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Positive Commandment #305 of 613

Guard the Temple area

Commandment #305a positive obligation from Numbers 18:2, classified under Temple and Sacred Objects in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

"But bring with you also your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be joined with you and serve you, while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.

Numbers 18:2

Hebrew

ב וְגַם אֶת-אַחֶיךָ מַטֵּה לֵוִי שֵׁבֶט אָבִיךָ, הַקְרֵב אִתָּךְ, וְיִלָּווּ עָלֶיךָ, וִישָׁרְתוּךָ; וְאַתָּה וּבָנֶיךָ אִתָּךְ, לִפְנֵי אֹהֶל הָעֵדֻת.

Greek (Septuagint)

2 καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου, φυλὴν Λευι, δῆμον τοῦ πατρός σου, προσαγάγου πρὸς σεαυτόν, καὶ προστεθήτωσάν σοι καὶ λειτουργείτωσάν σοι, καὶ σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου μετὰ σοῦ ἀπέναντι τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου.

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Book
numbers
Chapter
18

Scholarly References

Parashah
Korach
Sefer HaChinuch
#388
Mishneh Torah
ServiceThe Chosen House

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