doing things based on signs and potions; using charms and incantations) (Lev. 19:26). ***
337. Not to consult familiar spirits or ghosts (Lev. 19:31). ***
338. Not to consult wizards (Lev. 19:31). ***
339. Not to practice specific magic by using stones herbs or objects. (Deu. 18:10). ***
340. Not to practice magical practices in general (Deu. 18:10). ***
341. Not to practice the art of casting spells over snakes and scorpions (Deu. 18:11). ***
342. Not to enquire of a familiar spirit or ghost (Deu. 18:11). ***
343. Not to seek the dead (Deu. 18:11). ***
344. Not to enquire of a wizard (Deu. 18:11). ***
345. Not to remove the entire beard, like the idolaters (Lev. 19:27). Example: Not to dress or shave one’s head for attention. ***
346. Not to round the corners of the head, as the idolatrous priests do (Lev. 19:27). Example: Not to dress or shave one’s head for attention. ***
347. Not to cut oneself or make incisions in one’s flesh in grief, like the idolaters (Lev. 19:28; Deu. 14:1). ***
348. Not to tattoo the body like the idolaters (Lev. 19:28). ***
349. Not to make a bald spot for the dead (Deu. 14:1). ***
350. Not to plant a tree for worship (Deu. 16:21). ***
351. Not to set up a pillar (for worship) (Deu. 16:22). ***
352. Not to show favor to idolaters (Deu. 7:2). ***
353. Not to make a covenant with the seven (Canaanite, idolatrous) nations (Exo. 23:32; Deu. 7:2). ***
354. Not to settle idolaters in your [house] land (Exo. 23:33). ***
355. To slay the inhabitants of a city that has become idolatrous and burn that city [Not to live in a city that is totally given over to Satanic practices] (Deu. 13:16-17). ***
356. Not to rebuild a city that has been led astray to idolatry (Deu. 13:17). ***
357. Not to make use of the property of city that has been so led astray (Deu. 13:18). ***
W) AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
358. Not to cross-breed cattle of different species (Lev. 19:19). ***
359. Not to sow different kinds of seed together in one field (Lev. 19:19). ***
360. Not to eat the fruit of a tree for three years from the time it was planted (Lev. 19:23). ***
361. That the fruit of fruit-bearing trees in the fourth year of their planting shall be sacred like the second tithe and eaten in Jerusalem (Lev. 19:24). ***
362. Not to sow grain or herbs in a vineyard (Deu. 22:9). ***
363. Not to eat the produce of diverse seeds sown in a vineyard (Deu. 22:9). ***
364. Not to work with beasts of different species, yoked together (Deu. 22:10). ***
X) CLOTHING
365. That a man shall not wear women’s clothing (Deu. 22:5). ***
366. That a woman should not wear men’s clothing (Deu. 22:5). ***
367. Not to wear garments made of wool and linen mixed together (Deu. 22:11 [Lev. 19:19]). ***
Y) THE FIRSTBORN LAWS
368. To redeem the firstborn human male (Exo. 13:13; Exo. 34:20; Num. 18:15). Example: Dedicate all your children to the Lord, but especially your firstborn male. ***
369. To redeem the firstling of an ass [For our farmers] (Exo. 13:13; Exo. 34:20). ***
370. To break the neck of the firstling of an ass if it is not redeemed (Exo. 13:13; Exo. 34:20). ***
371. Not to redeem the firstling of a clean beast (Num. 18:17). ***
Z) THE HIGH PRIEST AND LEVITES DUTIES
372. That the Priest shall put on priestly vestments for the service (Exo. 28:2). Example: Your Pastor should be neatly dressed.
373. Not to tear the High Priest’s robe (Exo. 28:32). ***
374. That the Priest shall not enter the Sanctuary at all times (i.e., at times when he is not performing service) (Lev. 16:2). ###
375. That the ordinary Priest shall not defile himself by contact with any dead, other than immediate relatives (Lev. 21:1-3). ***
376. That the sons of Aaron are not defile themselves with a dead body, even if it is their deceased relatives and mourn for them like other Israelites, who are commanded to mourn for their relatives (Lev. 21:3). ***
377. That a Priest who had an immersion during the day (to cleanse him from his uncleanness) shall not serve in the Sanctuary until after sunset (Lev. 21:6). ***
378. That a Priest shall not marry a divorced woman (Lev. 21:7). ***
379. That a Priest shall not marry a harlot (Lev. 21:7). ***
380. That a Priest shall not marry a profaned woman (Lev. 21:7). ***
381. To show honor to a Priest, and to give him precedence in all things that are holy (Lev. 21:8). ***
382. That a High Priest shall not defile himself with any dead, even if they are relatives (Lev. 21:11). ***
383. That a High Priest shall not go (under the same roof) with a dead body (Lev. 21:11). ###
384. That the High Priest shall marry a virgin (Lev. 21:13). ***
385. That the High Priest shall not marry a widow (Lev. 21:14). ***
386. That the High Priest shall not cohabit with a widow, even without marriage, because he profanes her (Lev. 21:15). Example: Avoid the appearance of evil. ***
387. That a person with a physical blemish shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) (Lev. 21:17). ***
388. That a Priest with a temporary blemish shall not serve there (Lev. 21:21). ***
389. That a person with a physical blemish shall not enter the Sanctuary further than the altar (Lev. 21:23). ***
390. That a Priest who is unclean shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) (Lev. 22:2-3). Example: If you are sick, do not bring that sickness to Church and possibly infect others. ***
391. To send the unclean out of the Camp, that is, out of the Sanctuary [i.e., ask them to leave] (Num. 5:2). ***
392. That a Priest who is unclean shall not enter the courtyard (Num. 5:2- 3). This refers to the Camp of the Sanctuary. Example: Don’t even visit with parishioners outside of the Church building if you are sick. ***
393. That the sons or descendants of Aaron shall bless Israel (Num. 6:23). Example: That the minister’s sons be respectful. ***
394. To set apart a portion of the dough for the Priest (Num. 15:20). Example: Pay our Pastors. ***
395. That the Levites shall not occupy themselves with the service that belongs to the sons of Aaron, nor the sons of Aaron with that belonging to the Levites [Church order and etiquette] (Num. 18:3). ***
396. That one not a descendant of Aaron in the male line shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) (Num. 18:4-7). ###
397. That the Levite shall serve in the Sanctuary (Num. 18:23). ###
398. To give the Levites cities to dwell in, these to serve also as cities of refuge (Num. 35:2). ###
399. That none of the tribe of Levi shall take any portion of territory in the land (of Israel) (Deu. 18:1). ###
400. That none of the tribe of Levi shall take any share of the spoil (at the conquest of the Promised Land) (Deu. 18:1). ###
401. That the sons of Aaron shall serve in the Sanctuary in divisions, but on festivals, they all serve together (Deu. 18:6-8). ###
AA) TITHES, TAXES, AND THE T’RUMAH (HEAVE OFFERING)
402. That an uncircumcised person shall not shall not eat of the Heave Offering [T’rumah], and the same applies to other holy things. This rule is inferred from the Law of the Paschal offering, by similarity of phrase (Exo. 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 Scribes. Example: Non-Christians should not take part in Communion. ***
403. Not to alter the order of separating the Heave Offering [T’rumah] and the tithes; the separation be in the order First-Fruits at the beginning, then the Heave Offering [T’rumah], then the first tithe, and last the second tithe (Exo. 22:28). Example: Pay your tithes and offerings. ***
404. To give half a shekel every year [Pay your tithes] (to the Sanctuary for provision of the public sacrifices) (Exo. 30:13). ***
405. That a priest [“kohein”] who is unclean shall not eat of the Heave Offering [T’rumah] (Lev. 22:3-4). Example: Pastor who has not prepared properly for the Communion service may exempt himself. ***
406. That a person who is not a priest [“kohein”] or the wife or unmarried daughter of a priest [“kohein”] [Non-Christian] shall not eat of the Heave Offering [T’rumah] (Lev. 22:10). ***
407. That a sojourner with a priest [“kohein”] or his hired servant [Non-Christian] shall not eat of the Heave Offering [T’rumah] (Lev. 22:10). ***
408. Not to eat unholy things [Hebrew “tevel”] (something from which the Heave Offering [T’rumah] and tithe have not yet been separated) (Lev. 22:15). ***
409. To set apart the tithe of the produce (one tenth of the produce after taking out Heave Offering [T’rumah]) for the Levites (Lev. 27:30; Num. 18:24). ***
410. To tithe cattle (Lev. 27:32). ***
411. Not to sell the tithe of the heard (Lev. 27:32-33). ***
412. That the Levites shall set apart a tenth of the tithes, which they had received from the Israelites, and give it to the Priest [Hebrew, “kohanim”] (called the Heave Offering [T’rumah] of the tithe) (Num. 18:26). ***
413. Not to eat the second tithe of cereals outside Jerusalem (Deu. 12:17). ###
414. Not to consume the second tithe of the vintage outside of Jerusalem (Deu. 12:17). ###
415. Not to consume the second tithe of the oil outside of Jerusalem (Deu. 12:17). ###
416. Not to forsake the Levites (Deu. 12:19); but their gifts (dues) should be given to them, so that they might rejoice therewith on each and every festival. ***
417. To set apart the second tithe in the first, second, fourth and fifth years of the sabbatical cycle to be eaten by its owner in Jerusalem (Deu. 14:22). Example: Pay tithe. ***
418. To set apart the second tithe in the third and sixth year of the sabbatical cycle for the poor (Deu. 14:28-29). ***
419. To give the “kohein” [i.e., Priest] the due portions of the carcass of cattle (Deu. 18:3). ***
420. To give the first of the fleece to the priest (Deu. 18:4). Example: Support your minister beyond the tithe. ***
421. To set apart a small portion of the grain, wine and oil [Hebrew, “T’rumah g’dolah,” i.e., “The Great Heave-Offering”] for the priest [Hebrew, “kohein”] (Deu. 18:4). ***
422. Not to expend the proceeds of the second tithe on anything but food and drink (Deu. 26:14). ***
423. Not to eat the Second Tithe, even in Jerusalem, in a state of uncleanness, until the tithe had been redeemed (Deu. 26:14). ###
424. Not to eat the Second Tithe, when mourning (Deu. 26:14). ###
425. To make the declaration to God, when bringing the second tithe to the Sanctuary (Deu. 26:13). ***
BB) THE TEMPLE, THE SANCTUARY AND SACRED OBJECTS
426. Not to build an altar of hewn stone (Exo. 20:22). ***
427. Not to mount the altar by steps (Exo. 20:23). ***
428. To build the Sanctuary (Exo. 25:8). ***
429. Not to remove the staves from the Ark (Exo. 25:15). ###
430. To set the showbread and the frankincense before the Lord every Sabbath (Exo. 25:30). ###
431. To kindle lights in the Sanctuary (Exo. 27:21). ***
432. That the breastplate shall not be loosened from the ephod (Exo. 28:28). ###
433. To offer up incense [Pray] twice daily (Exo. 30:7). ***
434. Not to offer strange incense nor any sacrifice upon the Golden Altar (Exo. 30:9). ###
435. That the Priest shall wash his hands and feet at the time of service (Exo. 30:19). ***
436. To prepare the oil of anointment and anoint the high priests (Exo. 30:31). Example: Anoint your Pastor for service. ***
437. Not to compound oil for lay use after the formula of the anointing oil (it is for the Pastor only) (Exo. 30:32-33). ***
438. Not to anoint a stranger with the anointing oil (Exo. 30:32). ***
439. Not to compound anything after the formula of the incense (Exo. 30:37). ***
440. That he who, in error, makes unlawful use of sacred things, shall make restitution of the value of his trespass and add a fifth (Lev. 5:16). ***
441. To remove the ashes from the altar (Lev. 6:3). Example: Keep the Church clean after each service. ***
442. To keep fire always burning on the altar of the burnt-offering (Lev. 6:6). ###
443. Not to extinguish the fire on the altar (Lev. 6:6). ###
444. That a priest [“kohein”] shall not enter the Sanctuary with disheveled hair (Lev. 10:6). ***
445. That a priest [“kohein”] shall not enter the Sanctuary with torn garments (Lev. 10:6). ***
446. That the priest [“kohein”] shall not leave the Courtyard of the Sanctuary, during service (Lev. 10:7). ***
447. That an intoxicated priest shall not enter the Sanctuary nor give decisions in matters of the Law (Lev. 10:9-11). ***
448. To revere the Sanctuary (Lev. 19:30). ***
449. That when the Ark is carried, it should be carried on the shoulder (Num. 7:9). ###
450. To observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Num. 9:11). ***
451. To eat the flesh of the Paschal lamb on the Feast of Unleavened Bread, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs (Num. 9:11). ***
452. Not to leave any flesh of the Paschal lamb brought on the second Passover until the morning (Num. 9:12). ***
453. Not to break a bone of the Paschal lamb brought on the second Passover (Num. 9:12). ***
454. To sound the trumpets at the offering of sacrifices and in times of trouble (Num. 10:9-10). Example: Support your troops. ***
455. That the tribe of Levi watch over the Sanctuary continually (Num. 18:2). Example: Elders are to be assigned to care for the Church building. ***
456. Not to allow the Sanctuary to remain unwatched (Num. 18:5). ***
457. That an offering shall be brought by one who has in error committed a trespass against sacred things, or robbed, or lain carnally with a bondmaid betrothed to a man, or denied what was deposited with him and swore falsely to support his denial. This is called a guilt-offering for a known trespass (Lev. 5:15-19). Example: Confess your sins to God and then bring an additional offering for forgiveness. ***
458. Not to destroy anything of the Sanctuary, of synagogues, or of houses of study, nor erase the holy names (of God); nor may sacred scriptures be destroyed (Deu. 12:2-4). ***
CC) SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS
459. To sanctify the firstling of clean cattle and offer it up (Exo. 13:2; Deu. 15:19). Example: Pay tithe. ***
460. To slay the Paschal lamb (Exo. 12:6). Example: Observe the Passover. ***
461. To eat the flesh of the Paschal Sacrifice on the night of the fifteenth of Nissan (Exo. 12:8). ***
462. Not to eat the flesh of the Paschal Lamb raw or sodden (Exo. 12:9). ***
463. Not to leave any portion of the flesh of the Paschal Sacrifice until the morning unconsumed (Exo. 12:10). ***
464. Not to give the flesh of the Paschal Lamb to an Israelite who had become an apostate (Exo. 12:43). ***
465. Not to give flesh of the Paschal Lamb to a stranger who lives among you to eat (Exo. 12:45). ***
466. Not to take any of the flesh of the Paschal Lamb from the company’s place of assembly (Exo. 12:46). ***
467. Not to break a bone of the Paschal Lamb (Exo. 12:46). ###
468. That the uncircumcised shall not eat of the flesh of the Paschal Lamb (Exo. 12:48). ***
469. Not to slaughter the Paschal Lamb while there is leaven in the home (Exo. 23:18; 24:25). Example: Do not eat during Passover if you still harbor sin in your home. ***
470. Not to leave the part of the Paschal Lamb that should be burnt on the altar until the morning, when it will no longer be fit to be burnt (Exo. 23:18; 24:25). Example: Eat all the food you have prepared. ***
471. Not to go up to the Sanctuary for the festival without bringing an offering (Exo. 23:15). ***
472. To bring the first fruits to the Sanctuary (Exo. 23:19). ***
473. That the flesh of a sin-offering and guilt-offering shall be eaten (Exo. 29:33). ***
474. That one not of the seed of Aaron, shall not eat the flesh of the holy sacrifices (Exo. 29:33). ###
475. To observe the procedure of the burnt-offering (Lev. 1:3). Example: Bring a “voluntary” offering for your confessed (to God) sin. ***
476. To observe the procedure of the meal-offering (Lev. 2:1). ***
477. Not to offer up leaven or honey (Lev. 2:11). ***
478. That every sacrifice be salted (Lev. 2:13). ***
479. Not to offer up any offering unsalted (Lev. 2:13). ***
480. That the Court of Judgment shall offer up a sacrifice if they have erred in a judicial pronouncement (Lev. 4:13). Example: Release a falsely convicted person (with compensation). ***
481. That an individual shall bring a sin-offering if he has sinned in error by committing a transgression (Lev. 4:27-28). ***
482. To offer a sacrifice of varying value in accordance with one’s means (Lev. 5:7). ***
483. Not to sever completely the head of a fowl brought as a sin-offering (Lev. 5:8). Example: Pay your offerings. ***
484. Not to put olive oil in a sin-offering made of flour (Lev. 5:11). ***
485. Not to put frankincense on a sin-offering made of flour (Lev. 5:11). ***
486. That 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-offering (Lev. 5:17-19). ***
487. That the remainder of the meal offerings shall be eaten (Lev. 6:9). ***
488. Not to allow the remainder of the meal offerings to become leavened (Lev. 6:10). ***
489. That the High Priest [Hebrew, “Kohein”] shall offer a meal offering daily (Lev. 6:13). ### Or, your Pastor should have a daily offering. ***
490. Not to eat of the meal offering brought by Aaron and his sons (Lev. 6:16). Example: Lay persons are not to eat of the Pastors offering.
491. To observe the procedure of the sin-offering (Lev. 6:18). ***
492. Not to eat of the flesh of sin offerings, the blood of which is brought within the Sanctuary and sprinkled towards the Veil (Lev. 6:23). ###
493. To observe the procedure of the guilt-offering (Lev. 7:1). ***
494. To observe the procedure of the peace-offering (Lev. 7:11). ***
495. To burn meat of the holy sacrifice that has remained over (Lev. 7:17). Example: Dispose of any leftover food. ***
496. Not to eat of sacrifices that are eaten beyond the appointed time for eating them (Lev. 7:18). ***
497. Not to eat of holy things that have become unclean (Lev. 7:19). ***
498. To burn meat of the holy sacrifice that has become unclean (Lev. 7:19). ***
499. That a person who is unclean shall not eat of things that are holy (Lev. 7:20). ***
500. A Priest’s daughter who profaned herself shall not eat of the holy things, neither of the heave offering nor of the breast, nor of the shoulder of peace offerings (Lev. 10:14; 22:12). ***
501. That a woman after childbirth shall bring an offering when she is clean (Lev. 12:6). ***
502. That the leper shall bring a sacrifice after he is cleansed (Lev. 14:10). ***
503. That a man having an issue shall bring a sacrifice after he is cleansed of his issue (Lev. 15:13-15). ***
504. That a woman having an issue shall bring a sacrifice after she is cleansed of her issue (Lev. 15:28-30). ***
505. To observe, on Yom Kippur, the service appointed for that day, regarding the sacrifice, confessions, sending away of the scapegoat, et cetera (Lev. 16:3-34). ***
506. Not to slaughter beasts set apart for sacrifices outside (the Sanctuary) (Lev. 17:3-4). ###
507. Not to eat flesh of a sacrifice that has been left over (beyond the time appointed for its consumption) (Lev. 19:8). ***
508. Not to sanctify blemished cattle for sacrifice on the altar (Lev. 22:20). This text prohibits such beasts being set apart for sacrifice on the altar. ***
509. That every animal offered up shall be without blemish (Lev. 22:21). ***
510. Not to inflict a blemish on cattle set apart for sacrifice (Lev. 22:21). ***
511. Not to slaughter blemished cattle as sacrifices (Lev. 22:22). ***
512. Not to burn the limbs of blemished cattle upon the altar (Lev. 22:22). ###
513. Not to sprinkle the blood of blemished cattle upon the altar (Lev. 22:24). ###
514. Not to offer up a blemished beast that comes from non-Israelites (Lev. 22:25). Example: Do not accept money from a non-Christian for the Church who may than want to take over the Church. ***
515. That sacrifices of cattle can only take place when they are at least eight days old (Lev. 22:27). ***
516. Not to leave any flesh of the thanksgiving offering until the morning (Lev. 22:30). ***
517. To offer up the meal-offering of the Omer on the morrow after the first day of Passover, together with one lamb (Lev. 23:10). ### ***
518. Not to eat bread made of new grain before the Omer of barley has been offered up on the second day of Passover (Lev. 23:14). ***
519. Not to eat roasted grain of the new produce before their time (Lev. 23:14). Example: Respect your crops. ***
520. Not to eat fresh ears of the new grain before their time (Lev. 23:14). ***
521. To bring on wave loaves of bread together with the sacrifices which are then offered up in connection with the loaves [Pentecost Feast] (Lev. 23:17-20). ***
522. To offer up an additional sacrifice [offerings other than tithe] on Passover (Lev. 23:36). ***
523. That one who vows to the Lord the monetary value of a person shall pay the amount appointed in the Scriptural portion (Lev. 27:2-8). ***
524. If a beast is exchanged for one that had been set apart as an offering, both become sacred (Lev. 27:10). ***
525. Not to exchange a beast set aside for sacrifice (Lev. 27:10). ***
526. That one who vows to the Lord the monetary value of an unclean beast shall pay its value (Lev. 27:11-13). ***
527. That one who vows the value of his house shall pay according to the appraisal of the Priest (Lev. 27:11-13). ***
528. That one who sanctifies to the Lord a portion of his field shall pay according to the estimation appointed in the Scriptural portion (Lev. 27:16-24). ***
529. Not to transfer a beast set apart for sacrifice from one class of sacrifices to another (Lev. 27:26). ***
530. To decide in regard to dedicated property as to which is sacred to the Lord and which belongs to the Priest (Lev. 27:28). Example: When the Church proved housing for Its Pastor. ***
531. Not to sell a field devoted to the Lord (Lev. 27:28). ***
532. Not to redeem a field devoted to the Lord (Lev. 27:28). ***
533. To make confession before the Lord of any sin that one has committed, when bringing a sacrifice and at other times (Num. 5:6-7). ***
534. Not to put olive oil in the meal-offering of a woman suspected of adultery (Num. 5:15). ***
535. Not to put oil or frankincense on the barley meal; because this is not a joyous occasion (Num. 5:15). ***
536. To offer up the regular sacrifices daily (two lambs as burnt offerings) (Num. 28:3). ***
537. To offer up an additional sacrifice every Sabbath (two lambs) (Num. 28:9). ***
538. To offer up an additional sacrifice every New Moon (Num. 28:11). ***
539. To bring an additional offering on the day of the first fruits [Pentecost] (Num. 28:26-27). ***
540. To offer up an additional sacrifice on [Feast of Trumpets] or Rosh Hashanah (Num. 29:1-6). ***
541. To offer up an additional sacrifice on the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur (Num. 29:7-8). ***
542. To offer up an additional sacrifice on Feast of Tabernacles [Hebrew, “Sukkot”] (Num. 29:12-34). ***
543. To offer up an additional offering on the eighth day after the Feast of Tabernacles called (Hebrew “Shemini Atzeret”), which is a festival by itself (Num. 29:35-38). ***
544. To bring all offerings, whether obligatory or freewill, on the first festival after these were incurred (Deu. 12:5-6). ***
545. Not to offer up sacrifices outside (the Sanctuary) (Deu. 12:13). ***
546. To offer all sacrifices in the Sanctuary (Deu. 12:14). ***
547. To redeem cattle set apart for sacrifices that contracted disqualifying blemishes, after which they may be eaten by anyone. (Deu. 12:15). ***
548. Not to eat that which you have vowed (Deu. 12:17). ***
549. Not to eat the flesh of the burnt-offering (Deu. 12:17). This is a Prohibition applying to every trespasser, not to enjoy any of the holy things. ***
550. That the sons of Aaron shall not eat the flesh of the sin-offering or guilt-offering outside the Courtyard (of the Sanctuary) (Deu. 12:17). ###
551. Not to eat of the flesh of the sacrifices that are holy in a minor degree, before the blood has been sprinkled (on the altar) (Deu. 12:17). ###
552. That the Priest shall not eat the first-fruits before they are set down in the Courtyard (of the Sanctuary) (Deu. 12:17). Example: Communion. ***
553. To take trouble to bring sacrifices to the Sanctuary from places outside the land of Israel (Deu. 12:26). ###
554. Not to eat the flesh of beasts set apart as sacrifices, that have been rendered unfit to be offered up by deliberately inflicted blemish (Deu. 14:3). ***
555. Not to do work with cattle set apart for sacrifice (Deu. 15:19). ***
556. Not to shear beasts set apart for sacrifice (Deu. 15:19). ***
557. Not to leave any portion of the festival offering brought on the fourteenth of Nissan unto the third day (Deu. 16:4). ***
558. Not to offer up a beast that has a temporary blemish (Deu. 17:1). ***
559. Not to bring sacrifices out of the hire of a harlot or price of a dog (apparently a euphemism for sodomy) (Deu. 23:19). ***
560. To read the portion prescribed on bringing the first fruits and the deliverance of Israel (Deu. 26:5- 10). ***
DD) RITUAL PURITY AND IMPURITY
561. That eight species of creeping things defile by contact (Lev. 11:29-30). ***
562. That foods become defiled by contact with unclean things (Lev. 11:34). ***
563. That anyone who touches the carcass of a beast that died of itself shall be unclean (Lev. 11:39). ***
564. That a woman who has given birth or is menstruating is unclean (in terms of uncleanness) (Lev. 12:2-5). ***
565. That a leper is unclean and defiles (Lev. 13:2-46). ***
566. That the leper shall be universally recognized as such by the prescribed marks. So too, all other unclean persons should declare themselves as such (Lev. 13:45). ***
567. That a leprous garment is unclean and defiles (Lev. 13:47-49). ***
568. That a leprous house defiles (Lev. 14:34-46). ***
569. That a man, having a running issue, defiles (Lev. 15:1-15). ***
570. That the seed of “copulation” [a man’s semen] defiles (Lev. 15:16). ***
571. That purification from all kinds of defilement shall be affected by ceremonial washing (Lev. 15:16). ***
572. That a menstruating woman is unclean and defiles others (Lev. 15:19- 24). ***
573. That a woman, having a running issue, defiles (Lev. 15:25-27). ***
574. To carry out the ordinance of the Red Heifer so that its ashes will always be available (Num. 19:9). ###
575. That a corpse defiles (Num. 19:11-16). ***
576. That the waters of separation defile one who is clean, and cleanse the unclean from pollution by a dead body (Num. 19:19-22). Example: Doctors must constantly wash themselves. ***
EE) LEPERS AND LEPROSY
577. Not to shave off the hair of the “scall” (i.e., “scab”) (Lev. 13:33). ***
578. That 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 water (Lev. 14:1-7). ***
579. That the leper shall shave all his hair (Lev. 14:9). ***
580. Not to pluck out the marks of leprosy (Deu. 24:8). ***
FF) RULES FOR THE KINGS
581. Not to curse a ruler, that is, the King in the land of Israel [your own nation] (Exo. 22:27). ***
582. To appoint a king, chosen by God (Deu. 17:15). Example: Choose your Pastor wisely. ***
583. Not to appoint as ruler over Israel, one who comes from non-Israelite (Deu. 17:15). Example: Such as not electing a non-citizen of your country (Barak Husain Obama, who is a Kenyan). ***
584. That the King shall not acquire an excessive number of horses (Deu. 17:16). Example: Politicians should not profit from their service, but should service for the sake of servicing (needed is term limits; no professional politicians). ***
585. That the King shall not take an excessive number of wives (Deu. 17:17). ***
586. That he shall not accumulate an excessive quantity of gold and silver (Deu. 17:17). ***
587. That the King shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself, in addition to the one that every person should write, so that he writes two scrolls (Deu. 17:18). Example: All leaders should have complete mastery of the laws of the land. ***
GG) RULES FOR NAZARITES
588. That a Nazarite shall not drink wine, or anything mixed with wine which tastes like wine; and even if the wine or the mixture has turned sour, it is prohibited to him (Num. 6:3). Example: If you take the Nazarite vow; follow these instructions. ***
589. That he shall not eat fresh grapes (Num. 6:3). ***
590. That he shall not eat dried grapes (raisins) (Num. 6:3). ***
591. That he shall not eat the kernels of the grapes (Num. 6:4). ***
592. That he shall not eat of the skins of the grapes (Num. 6:4). ***
593. That the Nazarite shall permit his hair to grow (Num. 6:5). ***
594. That the Nazarite shall not cut his hair (Num. 6:5). ***
595. That he shall not enter any covered structure where there is a dead body (Num. 6:6). ***
596. That a Nazarite shall not defile himself for any dead person (by being in the presence of the corpse) (Num. 6:7). ***
597. That the Nazarite shall shave his hair when he brings his offerings at the completion of the period of his Nazarite vow, or within that period if he has become defiled (Num. 6:9). ***
HH) RULES FOR WARFARE
598. That those engaged in warfare shall not fear their enemies nor be panic-stricken by them during battle (Deu. 3:22; 7:21; 20:3). ***
599. To anoint a special Priest (to speak to the soldiers) in a war (Deu. 20:2). This is today’s equivalent to a military chaplain. ***
600. In a permissive war (as distinguished from obligatory ones), to observe the procedure prescribed in the Torah (Deu. 20:10). See my Bible Study: “WAR, BIBLICALLY APPROVED.” ***
601. Not to keep alive any individual of the seven Canaanite nations (Deu. 20:16). Example: Do not associate with non-believers that hate you. ***
602. To exterminate the seven Canaanite nations from the land of Israel (Deu. 20:17). Example: Do not associate with non-believers that hate you. ***
603. Not to destroy fruit trees (wantonly or in warfare) (Deu. 20:19-20). ***
604. To deal with a beautiful woman taken captive in war in the manner prescribed in the Torah (Deu. 21:10-14). ***
605. Not to sell a beautiful woman (taken captive in war) (Deu. 21:14). ***
606. Not to degrade a beautiful woman (taken captive in war) to the condition of a bondwoman (Deu. 21:14). ***
607. Not to offer peace to the Ammonites and the Moabites; but not “abhor” them either (Deu. 23:5-7). Example: Don’t associate with the wicked; but leave a door open should they repent. ***
608. That anyone who is unclean [totally wicked] shall not enter the {Church] Camp of the Levites (Deu. 23:11). ***
609. To have a place outside the camp for sanitary purposes (Deu. 23:13). ***
610. To keep that place sanitary (Deu. 23:14-15). ***
611. Always to remember what Amalek did to Israel (Deu. 25:17). Example: Always know your enemies and remember what they did to your Church. ***
612. That the evil done to the Israelites by the Amalekites shall not be forgotten (Deu. 25:19). Example: Always know your enemies and remember what they did to your Church. ***
613. To destroy the seed of Amalek (Deu. 25:19). Example: Keep your enemies at a distance from you. ***