Negative Commandment #25 of 613
Do not follow the whims of your heart or what your eyes see
Commandment #25 — a prohibition from Numbers 15:39, classified under Morality in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"It shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the LORD, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot,”
— Numbers 15:39
Hebrew
לט וְהָיָה לָכֶם, לְצִיצִת, וּרְאִיתֶם אֹתוֹ וּזְכַרְתֶּם אֶת-כָּל-מִצְוֹת יְהוָה, וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם; וְלֹא-תָתוּרוּ אַחֲרֵי לְבַבְכֶם, וְאַחֲרֵי עֵינֵיכֶם, אֲשֶׁר-אַתֶּם זֹנִים, אַחֲרֵיהֶם.
Greek (Septuagint)
39 καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν ἐν τοῖς κρασπέδοις καὶ ὄψεσθε αὐτὰ καὶ μνησθήσεσθε πασῶν τῶν ἐντολῶν κυρίου καὶ ποιήσετε αὐτὰς καὶ οὐ διαστραφήσεσθε ὀπίσω τῶν διανοιῶν ὑμῶν καὶ ὀπίσω τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ὑμῶν, ἐν οἷς ὑμεῖς ἐκπορνεύετε ὀπίσω αὐτῶν,
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Morality
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 15
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shelach
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #387
- Mishneh Torah
- KnowledgeIdolatry and Gentile Customs
Related Commandments in “Morality”
#477: Do not desire another's possession
Deuteronomy 5:18
#478: Return a stolen object or its value
Leviticus 6:5
#479: Do not ignore a lost object
Deuteronomy 22:3
#480: Return the lost object
Deuteronomy 22:1
#496: Help another remove the load from a beast which can no longer carry it
Exodus 23:5
#497: Help others load their beast
Deuteronomy 22:4
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