Negative Commandment #303 of 613
Do not climb steps to the altar
Commandment #303 — a prohibition from Exodus 20:26, classified under Temple and Sacred Objects in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it.'”
— Exodus 20:26
Hebrew
כב וְלֹא-תַעֲלֶה בְמַעֲלֹת, עַל-מִזְבְּחִי: אֲשֶׁר לֹא-תִגָּלֶה עֶרְוָתְךָ, עָלָיו. {פ}
Greek (Septuagint)
26 οὐκ ἀναβήσῃ ἐν ἀναβαθμίσιν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριόν μου, ὅπως ἂν μὴ ἀποκαλύψῃς τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην σου ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῦ.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Temple and Sacred Objects
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 20
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Yitro
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #41
- 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
#302: Do not build the altar with stones hewn by metal
Exodus 20:25
#304: Show reverence to the Temple
Leviticus 19:30
#305: Guard the Temple area
Numbers 18:2
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