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Positive Commandment #77 of 613
Serve the Almighty [traditionally: with daily prayer]
Commandment #77 — a positive obligation from Exodus 23:25, classified under Prayer and Confession in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"But you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst.”
— Exodus 23:25
Hebrew
כה וַעֲבַדְתֶּם, אֵת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם, וּבֵרַךְ אֶת-לַחְמְךָ, וְאֶת-מֵימֶיךָ; וַהֲסִרֹתִי מַחֲלָה, מִקִּרְבֶּךָ. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
25 καὶ λατρεύσεις κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σου, καὶ εὐλογήσω τὸν ἄρτον σου καὶ τὸν οἶνόν σου καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ σου καὶ ἀποστρέψω μαλακίαν ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Prayer and Confession
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 23
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Mishpatim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #433
- Mishneh Torah
- LovePrayer and Priestly Blessing
Related Commandments in “Prayer and Confession”
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