Positive Commandment #82 of 613
Each male must write a scroll of the Law
Commandment #82 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 31:19, classified under Torah in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Now therefore, write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it on their lips, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel.”
— Deuteronomy 31:19
Hebrew
יט וְעַתָּה, כִּתְבוּ לָכֶם אֶת-הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת, וְלַמְּדָהּ אֶת-בְּנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל, שִׂימָהּ בְּפִיהֶם: לְמַעַן תִּהְיֶה-לִּי הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת, לְעֵד--בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.
Greek (Septuagint)
19 καὶ νῦν γράψατε τὰ ῥήματα τῆς ᾠδῆς ταύτης καὶ διδάξετε αὐτὴν τοὺς υἱοὺς Ισραηλ καὶ ἐμβαλεῖτε αὐτὴν εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν, ἵνα γένηταί μοι ἡ ᾠδὴ αὕτη εἰς μαρτύριον ἐν υἱοῖς Ισραηλ.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Torah
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 31
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Vayelech
- Mishneh Torah
- LoveTefillin, Mezuzah, and Torah Scroll
Related Commandments in “Torah”
#22: Learn the Law (Torah)
Deuteronomy 6:7
#23: Honor the wise and the aged (who know and teach G-d's Law)
Leviticus 19:32
#76: Recite the Shema twice daily
Deuteronomy 6:7
#580: Do not add any commandments to the Law
Deuteronomy 12:32
#581: Do not diminish any commandments from the Law
Deuteronomy 12:32
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