Negative Commandment #51 of 613

Do not bow down on smooth stone

Commandment #51a prohibition from Leviticus 26:1, classified under Idolatry in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves an image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 26:1

Hebrew

א לֹא-תַעֲשׂוּ לָכֶם אֱלִילִם, וּפֶסֶל וּמַצֵּבָה לֹא-תָקִימוּ לָכֶם, וְאֶבֶן מַשְׂכִּית לֹא תִתְּנוּ בְּאַרְצְכֶם, לְהִשְׁתַּחֲו‍ֹת עָלֶיהָ: כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה, אֱלֹהֵיכֶם.

Greek (Septuagint)

1 Οὐ ποιήσετε ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς χειροποίητα οὐδὲ γλυπτὰ οὐδὲ στήλην ἀναστήσετε ὑμῖν οὐδὲ λίθον σκοπὸν θήσετε ἐν τῇ γῇ ὑμῶν προσκυνῆσαι αὐτῷ· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Category
Idolatry
Book
leviticus
Chapter
26

Scholarly References

Parashah
B'har
Sefer HaChinuch
#349
Mishneh Torah
KnowledgeIdolatry and Gentile Customs

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