Negative Commandment #28 of 613

Do not worship idols in the four ways we worship G-d

Commandment #28a prohibition from Exodus 20:5, classified under Idolatry in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

"You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Exodus 20:5

Hebrew

לֹא־תִשְׁתַּחְוֶה‪[1]‬ לָהֶם וְלֹא תָעָבְדֵם כִּי אָנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵל קַנָּא פֹּקֵד עֲוֺן אָבֹת עַל־בָּנִים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִים לְשֹׂנְאָי׃ ‬

Greek (Septuagint)

οὐ προσκυνήσεις αὐτοῖς οὐδὲ μὴ λατρεύσῃς αὐτοῖς ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεός σου θεὸς ζηλωτὴς ἀποδιδοὺς ἁμαρτίας πατέρων ἐπὶ τέκνα ἕως τρίτης καὶ τετάρτης γενεᾶς τοῖς μισοῦσίν με

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Category
Idolatry
Book
exodus
Chapter
20

Scholarly References

Parashah
Yitro
Sefer HaChinuch
#29
Mishneh Torah
KnowledgeIdolatry and Gentile Customs

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