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Positive Commandment #23 of 613

Honor the wise and the aged (who know and teach G-d's Law)

Commandment #23a positive obligation from Leviticus 19:32, classified under Torah in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

'You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:32

Hebrew

לב מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם, וְהָדַרְתָּ פְּנֵי זָקֵן; וְיָרֵאתָ מֵּאֱלֹהֶיךָ, אֲנִי יְהוָה. {ס}

Greek (Septuagint)

32 ἀπὸ προσώπου πολιοῦ ἐξαναστήσῃ καὶ τιμήσεις πρόσωπον πρεσβυτέρου καὶ φοβηθήσῃ τὸν θεόν σου· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Category
Torah
Book
leviticus
Chapter
19

Scholarly References

Parashah
Kedoshim
Sefer HaChinuch
#257
Mishneh Torah
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