Negative Commandment #55 of 613
Do not derive benefit from ornaments of idols
Commandment #55 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 7:25, classified under Idolatry in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"The graven images of their gods you are to burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, or you will be snared by it, for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.”
— Deuteronomy 7:25
Hebrew
כה פְּסִילֵי אֱלֹהֵיהֶם, תִּשְׂרְפוּן בָּאֵשׁ; לֹא-תַחְמֹד כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב עֲלֵיהֶם, וְלָקַחְתָּ לָךְ--פֶּן תִּוָּקֵשׁ בּוֹ, כִּי תוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הוּא.
Greek (Septuagint)
25 τὰ γλυπτὰ τῶν θεῶν αὐτῶν κατακαύσετε πυρί· οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις ἀργύριον οὐδὲ χρυσίον ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν καὶ οὐ λήμψῃ σεαυτῷ, μὴ πταίσῃς δι᾿ αὐτό, ὅτι βδέλυγμα κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σού ἐστιν·
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Idolatry
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 7
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ekev
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #428
- Mishneh Torah
- KnowledgeIdolatry and Gentile Customs
Related Commandments in “Idolatry”
#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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