Positive Commandment #429 of 613
Separate the tithe of animals
Commandment #429 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 27:32, classified under Terumah and Tithes in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'For every tenth part of herd or flock, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the LORD.”
— Leviticus 27:32
Hebrew
לב וְכָל-מַעְשַׂר בָּקָר וָצֹאן, כֹּל אֲשֶׁר-יַעֲבֹר תַּחַת הַשָּׁבֶט--הָעֲשִׂירִי, יִהְיֶה-קֹּדֶשׁ לַיהוָה.
Greek (Septuagint)
32 καὶ πᾶσα δεκάτη βοῶν καὶ προβάτων καὶ πᾶν, ὃ ἐὰν ἔλθῃ ἐν τῷ ἀριθμῷ ὑπὸ τὴν ῥάβδον, τὸ δέκατον ἔσται ἅγιον τῷ κυρίῳ.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Terumah and Tithes
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 27
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- B'chukotai
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #360
- Mishneh Torah
- SacrificesThe Firstborn
Related Commandments in “Terumah and Tithes”
#252: Set aside a gift of food for the priest
Deuteronomy 18:4
#253: The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe for the priest
Numbers 18:26
#254: Do not preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order
Exodus 22:29
#255: A non- priest must not eat food set aside as a gift for the priest
Leviticus 22:10
#256: A hired worker or an Israelite bondsman of a priest must not eat food set aside as a gift for the priest
Leviticus 22:10
#257: An uncircumcised priest must not eat food set aside for a priest
Exodus 12:48
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