Negative Commandment #424 of 613
Do not refrain from rejoicing with, and giving gifts to, the Levites on the Pilgrimage Festivals
Commandment #424 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 12:19, classified under Appointed Times in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.”
— Deuteronomy 12:19
Hebrew
יט הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ, פֶּן-תַּעֲזֹב אֶת-הַלֵּוִי, כָּל-יָמֶיךָ, עַל-אַדְמָתֶךָ. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
19 πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς τὸν Λευίτην πάντα τὸν χρόνον, ὅσον ἐὰν ζῇς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Appointed Times
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 12
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Re'eh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #450
- Mishneh Torah
- SacrificesPilgrimage Festival Sacrifice
Related Commandments in “Appointed Times”
#87: Rest on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 23:12
#88: Do not do prohibited labor on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 20:10
#89: The court must not inflict punishment on the Sabbath
Exodus 35:3
#90: Do not walk outside the city boundary on the Sabbath
Exodus 16:29
#91: Sanctify the Sabbath (in speech) from beginning to end
Exodus 20:8
#92: Do not do prohibited labor on the Day of Atonement
Leviticus 23:32
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