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Positive Commandment #378 of 613

Light the Menorah every day

Commandment #378a 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)
Book
exodus
Chapter
27

Scholarly References

Parashah
Tetzaveh
Sefer HaChinuch
#98
Mishneh Torah
ServicePerpetual Offerings and Additional Offerings

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