What is commandment #253 of the 613 commandments?

Commandment #253 is a positive commandment from Numbers 18:26: "The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe for the priest." It belongs to the category of Terumah and Tithes.

Where is commandment #253 found in the Bible?

This commandment is found in Numbers 18:26, in the book of Numbers.

Positive Commandment #253 of 613

The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe for the priest

Commandment #253 — a positive obligation from Numbers 18:26, classified under Terumah and Tithes in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

“"Moreover, you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, 'When you take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the LORD, a tithe of the tithe.”

— Numbers 18:26

Hebrew

כו וְאֶל-הַלְוִיִּם תְּדַבֵּר, וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם, כִּי-תִקְחוּ מֵאֵת בְּנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-הַמַּעֲשֵׂר אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָכֶם מֵאִתָּם, בְּנַחֲלַתְכֶם--וַהֲרֵמֹתֶם מִמֶּנּוּ תְּרוּמַת יְהוָה, מַעֲשֵׂר מִן-הַמַּעֲשֵׂר.

Greek (Septuagint)

26 Καὶ τοῖς Λευίταις λαλήσεις καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτούς Ἐὰν λάβητε παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ τὸ ἐπιδέκατον, ὃ δέδωκα ὑμῖν παρ᾿ αὐτῶν ἐν κλήρῳ, καὶ ἀφελεῖτε ὑμεῖς ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἀφαίρεμα κυρίῳ ἐπιδέκατον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπιδεκάτου.