Negative Commandment #222 of 613
The nazarite must not eat grape seeds
Commandment #222 — a prohibition from Numbers 6:4, classified under Nazirites in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“All the days of his separation he shall not eat anything that is produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.”
— Numbers 6:4
Hebrew
ד כֹּל, יְמֵי נִזְרוֹ: מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר יֵעָשֶׂה מִגֶּפֶן הַיַּיִן, מֵחַרְצַנִּים וְעַד-זָג--לֹא יֹאכֵל.
Greek (Septuagint)
4 πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς εὐχῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ πάντων, ὅσα γίνεται ἐξ ἀμπέλου, οἶνον ἀπὸ στεμφύλων ἕως γιγάρτου οὐ φάγεται.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Nazirites
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 6
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Naso
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #371
- Mishneh Torah
- PromisesNazarite
Related Commandments in “Nazirites”
#217: The nazarite must let his hair grow
Numbers 6:5
#218: The nazarite must not cut his hair
Numbers 6:5
#219: The nazarite must not drink wine, wine mixtures, or wine vinegar
Numbers 6:3
#220: The nazarite must not eat fresh grapes
Numbers 6:3
#221: The nazarite must not eat raisins
Numbers 6:3
#223: The nazarite must not eat grape skins
Numbers 6:4
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