Positive Commandment #312 of 613
The Levites must transport the ark on their shoulders
Commandment #312 — a positive obligation from Numbers 7:9, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because theirs was the service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.”
— Numbers 7:9
Hebrew
ט וְלִבְנֵי קְהָת, לֹא נָתָן: כִּי-עֲבֹדַת הַקֹּדֶשׁ עֲלֵהֶם, בַּכָּתֵף יִשָּׂאוּ.
Greek (Septuagint)
9 καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς Κααθ οὐκ ἔδωκεν, ὅτι τὰ λειτουργήματα τοῦ ἁγίου ἔχουσιν· ἐπ᾿ ὤμων ἀροῦσιν.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 7
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Naso
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #379
- Mishneh Torah
- ServiceThe Vessels of the Temple and Those Who Serve in It
Related Commandments in “Levites & Priests”
#78: The priests must bless the Israelite nation daily
Numbers 6:23
#169: The high priest must not marry a widow
Leviticus 21:14
#170: The high priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage
Leviticus 21:15
#171: The high priest must marry a virgin maiden
Leviticus 21:13
#172: A priest must not marry a divorcee
Leviticus 21:7
#173: A priest must not marry a woman who has had a forbidden sexual relationship
Leviticus 21:7
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