Positive Commandment #316 of 613
Dedicate the priest for service
Commandment #316 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 21:8, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'You shall consecrate him, therefore, for he offers the food of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy.”
— Leviticus 21:8
Hebrew
ח וְקִדַּשְׁתּוֹ--כִּי-אֶת-לֶחֶם אֱלֹהֶיךָ, הוּא מַקְרִיב; קָדֹשׁ, יִהְיֶה-לָּךְ--כִּי קָדוֹשׁ, אֲנִי יְהוָה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶם.
Greek (Septuagint)
8 καὶ ἁγιάσει αὐτόν, τὰ δῶρα κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν οὗτος προσφέρει· ἅγιος ἔσται, ὅτι ἅγιος ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ ἁγιάζων αὐτούς.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 21
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Emor
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #269
- 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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