Positive Commandment #22 of 613
Learn the Law (Torah)
Commandment #22 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 6:7, classified under Torah in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.”
— Deuteronomy 6:7
Hebrew
וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ׃
Greek (Septuagint)
καὶ προβιβάσεις αὐτὰ τοὺς υἱούς σου καὶ λαλήσεις ἐν αὐτοῖς καθήμενος ἐν οἴκῳ καὶ πορευόμενος ἐν ὁδῷ καὶ κοιταζόμενος καὶ διανιστάμενος
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Torah
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 6
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Vaet Chanan
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #419
- Mishneh Torah
- KnowledgeTorah Study
Related Commandments in “Torah”
#23: Honor the wise and the aged (who know and teach G-d's Law)
Leviticus 19:32
#76: Recite the Shema twice daily
Deuteronomy 6:7
#82: Each male must write a scroll of the Law
Deuteronomy 31:19
#580: Do not add any commandments to the Law
Deuteronomy 12:32
#581: Do not diminish any commandments from the Law
Deuteronomy 12:32
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