Negative Commandment #347 of 613

Do not burn honey or yeast on the altar

Commandment #347a prohibition from Leviticus 2:11, classified under Sacrifices and Offerings in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

'No grain offering, which you bring to the LORD, shall be made with leaven, for you shall not offer up in smoke any leaven or any honey as an offering by fire to the LORD.

Leviticus 2:11

Hebrew

יא כָּל-הַמִּנְחָה, אֲשֶׁר תַּקְרִיבוּ לַיהוָה--לֹא תֵעָשֶׂה, חָמֵץ: כִּי כָל-שְׂאֹר וְכָל-דְּבַשׁ, לֹא-תַקְטִירוּ מִמֶּנּוּ אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָה.

Greek (Septuagint)

11 Πᾶσαν θυσίαν, ἣν ἂν προσφέρητε κυρίῳ, οὐ ποιήσετε ζυμωτόν· πᾶσαν γὰρ ζύμην καὶ πᾶν μέλι, οὐ προσοίσετε ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ καρπῶσαι κυρίῳ.

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Book
leviticus
Chapter
2

Scholarly References

Parashah
Vayikra
Sefer HaChinuch
#117
Mishneh Torah
ServiceThings Forbidden on the Altar

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