Negative Commandment #265 of 613
Do not eat second tithe grains outside Jerusalem
Commandment #265 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 12:17, classified under Terumah and Tithes in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your votive offerings which you vow, or your freewill offerings, or the contribution of your hand.”
— Deuteronomy 12:17
Hebrew
לֹא־תוּכַל לֶאֱכֹל בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ מַעְשַׂר דְּגָנְךָ וְתִירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ וּבְכֹרֹת בְּקָרְךָ וְצֹאנֶךָ וְכָל־נְדָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּדֹּר וְנִדְבֹתֶיךָ וּתְרוּמַת יָדֶךָ׃
Greek (Septuagint)
οὐ δυνήσῃ φαγεῖν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσίν σου τὸ ἐπιδέκατον τοῦ σίτου σου καὶ τοῦ οἴνου σου καὶ τοῦ ἐλαίου σου τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν βοῶν σου καὶ τῶν προβάτων σου καὶ πάσας εὐχάς ὅσας ἂν εὔξησθε καὶ τὰς ὁμολογίας ὑμῶν καὶ τὰς ἀπαρχὰς τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Terumah and Tithes
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 12
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Re'eh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #442
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsSecond Tithe and Fruit of the Fourth Year
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
#254: Do not preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order
Exodus 22:29
#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
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