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Negative Commandment #50 of 613
Do not erect a pillar in a public place of worship
Commandment #50 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 16:22, classified under Idolatry in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall not set up for yourself a sacred pillar which the LORD your God hates.”
— Deuteronomy 16:22
Hebrew
כב וְלֹא-תָקִים לְךָ, מַצֵּבָה, אֲשֶׁר שָׂנֵא, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
22 οὐ στήσεις σεαυτῷ στήλην, ἃ ἐμίσησεν κύριος ὁ θεός σου.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Idolatry
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 16
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shoftim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #493
- Mishneh Torah
- KnowledgeIdolatry and Gentile Customs
Related Commandments in “Idolatry”
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#24: Do not inquire into idolatry
Leviticus 19:4
#27: Do not worship idols in the manner they are worshiped
Exodus 20:5
#28: Do not worship idols in the four ways we worship G-d
Exodus 20:5
#29: Do not make an idol for yourself
Exodus 20:4
#30: Do not make an idol for others
Leviticus 19:4
#31: Do not make human forms even for decorative purposes
Exodus 20:23
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