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Positive Commandment #23 of 613
Honor the wise and the aged (who know and teach G-d's Law)
Commandment #23 — a 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
- KnowledgeTorah Study
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