Negative Commandment #298 of 613
The Levites must not take a share in the spoils of war
Commandment #298 — 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
לֹא־יִהְיֶה לַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם כָּל־שֵׁבֶט לֵוִי חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל אִשֵּׁי יְהוָה וְנַחֲלָתוֹ יֹאכֵלוּן׃
Greek (Septuagint)
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
- #505
- 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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