Negative Commandment #335 of 613
One who is not a priest must not serve
Commandment #335 — a prohibition from Numbers 18:4, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"They shall be joined with you and attend to the obligations of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; but an outsider may not come near you.”
— Numbers 18:4
Hebrew
ד וְנִלְווּ עָלֶיךָ--וְשָׁמְרוּ אֶת-מִשְׁמֶרֶת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, לְכֹל עֲבֹדַת הָאֹהֶל; וְזָר, לֹא-יִקְרַב אֲלֵיכֶם.
Greek (Septuagint)
4 καὶ προστεθήσονται πρὸς σὲ καὶ φυλάξονται τὰς φυλακὰς τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου κατὰ πάσας τὰς λειτουργίας τῆς σκηνῆς, καὶ ὁ ἀλλογενὴς οὐ προσελεύσεται πρὸς σέ.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 18
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Korach
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #390
- Mishneh Torah
- ServiceEntry into the Temple
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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