Negative Commandment #223 of 613

The nazarite must not eat grape skins

Commandment #223a 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

כֹּל יְמֵי נִזְרוֹ מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר יֵעָשֶׂה מִגֶּפֶן הַיַּיִן מֵחַרְצַנִּים וְעַד־זָג לֹא יֹאכֵל׃ ‬

Greek (Septuagint)

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
#372
Mishneh Torah
PromisesNazarite

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