Negative Commandment #297 of 613
The Tribe of Levi must not be given a portion of the land in Israel
Commandment #297 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 18:1, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the LORD'S offerings by fire and His portion.”
— Deuteronomy 18:1
Hebrew
א לֹא-יִהְיֶה לַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם כָּל-שֵׁבֶט לֵוִי, חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה--עִם-יִשְׂרָאֵל; אִשֵּׁי יְהוָה וְנַחֲלָתוֹ, יֹאכֵלוּן.
Greek (Septuagint)
1 Οὐκ ἔσται τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν τοῖς Λευίταις, ὅλῃ φυλῇ Λευι, μερὶς οὐδὲ κλῆρος μετὰ Ισραηλ· καρπώματα κυρίου ὁ κλῆρος αὐτῶν, φάγονται αὐτά.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 18
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shoftim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #504
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsThe Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee
Related Commandments in “Levites & Priests”
#78: The priests must bless the Israelite nation daily
Numbers 6:23
#169: The high priest must not marry a widow
Leviticus 21:14
#170: The high priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage
Leviticus 21:15
#171: The high priest must marry a virgin maiden
Leviticus 21:13
#172: A priest must not marry a divorcee
Leviticus 21:7
#173: A priest must not marry a woman who has had a forbidden sexual relationship
Leviticus 21:7
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