Negative Commandment #302 of 613
Do not build the altar with stones hewn by metal
Commandment #302 — a prohibition from Exodus 20:25, classified under Temple and Sacred Objects in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'If you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.”
— Exodus 20:25
Hebrew
כא וְאִם-מִזְבַּח אֲבָנִים תַּעֲשֶׂה-לִּי, לֹא-תִבְנֶה אֶתְהֶן גָּזִית: כִּי חַרְבְּךָ הֵנַפְתָּ עָלֶיהָ, וַתְּחַלְלֶהָ.
Greek (Septuagint)
25 ἐὰν δὲ θυσιαστήριον ἐκ λίθων ποιῇς μοι, οὐκ οἰκοδομήσεις αὐτοὺς τμητούς· τὸ γὰρ ἐγχειρίδιόν σου ἐπιβέβληκας ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς, καὶ μεμίανται.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Temple and Sacred Objects
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 20
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Yitro
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #40
- Mishneh Torah
- ServiceThe Chosen House
Related Commandments in “Temple and Sacred Objects”
#8: Do not destroy objects associated with G-d's Name
Deuteronomy 12:4
#52: Do not plant a tree in the Temple courtyard
Deuteronomy 16:21
#301: Build a Sanctuary (Tabernacle-Temple)
Exodus 25:8
#303: Do not climb steps to the altar
Exodus 20:26
#304: Show reverence to the Temple
Leviticus 19:30
#305: Guard the Temple area
Numbers 18:2
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