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Positive Commandment #606 of 613

Prepare a shovel for each soldier to dig with

Commandment #606a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 23:14, classified under War and Battles in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

"Since the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to defeat your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy; and He must not see anything indecent among you or He will turn away from you.

Deuteronomy 23:14

Hebrew

טו כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּקֶרֶב מַחֲנֶךָ, לְהַצִּילְךָ וְלָתֵת אֹיְבֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ, וְהָיָה מַחֲנֶיךָ, קָדוֹשׁ: וְלֹא-יִרְאֶה בְךָ עֶרְוַת דָּבָר, וְשָׁב מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ. {ס}

Greek (Septuagint)

(23:15) ὅτι κύριος ὁ θεός σου ἐμπεριπατεῖ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ σου ἐξελέσθαι σε καὶ παραδοῦναι τὸν ἐχθρόν σου πρὸ προσώπου σου, καὶ ἔσται ἡ παρεμβολή σου ἁγία, καὶ οὐκ ὀφθήσεται ἐν σοὶ ἀσχημοσύνη πράγματος καὶ ἀποστρέψει ἀπὸ σοῦ.

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Book
deuteronomy
Chapter
23

Scholarly References

Parashah
Ki Tetze
Sefer HaChinuch
#567
Mishneh Torah
JudgesKings and Wars

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