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Positive Commandment #314 of 613

The Levites must work in the Temple

Commandment #314a positive obligation from Numbers 18:23, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

"Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

Numbers 18:23

Hebrew

כג וְעָבַד הַלֵּוִי הוּא, אֶת-עֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, וְהֵם, יִשְׂאוּ עֲו‍ֹנָם: חֻקַּת עוֹלָם, לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם, וּבְתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, לֹא יִנְחֲלוּ נַחֲלָה.

Greek (Septuagint)

23 καὶ λειτουργήσει ὁ Λευίτης αὐτὸς τὴν λειτουργίαν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ αὐτοὶ λήμψονται τὰ ἁμαρτήματα αὐτῶν, νόμιμον αἰώνιον εἰς τὰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐν μέσῳ υἱῶν Ισραηλ οὐ κληρονομήσουσιν κληρονομίαν·

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Book
numbers
Chapter
18

Scholarly References

Parashah
Korach
Sefer HaChinuch
#394
Mishneh Torah
ServiceThe Vessels of the Temple and Those Who Serve in It

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