Positive Commandment #228 of 613
Estimate the value of consecrated animals
Commandment #228 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 27:12, classified under Sacrifices and Offerings in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'The priest shall value it as either good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be.”
— Leviticus 27:12
Hebrew
יב וְהֶעֱרִיךְ הַכֹּהֵן אֹתָהּ, בֵּין טוֹב וּבֵין רָע: כְּעֶרְכְּךָ הַכֹּהֵן, כֵּן יִהְיֶה.
Greek (Septuagint)
12 καὶ τιμήσεται αὐτὸ ὁ ἱερεὺς ἀνὰ μέσον καλοῦ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον πονηροῦ, καὶ καθότι ἂν τιμήσεται ὁ ἱερεύς, οὕτως στήσεται.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Sacrifices and Offerings
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 27
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- B'chukotai
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #353
- Mishneh Torah
- PromisesAppraisals and Devoted Property
Related Commandments in “Sacrifices and Offerings”
#168: Do not offer to G-d any castrated male animals
Leviticus 22:24
#227: Estimate the value of people as determined by the Law
Leviticus 27:2
#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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