Positive Commandment #318 of 613
The priests must wear their priestly garments during service
Commandment #318 — a positive obligation from Exodus 28:2, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.”
— Exodus 28:2
Hebrew
ב וְעָשִׂיתָ בִגְדֵי-קֹדֶשׁ, לְאַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ, לְכָבוֹד, וּלְתִפְאָרֶת.
Greek (Septuagint)
2 καὶ ποιήσεις στολὴν ἁγίαν Ααρων τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου εἰς τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 28
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Tetzaveh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #99
- 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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