Positive Commandment #606 of 613
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Commandment #606 — a 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)
- Category
- War and Battles
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 23
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tetze
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #567
- Mishneh Torah
- JudgesKings and Wars
Related Commandments in “War and Battles”
#164: Do not prevent a third-generation Egyptian convert from marrying into the Covenant people
Deuteronomy 23:7
#165: Do not refrain from marrying a third generation Edomite convert
Deuteronomy 23:7
#596: Destroy the seven Canaanite nations
Deuteronomy 20:17
#597: Do not let any of the seven Canaanite nations remain alive
Deuteronomy 20:16
#598: Wipe out the descendants of Amalek
Deuteronomy 25:19
#599: Remember what Amalek did to the Israelites
Deuteronomy 25:17
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