Negative Commandment #52 of 613
Do not plant a tree in the Temple courtyard
Commandment #52 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 16:21, classified under Temple and Sacred Objects in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourself.”
— Deuteronomy 16:21
Hebrew
כא לֹא-תִטַּע לְךָ אֲשֵׁרָה, כָּל-עֵץ: אֵצֶל, מִזְבַּח יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ--אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה-לָּךְ.
Greek (Septuagint)
21 Οὐ φυτεύσεις σεαυτῷ ἄλσος, πᾶν ξύλον, παρὰ τὸ θυσιαστήριον κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου, ὃ ποιήσεις σεαυτῷ.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Temple and Sacred Objects
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 16
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shoftim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #492
- Mishneh Torah
- KnowledgeIdolatry and Gentile Customs
Related Commandments in “Temple and Sacred Objects”
#8: Do not destroy objects associated with G-d's Name
Deuteronomy 12:4
#301: Build a Sanctuary (Tabernacle-Temple)
Exodus 25:8
#302: Do not build the altar with stones hewn by metal
Exodus 20:25
#303: Do not climb steps to the altar
Exodus 20:26
#304: Show reverence to the Temple
Leviticus 19:30
#305: Guard the Temple area
Numbers 18:2
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