Positive Commandment #607 of 613
Appoint a priest to speak with the soldiers during the war
Commandment #607 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 20:2, classified under War and Battles in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"When you are approaching the battle, the priest shall come near and speak to the people.”
— Deuteronomy 20:2
Hebrew
ב וְהָיָה, כְּקָרָבְכֶם אֶל-הַמִּלְחָמָה; וְנִגַּשׁ הַכֹּהֵן, וְדִבֶּר אֶל-הָעָם.
Greek (Septuagint)
2 καὶ ἔσται ὅταν ἐγγίσῃς τῷ πολέμῳ, καὶ προσεγγίσας ὁ ἱερεὺς λαλήσει τῷ λαῷ
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- War and Battles
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 20
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shoftim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #526
- 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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