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Negative Commandment #62 of 613
Do not engage in astrology
Commandment #62 — a prohibition from Leviticus 19:26, classified under Idolatry in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination or soothsaying.”
— Leviticus 19:26
Hebrew
לֹא תֹאכְלוּ עַל־הַדָּם לֹא תְנַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹא תְעוֹנֵנוּ׃
Greek (Septuagint)
μὴ ἔσθετε ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων καὶ οὐκ οἰωνιεῖσθε οὐδὲ ὀρνιθοσκοπήσεσθε
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Idolatry
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Kedoshim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #249
- Mishneh Torah
- KnowledgeIdolatry and Gentile Customs
Related Commandments in “Idolatry”
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#24: Do not inquire into idolatry
Leviticus 19:4
#27: Do not worship idols in the manner they are worshiped
Exodus 20:5
#28: Do not worship idols in the four ways we worship G-d
Exodus 20:5
#29: Do not make an idol for yourself
Exodus 20:4
#30: Do not make an idol for others
Leviticus 19:4
#31: Do not make human forms even for decorative purposes
Exodus 20:23
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