Positive Commandment #117 of 613
Dwell in a temporary shelter for the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles
Commandment #117 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 23:42, classified under Appointed Times in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'You shall live in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall live in booths,”
— Leviticus 23:42
Hebrew
מב בַּסֻּכֹּת תֵּשְׁבוּ, שִׁבְעַת יָמִים; כָּל-הָאֶזְרָח, בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, יֵשְׁבוּ, בַּסֻּכֹּת.
Greek (Septuagint)
42 ἐν σκηναῖς κατοικήσετε ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας, πᾶς ὁ αὐτόχθων ἐν Ισραηλ κατοικήσει ἐν σκηναῖς,
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Appointed Times
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 23
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Emor
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #325
- Mishneh Torah
- TimesShofar, Sukkar, and Lulav
Related Commandments in “Appointed Times”
#87: Rest on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 23:12
#88: Do not do prohibited labor on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 20:10
#89: The court must not inflict punishment on the Sabbath
Exodus 35:3
#90: Do not walk outside the city boundary on the Sabbath
Exodus 16:29
#91: Sanctify the Sabbath (in speech) from beginning to end
Exodus 20:8
#92: Do not do prohibited labor on the Day of Atonement
Leviticus 23:32
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