Negative Commandment #168 of 613
Do not offer to G-d any castrated male animals
Commandment #168 — a prohibition from Leviticus 22:24, classified under Sacrifices and Offerings in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“Also anything with its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut, you shall not offer to the LORD, or sacrifice in your land,”
— Leviticus 22:24
Hebrew
כד וּמָעוּךְ וְכָתוּת וְנָתוּק וְכָרוּת, לֹא תַקְרִיבוּ לַיהוָה; וּבְאַרְצְכֶם, לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ.
Greek (Septuagint)
24 θλαδίαν καὶ ἐκτεθλιμμένον καὶ ἐκτομίαν καὶ ἀπεσπασμένον, οὐ προσάξεις αὐτὰ τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὑμῶν οὐ ποιήσετε.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Sacrifices and Offerings
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 22
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Emor
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #291
- Mishneh Torah
- HolinessForbidden Sexual Relations
Related Commandments in “Sacrifices and Offerings”
#227: Estimate the value of people as determined by the Law
Leviticus 27:2
#228: Estimate the value of consecrated animals
Leviticus 27:12
#229: Estimate the value of consecrated houses
Leviticus 27:14
#230: Estimate the value of consecrated fields
Leviticus 27:16
#231: Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions
Leviticus 27:28
#232: Do not sell interdicted possessions
Leviticus 27:28
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