Negative Commandment #347 of 613
Do not burn honey or yeast on the altar
Commandment #347 — a 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)
- Category
- Sacrifices and Offerings
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 2
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Vayikra
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #117
- Mishneh Torah
- ServiceThings Forbidden on the Altar
Related Commandments in “Sacrifices and Offerings”
#168: Do not offer to G-d any castrated male animals
Leviticus 22:24
#227: Estimate the value of people as determined by the Law
Leviticus 27:2
#228: Estimate the value of consecrated animals
Leviticus 27:12
#229: Estimate the value of consecrated houses
Leviticus 27:14
#230: Estimate the value of consecrated fields
Leviticus 27:16
#231: Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions
Leviticus 27:28
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