Negative Commandment #343 of 613

Do not inflict wounds upon dedicated animals

Commandment #343a prohibition from Leviticus 22:21, classified under Sacrifices and Offerings in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

'When a man offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD to fulfill a special vow or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.

Leviticus 22:21

Hebrew

וְאִישׁ כִּי־יַקְרִיב זֶבַח־שְׁלָמִים לַיהוָה לְפַלֵּא־נֶדֶר אוֹ לִנְדָבָה בַּבָּקָר אוֹ בַצֹּאן תָּמִים יִהְיֶה לְרָצוֹן כָּל־מוּם לֹא יִהְיֶה־בּוֹ׃ ‬

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ ἄνθρωπος ὃς ἂν προσενέγκῃ θυσίαν σωτηρίου τῷ κυρίῳ διαστείλας εὐχὴν κατὰ αἵρεσιν ἢ ἐν ταῖς ἑορταῖς ὑμῶν ἐκ τῶν βουκολίων ἢ ἐκ τῶν προβάτων ἄμωμον ἔσται εἰς δεκτόν πᾶς μῶμος οὐκ ἔσται ἐν αὐτῷ

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Book
leviticus
Chapter
22

Scholarly References

Parashah
Emor
Sefer HaChinuch
#287
Mishneh Torah
ServiceThings Forbidden on the Altar

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