Temple and Sacred Objects Commandments

There are 21 biblical commandments in the “Temple and Sacred Objects” category — 9 positive and 12 negative.

+Positive Commandments (9)

301
Build a Sanctuary (Tabernacle-Temple)

Exodus 25:8

304
Show reverence to the Temple

Leviticus 19:30

305
Guard the Temple area

Numbers 18:2

307
Prepare the anointing oil

Exodus 30:31

374
Keep the fire burning on the altar

Leviticus 6:9

377
Burn incense every day

Exodus 30:7

378
Light the Menorah every day

Exodus 27:21

381
Make the show bread and place it before G-d

Exodus 25:30

401
One who profaned a sacred object must repay what he profaned plus a fifth and bring a sacrifice

Leviticus 5:16

−Negative Commandments (12)

8
Do not destroy objects associated with G-d's Name

Deuteronomy 12:4

52
Do not plant a tree in the Temple courtyard

Deuteronomy 16:21

302
Do not build the altar with stones hewn by metal

Exodus 20:25

303
Do not climb steps to the altar

Exodus 20:26

306
Do not leave the Temple unguarded

Numbers 18:5

308
Do not reproduce the anointing oil

Exodus 30:32

309
Do not anoint a foreigner with anointing oil

Exodus 30:32

310
Do not reproduce the incense formula

Exodus 30:37

311
Do not burn anything on the Golden Altar besides incense

Exodus 30:9

313
Do not remove the staves from the ark

Exodus 25:15

320
Do not loosen the breastplate from the ephod

Exodus 28:28

375
Do not extinguish the fire on the altar

Leviticus 6:9

Other Categories

Sacrifices and Offerings

96 commandments · 50+ / 46−

Courts, Crimes, and Punishments

70 commandments · 31+ / 39−

Appointed Times

41 commandments · 23+ / 18−

Idolatry

40 commandments · 2+ / 38−

Levites & Priests

35 commandments · 10+ / 25−

Food

35 commandments · 9+ / 26−

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