Negative Commandment #59 of 613

Do not imitate idolaters in customs and clothing

Commandment #59a prohibition from Leviticus 20:23, classified under Idolatry in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

'Moreover, you shall not follow the customs of the nation which I will drive out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have abhorred them.

Leviticus 20:23

Hebrew

כג וְלֹא תֵלְכוּ בְּחֻקֹּת הַגּוֹי, אֲשֶׁר-אֲנִי מְשַׁלֵּחַ מִפְּנֵיכֶם: כִּי אֶת-כָּל-אֵלֶּה עָשׂוּ, וָאָקֻץ בָּם.

Greek (Septuagint)

23 καὶ οὐχὶ πορεύεσθε τοῖς νομίμοις τῶν ἐθνῶν, οὓς ἐξαποστέλλω ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν· ὅτι ταῦτα πάντα ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἐβδελυξάμην αὐτούς.

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Category
Idolatry
Book
leviticus
Chapter
20

Scholarly References

Parashah
Kedoshim
Sefer HaChinuch
#262
Mishneh Torah
KnowledgeIdolatry and Gentile Customs

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