Negative Commandment #319 of 613
Do not tear the priestly garments
Commandment #319 — a prohibition from Exodus 28:32, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"There shall be an opening at its top in the middle of it; around its opening there shall be a binding of woven work, like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not be torn.”
— Exodus 28:32
Hebrew
לב וְהָיָה פִי-רֹאשׁוֹ, בְּתוֹכוֹ; שָׂפָה יִהְיֶה לְפִיו סָבִיב מַעֲשֵׂה אֹרֵג, כְּפִי תַחְרָא יִהְיֶה-לּוֹ--לֹא יִקָּרֵעַ.
Greek (Septuagint)
32 καὶ ἔσται τὸ περιστόμιον ἐξ αὐτοῦ μέσον, ᾤαν ἔχον κύκλῳ τοῦ περιστομίου, ἔργον ὑφάντου, τὴν συμβολὴν συνυφασμένην ἐξ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μὴ ῥαγῇ.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 28
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Tetzaveh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #101
- 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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