Positive Commandment #585 of 613
Fear your father or mother
Commandment #585 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 19:3, classified under Marriage and Family in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'Every one of you shall reverence his mother and his father, and you shall keep My sabbaths; I am the LORD your God.”
— Leviticus 19:3
Hebrew
ג אִישׁ אִמּוֹ וְאָבִיו תִּירָאוּ, וְאֶת-שַׁבְּתֹתַי תִּשְׁמֹרוּ: אֲנִי, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם.
Greek (Septuagint)
3 ἕκαστος πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ μητέρα αὐτοῦ φοβείσθω, καὶ τὰ σάββατά μου φυλάξεσθε· ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Marriage and Family
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Kedoshim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #212
- Mishneh Torah
- JudgesRebels
Related Commandments in “Marriage and Family”
#122: Marry a wife by means of a marriage agreement and sanctification
Deuteronomy 22:13
#123: Do not have sexual relations with women not married by means of a marriage agreement and sanctification
Deuteronomy 23:18
#124: Do not withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife
Exodus 21:10
#125: Have children with one's wife
Genesis 1:28
#126: Issue a divorce by means of a "get" document
Deuteronomy 24:1
#127: A man must not remarry his ex-wife after she has married someone else
Deuteronomy 24:4
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