Negative Commandment #310 of 613
Do not reproduce the incense formula
Commandment #310 — a prohibition from Exodus 30:37, classified under Temple and Sacred Objects in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"The incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the LORD.”
— Exodus 30:37
Hebrew
לז וְהַקְּטֹרֶת, אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה--בְּמַתְכֻּנְתָּהּ, לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ לָכֶם; קֹדֶשׁ תִּהְיֶה לְךָ, לַיהוָה.
Greek (Septuagint)
37 θυμίαμα κατὰ τὴν σύνθεσιν ταύτην οὐ ποιήσετε ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς· ἁγίασμα ἔσται ὑμῖν κυρίῳ·
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Temple and Sacred Objects
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 30
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tisa
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #110
- Mishneh Torah
- ServiceThe Vessels of the Temple and Those Who Serve in It
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
#304: Show reverence to the Temple
Leviticus 19:30
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