Negative Commandment #580 of 613
Do not add any commandments to the Law
Commandment #580 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 12:32, classified under Torah in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it.”
— Deuteronomy 12:32
Hebrew
א אֵת כָּל-הַדָּבָר, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם--אֹתוֹ תִשְׁמְרוּ, לַעֲשׂוֹת: לֹא-תֹסֵף עָלָיו, וְלֹא תִגְרַע מִמֶּנּוּ. {פ}
Greek (Septuagint)
32 (13:1) Πᾶν ῥῆμα, ὃ ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοι σήμερον, τοῦτο φυλάξῃ ποιεῖν· οὐ προσθήσεις ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸ οὐδὲ ἀφελεῖς ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Torah
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 12
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Re'eh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #454
- Mishneh Torah
- JudgesRebels
Related Commandments in “Torah”
#22: Learn the Law (Torah)
Deuteronomy 6:7
#23: Honor the wise and the aged (who know and teach G-d's Law)
Leviticus 19:32
#76: Recite the Shema twice daily
Deuteronomy 6:7
#82: Each male must write a scroll of the Law
Deuteronomy 31:19
#581: Do not diminish any commandments from the Law
Deuteronomy 12:32
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