Positive Commandment #378 of 613
Light the Menorah every day
Commandment #378 — a positive obligation from Exodus 27:21, classified under Temple and Sacred Objects in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout their generations for the sons of Israel.”
— Exodus 27:21
Hebrew
כא בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד מִחוּץ לַפָּרֹכֶת אֲשֶׁר עַל-הָעֵדֻת, יַעֲרֹךְ אֹתוֹ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו מֵעֶרֶב עַד-בֹּקֶר--לִפְנֵי יְהוָה: חֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְדֹרֹתָם, מֵאֵת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
21 ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἔξωθεν τοῦ καταπετάσματος τοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς διαθήκης καύσει αὐτὸ Ααρων καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἀφ᾿ ἑσπέρας ἕως πρωὶ ἐναντίον κυρίου· νόμιμον αἰώνιον εἰς τὰς γενεὰς ὑμῶν παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Temple and Sacred Objects
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 27
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Tetzaveh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #98
- Mishneh Torah
- ServicePerpetual Offerings and Additional Offerings
Related Commandments in “Temple and Sacred Objects”
#8: Do not destroy objects associated with G-d's Name
Deuteronomy 12:4
#52: Do not plant a tree in the Temple courtyard
Deuteronomy 16:21
#301: Build a Sanctuary (Tabernacle-Temple)
Exodus 25:8
#302: Do not build the altar with stones hewn by metal
Exodus 20:25
#303: Do not climb steps to the altar
Exodus 20:26
#304: Show reverence to the Temple
Leviticus 19:30
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