Negative Commandment #167 of 613
Do not let a eunuch marry into the Covenant people
Commandment #167 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 23:1, classified under Marriage and Family in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD.”
— Deuteronomy 23:1
Hebrew
ב לֹא-יָבֹא פְצוּעַ-דַּכָּא וּכְרוּת שָׁפְכָה, בִּקְהַל יְהוָה. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
(23:2) Οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται θλαδίας καὶ ἀποκεκομμένος εἰς ἐκκλησίαν κυρίου.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Marriage and Family
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 23
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tetze
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #559
- Mishneh Torah
- HolinessForbidden Sexual Relations
Related Commandments in “Marriage and Family”
#122: Marry a wife by means of a marriage agreement and sanctification
Deuteronomy 22:13
#123: Do not have sexual relations with women not married by means of a marriage agreement and sanctification
Deuteronomy 23:18
#124: Do not withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife
Exodus 21:10
#125: Have children with one's wife
Genesis 1:28
#126: Issue a divorce by means of a "get" document
Deuteronomy 24:1
#127: A man must not remarry his ex-wife after she has married someone else
Deuteronomy 24:4
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