Negative Commandment #254 of 613
Do not preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order
Commandment #254 — a prohibition from Exodus 22:29, classified under Terumah and Tithes in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.”
— Exodus 22:29
Hebrew
כח מְלֵאָתְךָ וְדִמְעֲךָ, לֹא תְאַחֵר; בְּכוֹר בָּנֶיךָ, תִּתֶּן-לִי.
Greek (Septuagint)
29 (22:28) ἀπαρχὰς ἅλωνος καὶ ληνοῦ σου οὐ καθυστερήσεις· τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν υἱῶν σου δώσεις ἐμοί.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Terumah and Tithes
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 22
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Mishpatim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #72
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsHeave Offerings
Related Commandments in “Terumah and Tithes”
#252: Set aside a gift of food for the priest
Deuteronomy 18:4
#253: The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe for the priest
Numbers 18:26
#255: A non- priest must not eat food set aside as a gift for the priest
Leviticus 22:10
#256: A hired worker or an Israelite bondsman of a priest must not eat food set aside as a gift for the priest
Leviticus 22:10
#257: An uncircumcised priest must not eat food set aside for a priest
Exodus 12:48
#258: An impure priest must not eat food set aside for a priest
Leviticus 22:4
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