Positive Commandment #398 of 613
Burn the leftover sacrifices
Commandment #398 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 7:17, classified under Sacrifices and Offerings in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“but what is left over from the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire.”
— Leviticus 7:17
Hebrew
יז וְהַנּוֹתָר, מִבְּשַׂר הַזָּבַח--בַּיּוֹם, הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, בָּאֵשׁ, יִשָּׂרֵף.
Greek (Septuagint)
17 καὶ τὸ καταλειφθὲν ἀπὸ τῶν κρεῶν τῆς θυσίας ἕως ἡμέρας τρίτης ἐν πυρὶ κατακαυθήσεται.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Sacrifices and Offerings
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 7
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Tzav
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #143
- Mishneh Torah
- ServiceSacrifices Become Unfit
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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