Positive Commandment #304 of 613
Show reverence to the Temple
Commandment #304 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 19:30, classified under Temple and Sacred Objects in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'You shall keep My sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am the LORD.”
— Leviticus 19:30
Hebrew
ל אֶת-שַׁבְּתֹתַי תִּשְׁמֹרוּ, וּמִקְדָּשִׁי תִּירָאוּ: אֲנִי, יְהוָה.
Greek (Septuagint)
30 Τὰ σάββατά μου φυλάξεσθε καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων μου φοβηθήσεσθε· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Temple and Sacred Objects
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Kedoshim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #254
- 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
#303: Do not climb steps to the altar
Exodus 20:26
#305: Guard the Temple area
Numbers 18:2
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