This is our worksheet.
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This first list is everything in Torah that we have not placed in any file
1. Sacrificial System Laws (Korbanot)
Missing dozens of laws, including:
- Burnt offerings (Lev 1)
- Meal offerings (Lev 2)
- Peace offerings (Lev 3)
- Sin offerings (Lev 4–5)
- Guilt offerings (Lev 5–7)
- Bird offerings
- Poor‑man offerings
- Laws of laying hands (semichah)
- Laws of blood sprinkling
- Laws of burning fat
- Laws of leftover meat (notar)
- Laws of improper intention (piggul)
- Laws of vow offerings
- Laws of freewill offerings
- Laws of thanksgiving offerings
These are 80+ laws missing.
2. Festival Laws (Moedim)
Your Daily Requirements mention Sabbath and general obedience, but the Divisions do not include:
- Passover laws (Exod 12, Lev 23, Num 9)
- Unleavened Bread laws
- Counting the Omer
- Shavuot laws
- Rosh Hashanah laws
- Yom Kippur laws (beyond High Priest duties)
- Sukkot laws
- Shemini Atzeret laws
- Pilgrimage laws (Exod 23, Deut 16)
These are 40+ laws missing.
3. Civil & Criminal Law (Mishpatim)
Your Daily Prohibitions include some ethics, but the Divisions do not include:
- Murder laws
- Manslaughter laws
- Cities of refuge
- Assault laws
- Damages (ox goring, pit, fire)
- Theft restitution
- Borrower/guardian laws
- Lost property laws
- Kidnapping
- False witness penalties
- Bribery
- Majority rule in court
- Perjury laws
- Ransom prohibitions
These are 60+ laws missing.
4. Family & Sexual Laws (beyond the few you listed)
Your Divisions include some sexual prohibitions, but you are missing:
- Laws of menstruation (niddah)
- Laws of childbirth impurity
- Laws of suspected adultery (sotah)
- Laws of yibbum/chalitzah (only partially included)
- Laws of seduction/rape (only partially included)
- Laws of forbidden marriages (full list)
- Laws of divorce (full list)
These are 30+ laws missing.
5. Agricultural Laws (Challah, Peah, Leket, Shmittah, Yovel)
Your Daily Requirements mention gleaning and boundaries, but you are missing:
- Peah (field corners)
- Leket (gleanings)
- Shikchah (forgotten sheaf)
- Peret (fallen grapes)
- Olelot (imperfect clusters)
- Orlah (first three years of fruit)
- Neta Revai (fourth‑year fruit)
- Shmittah land rest
- Shmittah debt release
- Jubilee land return
- Jubilee slave release
These are 25+ laws missing.
6. Monetary & Business Laws (Choshen Mishpat)
Your Daily Requirements include some honesty laws, but you are missing:
- Interest laws (ribbit)
- Collateral laws
- Worker protection laws (full set)
- Employer obligations
- Fraud laws
- Contract laws
- Boundary laws
- Lost property laws
- Liability laws
These are 20+ laws missing.
7. Vows & Oaths (Nedarim)
Your Divisions do not include:
- Laws of vows
- Laws of oaths
- Annulment of vows
- Valuation vows (arachin)
- Devoted things (cherem)
These are 15+ laws missing.
8. Nazir Laws (Num 6)
Your Divisions do not include:
- Nazirite abstention from wine
- Nazirite abstention from grapes
- Nazirite hair laws
- Nazirite corpse impurity
- Nazirite offerings
These are 10+ laws missing.
9. King Laws (Deut 17)
Your Divisions do not include:
- King must write a Torah scroll
- King must read Torah daily
- King must not multiply horses
- King must not multiply wives
- King must not multiply gold
- King must be chosen from Israel
These are 6 laws missing.
10. National Covenant Laws
Missing:
- Blessings and curses (Deut 28)
- Covenant renewal laws
- Laws of national assembly
- Laws of Torah reading every 7 years (hakhel)
These are 5+ laws missing.
⭐ A. Entire categories missing (0% coverage so far)
These categories do not appear anywhere in Divisions I–XVI:
1. Burnt Offering Laws (Leviticus 1)
2. Meal Offering Laws (Leviticus 2)
3. Peace Offering Laws (Leviticus 3)
4. Guilt Offering Laws (Leviticus 5–7)
5. Vow & Oath Laws (Numbers 30; Leviticus 27)
6. Nazirite Laws (Numbers 6)
7. Jubilee Laws (Leviticus 25)
8. Shmittah Laws (Leviticus 25; Deut 15)
9. Cities of Refuge Laws (Numbers 35; Deut 19)
10. War Laws (Deut 20–21)
11. King Laws (Deut 17)
12. Blasphemy Laws (Lev 24)
13. Tzara’at (Leprosy) Purification Laws (Lev 14)
14. Sotah (Suspected Adultery) Laws (Num 5)
15. Tithing Laws (Deut 14; Num 18)
16. Pilgrimage Laws (Exod 23; Deut 16)
17. Shavuot Laws (Lev 23; Num 28)
18. Rosh Hashanah Laws (Lev 23; Num 29)
19. Yom Kippur Laws (non‑High‑Priest duties)
20. Sukkot Laws (Lev 23; Num 29)
21. Shemini Atzeret Laws (Num 29)
22. Blessings & Curses (Deut 27–28)
23. Hakhel (Public Torah Reading Every 7 Years)
24. Redemption of Firstborn (Exod 13; Num 18)
25. Firstborn Animals (Deut 15)
26. Vows of Valuation (Arachin, Lev 27)
27. Devoted Things (Cherem, Lev 27)
28. Laws of the Poor (Peah, Leket, Shikchah, Peret, Olelot)
29. Orlah & Neta Revai (Lev 19)
30. Divorce Laws (Deut 24)
31. Rape/Seduction Laws (Deut 22)
32. Lost Property Laws (Deut 22)
33. Borrower/Guardian Laws (Exod 22)
34. Murder/Manslaughter Laws (Exod 21; Num 35)
35. Assault Laws (Exod 21)
36. Kidnapping Laws (Exod 21)
37. Sorcery/Occult Laws (Deut 18)
38. Blasphemy Laws (Lev 24)
39. False Oath Laws (Lev 5)
40. Laws of the Sanhedrin (Deut 17)
These categories alone contain over 300 laws.
B. Categories partially covered but missing many laws
1. Kosher Laws
You have the species lists and contamination laws, but missing:
- Laws of shechitah (slaughter)
- Laws of covering the blood (for birds/wild animals)
- Laws of forbidden fats
- Laws of forbidden blood
- Laws of food cooked with milk
- Laws of offerings eaten in purity
- Laws of terumah/tithes (food‑related)
2. Passover Laws
You have most of Exodus 12 and Deut 16, but missing:
- Festival offerings (Num 28)
- Pilgrimage requirements
- Temple‑era slaughter procedures
- Laws of chametz disposal (full set)
3. Unleavened Bread Laws
You have the core, but missing:
- Festival offerings (Num 28)
- Pilgrimage laws
4. Civil Justice Laws
You have many, but missing:
- Manslaughter
- Murder
- Kidnapping
- Assault
- Ransom
- Cities of refuge
- Perjury penalties (full set)
- Bribery (full set)
- Majority rule
- Court hierarchy
- Elders’ authority
5. High Priest & Priesthood Laws
You have most, but missing:
Priestly mourning restrictions (full set)
Priestly eating of offerings (full set)
Priestly portions (Num 18)
Priestly inheritance laws
Priestly impurity exceptions
Missing Torah laws
A working supplement listing commands not yet clearly present in the current 38 divisions. Each line is a law‑unit, anchored by a single verse fragment, with no commentary.
Sacrificial and sanctuary laws
- Burnt offering from the herd: Lev 1:3 — “If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd… a male without blemish…”
- Burnt offering from the flock: Lev 1:10 — “If his offering be of the flocks… a male without blemish…”
- Burnt offering of birds: Lev 1:14 — “If the burnt sacrifice… be of fowls… turtledoves, or young pigeons…”
- Grain offering basic law: Lev 2:1 — “When any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD…”
- Grain offering with oil and frankincense: Lev 2:1 — “…he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon.”
- No leaven or honey on the altar: Lev 2:11 — “No meat offering… shall be made with leaven… for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey…”
- Season all offerings with salt: Lev 2:13 — “With all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.”
- Peace offering from the herd: Lev 3:1 — “If his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering… of the herd…”
- Peace offering from the flock: Lev 3:6 — “If his offering… be a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD of the flock…”
- Do not eat the fat of ox, sheep, or goat: Lev 7:23 — “Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.”
- Do not eat the fat of animals offered by fire: Lev 7:25 — “Whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering… shall be cut off…”
- Do not eat any blood, in all your dwellings: Lev 7:26 — “Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood… in all your dwellings.”
- Portions of peace offerings belong to the priests: Lev 7:31 — “The priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.”
- Wave breast and heave shoulder as a perpetual due: Lev 7:34 — “The wave breast and the heave shoulder… I have taken… and given unto Aaron… by a statute for ever.”
- Law of the continual burnt offering: Num 28:3 — “This is the offering made by fire… two lambs of the first year day by day continually.”
- Sabbath additional offerings: Num 28:9 — “On the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot…”
- New moon offerings: Num 28:11 — “In the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD…”
- Do not offer strange incense or strange fire: Ex 30:9 — “Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering…”
- No layman may approach the holy things or altar: Num 18:4 — “A stranger shall not come nigh unto you.”
Tithes, terumah, and firstborn
- Set apart the heave‑offering (terumah): Num 18:8 — “I have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings… by reason of the anointing…”
- Give the first of your grain, wine, and oil to the priest: Deut 18:4 — “The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil… shalt thou give him.”
- Tithe all the increase of your seed yearly: Deut 14:22 — “Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed… year by year.”
- Eat the tithe before the LORD in the chosen place: Deut 14:23 — “Thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God… the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine…”
- Convert tithe to money when the way is too long: Deut 14:24–25 — “If the way be too long… then shalt thou turn it into money…”
- Third‑year tithe for Levite, stranger, fatherless, widow: Deut 14:28–29 — “At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe… and lay it up…”
- Confession of the tithe (viduy ma’aser): Deut 26:12–13 — “When thou hast made an end of tithing… thou shalt say before the LORD thy God…”
- Sanctify all firstborn males of man and beast: Ex 13:2 — “Sanctify unto me all the firstborn… whatsoever openeth the womb… is mine.”
- Redeem the firstborn of man: Num 18:15–16 — “The firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem…”
- Do not redeem the firstborn of clean beasts; they are holy: Num 18:17 — “The firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep… thou shalt not redeem; they are holy.”
Nazirite laws
- Nazirite vow of separation: Num 6:2 — “When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite…”
- Nazirite must abstain from wine and strong drink: Num 6:3 — “He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink…”
- Nazirite must avoid grapes and grape products: Num 6:3–4 — “…neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes… eat moist grapes, or dried…”
- Nazirite must not cut his hair: Num 6:5 — “There shall no razor come upon his head… he shall be holy, and shall let the locks… grow.”
- Nazirite must avoid corpse defilement, even for family: Num 6:6–7 — “He shall come at no dead body… for his father, or for his mother… he shall not make himself unclean.”
- If defiled, Nazirite must restart days and bring offerings: Num 6:9–12 — “…the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.”
- Completion of Nazirite vow with offerings and shaving: Num 6:13,18 — “When the days of his separation are fulfilled… the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation…”
Sabbatical year and Jubilee
- Let the land rest in the seventh year: Lev 25:4 — “In the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land… thou shalt neither sow thy field…”
- Do not reap what grows of itself in the sabbatical year as a harvest: Lev 25:5 — “That which groweth of its own accord… thou shalt not reap…”
- Proclaim liberty in the fiftieth year (Jubilee): Lev 25:10 — “Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land…”
- Return every man to his possession in Jubilee: Lev 25:13 — “In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.”
- Do not oppress one another in land sales; price by years remaining: Lev 25:14–16 — “…according to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy…”
- Land may not be sold permanently: Lev 25:23 — “The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine…”
- Release debts in the seventh year: Deut 15:1–2 — “At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release… every creditor… shall release…”
- Do not harden your heart because the seventh year is near: Deut 15:9 — “Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart… and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother…”
Cities of refuge and homicide
- Set apart cities of refuge: Num 35:11 — “Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you…”
- Provide six cities of refuge in all: Num 35:13 — “Ye shall have six cities for refuge.”
- Cities of refuge for Israelite and stranger alike: Num 35:15 — “These six cities shall be a refuge… for the children of Israel, and for the stranger…”
- Do not take ransom for a murderer: Num 35:31 — “Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer… he shall surely be put to death.”
- Do not take ransom to allow a manslayer to return early: Num 35:32 — “Ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge…”
- Do not pollute the land with blood: Num 35:33 — “Ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land…”
Oaths, blasphemy, and misuse of the Name
- Do not swear falsely by the Name: Lev 19:12 — “Ye shall not swear by my name falsely…”
- Do not curse God (blasphemy): Ex 22:28 — “Thou shalt not revile God…”
- Blasphemer must be stoned: Lev 24:16 — “He that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death…”
- Do not profane the Name among the nations: Lev 22:32 — “Neither shall ye profane my holy name…”
Occult and idolatrous practices (additional)
- Do not practice enchantment or observe times: Lev 19:26 — “Neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.”
- Do not cut yourselves or make baldness for the dead: Deut 14:1 — “Ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.”
- Do not consult familiar spirits or wizards: Lev 19:31 — “Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards…”
- Put to death those with familiar spirits or wizards: Lev 20:27 — “A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit… shall surely be put to death.”
Blessings, curses, and national covenant
- Set up stones with the law written on them: Deut 27:2–3 — “Thou shalt set thee up great stones… and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law.”
- Pronounce the curses from Mount Ebal: Deut 27:13–26 — “These shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse…”
- Walk in all the ways commanded to receive blessing: Deut 28:1 — “If thou shalt hearken diligently… the LORD thy God will set thee on high…”
- Do not turn aside from the commandments, right or left: Deut 28:14 — “Thou shalt not go aside from any of the words… to the right hand, or to the left…”
- Assemble all Israel for hakhel every seven years: Deut 31:10–12 — “At the end of every seven years… thou shalt read this law before all Israel…”
Additional civil and criminal laws
- Eye for eye, tooth for tooth principle: Ex 21:23–25 — “Thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth…”
- Do not accept a ransom for a life deserving death: Num 35:31 — “Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer…”
- Do not pervert justice for the poor or great by partiality: Ex 23:3 — “Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.”
- Do not follow a multitude to do evil in judgment: Ex 23:2 — “Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil…”
- Do not justify the wicked or condemn the righteous for a bribe: Deut 25:1 — “They shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.”
Miscellaneous ritual and identity laws
- Do not round the corners of your head: Lev 19:27 — “Ye shall not round the corners of your heads…”
- Do not mar the corners of your beard: Lev 19:27 — “…neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.”
- Do not print any marks upon your flesh: Lev 19:28 — “Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you.”
- Do not eat flesh with the blood: Lev 19:26 — “Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood…”
- Do not sow your vineyard with divers seeds (vineyard‑specific): Deut 22:9 — “…lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.”
The TruthQuest Divisions found in Torah.
I. Conquest of Canaan Laws.
(Retired after Joshua)
Example Deut 7:2-26 “…thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them…But thus, shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire…thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God. Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.”
Deuteronomy 7
- Deut 7:2 — “…thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them…”
- Deut 7:3 — “neither shalt thou make marriages with them”
- Deut 7:5 — “…ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.”
- Deut 7:16-21 — “…thine eye shall have no pity upon them…”
- Deut 7:24 — “thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven”
- Deut 7:25 — “…thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee…” (” shall ye burn with fire”)
- Deut 7:26 — “…neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house…”
Deuteronomy 12
- Deut 12:2 — “…ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations… served their gods…”
- Deut 12:3 — “…ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire…”
Deuteronomy 20 (Canaan‑specific commands only)
- Deut 20:16 — “…of the cities of these people… thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth.”
- Deut 20:17 — “…thou shalt utterly destroy them…”
- Deut 20:18 — “…that they teach you not to do after all their abominations…”
Deuteronomy 9
- Deut 9:3 — “…thou shalt drive them out, and destroy them quickly…”
Deuteronomy 31
- Deut 31:3 — “…he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them…”
Numbers 33
- Num 33:52 — “…ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land… destroy all their pictures… and quite pluck down all their high places.”
- Num 33:53 — “…ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein…”
- Num 33:55 — “if ye will not drive out the inhabitants… those which ye let remain… shall vex you”
Exodus 23
- Ex 23:23 — “…I will cut them off.”
- Ex 23:24 — “…thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.”
- Ex 23:27 — “…I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.”
- Ex 23:31 — “…thou shalt drive them out before thee.”
Exodus 34
- Ex 34:12 — “…take heed… lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land…”
- Ex 34:13 — “…ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves.”
II. Torah Retired by the Diaspora
(Everything that cannot be done today)
This includes:
- Temple structure
- Temple furniture
- Temple materials
- Temple layout
- Temple maintenance
- Priestly garments
- Priestly consecration
- Priestly service
- Sacrificial system
- Ritual impurity system
- Cleansing rituals
- Holy‑thing handling
- Sanctuary boundaries
- Altar laws
- Incense laws
- Anointing oil laws
- Showbread laws
- Menorah laws
- Yom Kippur rituals
- Daily offerings
- Festival offerings
- Firstfruits offerings
- Tithes to the priests
- Levitical cities
- Temple tax
- Vows requiring priestly valuation
- Anything requiring a priest, altar, or sanctuary
- Agricultural Laws
- Land Dependent Laws
- Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
- Stoning
- Burning
- Hanging on a tree
- Sword executions
- Judicial lashes
- City‑gate trials
- Rebellious son execution
- False prophet execution
- Idolatry investigations
- Adultery execution
- Sabbath‑breaker execution
- Kidnapping execution
- Bestiality execution
- Molech execution
- Tithing Laws
- Laws pertaining to the King
ALL of this belongs in Division II: Torah Prior to 70 A.D. (Retired).
Because once the Temple fell, the entire system became jurisdictionally impossible.
High Priest Only Laws
Example Lev 16:15 “Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering… and bring his blood within the vail… and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat.”
Personal Restrictions
- Ex 30:7 — “Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning”
- Ex 30:8 — “Aaron shall light the lamps at even”
- Lev 21:10 — “…the priest that is chief among his brethren… shall not uncover his head…”
- Lev 21:10 — “…the priest that is chief among his brethren… shall not…rend his clothes.”
- Lev 21:11 — “…neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother.”
- Lev 21:12 — “…neither shall he go out of the sanctuary… for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him.”
- Lev 21:13 — “…he shall take a wife in her virginity.”
- Lev 21:14 — “…a widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take…”
- Lev 21:15 — “…neither shall he profane his seed among his people…”
Day of Atonement Duties
- Lev 16:3 — “…thus shall Aaron come into the holy place…”
- Lev 16:4 — “…he shall put on the holy linen coat…”
- Lev 16:11 — “…Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering…”
- Lev 16:12 — “…he shall take a censer full of burning coals…”
- Lev 16:14 — “…he shall sprinkle of the blood with his finger upon the mercy seat…”
- Lev 16:15 — “…then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering… and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat…”
- Lev 16:17 — “…there shall be no man in the tabernacle… when he goeth in to make an atonement…”
- Lev 16:23 — “…Aaron shall come into the tabernacle… and put off the linen garments…”
- Lev 16:24 — “…he shall wash his flesh with water… and put on his garments…”
- Lev 16:27 — “…the bullock and the goat… shall be carried forth without the camp…”
Heightened Purity Requirements
(These apply to all priests, but are intensified for the High Priest’s role.)
- Lev 22:2 — “…that they separate themselves from the holy things…”
- Lev 22:3 — “…the soul that toucheth any unclean thing… shall be cut off…”
- Lev 22:9 — “…they shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it…”
High Priest Garments & Consecration
- Ex 28:2 — “…thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother…”
- Ex 28:29 — “…Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate…”
- Ex 28:30 — “…thou shalt put in the breastplate… the Urim and the Thummim…”
- Ex 28:35 — “…his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place…”
- Ex 28:36 — “…thou shalt make a plate of pure gold… HOLINESS TO THE LORD.”
- Ex 29:7 — “…thou shalt take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head…”
- Ex 29:29 — “…the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him…”
- Ex 30:7 — “Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning”
- Ex 30:8 — “Aaron shall light the lamps at even”
Shared Priesthood Requirements
Priestly Purity & Conduct (Shared)
- Priests must guard the sanctuary from unauthorized entry Num 18:4 — “they shall keep thy charge… that there be no stranger come nigh”
- Priests must eat the priestly portions in a holy place Lev 6:26 — “the priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it… in the holy place shall it be eaten”
- Priests must burn the remainder of certain offerings Lev 6:30 — “no sin offering… shall be eaten… it shall be burnt in the fire”
- Priests must not eat holy things while in mourning Lev 10:19 — “such things have befallen me… and if I had eaten the sin offering today, should it have been accepted?”
- Priests must not leave the sanctuary during active service Lev 10:7 — “ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle… lest ye die”
- Must not drink wine when entering the Tent of Meeting Lev 10:9 — “Do not drink wine nor strong drink… when ye go into the tent of meeting”
- Must distinguish between holy and common Lev 10:10 — “that ye may put difference between the holy and the common”
- Must teach Israel all the statutes Lev 10:11 — “and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes”
- Must avoid corpse defilement except for immediate family Lev 21:1–3 — “there shall none defile himself for the dead… except for his kin that is near”
- Must not make baldness on their head Lev 21:5 — “They shall not make baldness upon their head”
- Must not shave off the corner of their beard Lev 21:5 — “neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard”
- Must not cut their flesh Lev 21:5 — “nor make any cuttings in their flesh”
- Must be holy to their God Lev 21:6 — “They shall be holy unto their God”
- Must not profane the name of their God Lev 21:6 — “and not profane the name of their God”
- Must not marry a harlot Lev 21:7 — “They shall not take a woman that is a harlot”
- Must not marry a profaned woman Lev 21:7 — “nor a woman profaned”
- Must not marry a divorced woman Lev 21:7 — “neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband”
- Priests must not allow unauthorized persons to eat holy things Lev 22:10 — “there shall no stranger eat of the holy thing”
- Priests must not profane the holy things of Israel Lev 22:15 — “they shall not profane the holy things…of Israel”
- Priests must bear the iniquity of the sanctuary Num 18:1 — “thou and thy sons… shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary”
Priestly Food & Holy Things (Shared)
- Must guard the holy things Lev 22:2 — “that they separate themselves from the holy things… which they profane not”
- Must not approach holy things while unclean Lev 22:3 — “whosoever… while he hath his uncleanness upon him… shall be cut off”
- Must not eat holy things while unclean Lev 22:4 — “the soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean… shall not eat”
- Must wash before eating holy things Lev 22:6 — “the soul… shall wash his flesh with water”
- Must not profane the holy things of Israel Lev 22:15 — “they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel”
- Priests must eat the holy things in a holy place Lev 6:16 — “the remainder… shall be eaten… in the holy place”
Priestly Service Requirements (Shared)
- Must keep the charge of the sanctuary Num 18:5 — “ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary”
- Must keep the charge of the altar Num 18:5 — “and the charge of the altar”
- Must not allow wrath to come upon Israel Num 18:5 — “that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel”
- Must minister in their courses Deut 18:7 — “then he shall minister… as all his brethren the Levites do”
Priestly Portions & Support (Shared)
- Must receive the LORD’s portions as their due Num 18:8 — “I have given thee the charge of My heave-offerings”
- Must eat the most holy things in a holy place Num 18:10 — “in the most holy place shalt thou eat it”
- Must treat offerings as their perpetual due Num 18:19 — “it is a covenant of salt for ever”
Priestly Inspection Duties (Shared)
- Must inspect lepers Lev 13:2 — “he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests”
- Must inspect garments with plague Lev 13:47–49 — “the priest shall look upon the plague”
- Must inspect houses with plague Lev 14:35–36 — “the priest shall come in to see the house”
- Must declare clean or unclean Lev 13:6 — “the priest shall pronounce him clean”
Levitical Priesthood Only Laws
Example Deut17:9 “Thou shalt come unto the priests of the Levites
Judicial & Teaching Authority
- Deut 17:9 — “Thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites…”
- Deut 17:10 — “…thou shalt do according to the sentence… which they shall shew thee…”
- Deut 17:11 — “…according to the law which they shall teach thee…”
- Deut 21:5 — “…by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried.”
Priestly Purity Requirements
- Lev 21:1 — “…there shall none be defiled for the dead among his people…”
- Lev 21:4 — “…he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people…”
- Lev 21:5 — “…they shall not make baldness upon their head…”
- Lev 21:6 — “…they shall be holy unto their God…”
- Lev 21:7 — “…they shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane…”
- Lev 21:8 — “…thou shalt sanctify him… for he offereth the bread of thy God.”
Priestly Food & Holy Things
- Lev 22:6 — “…the soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even…”
- Lev 22:7 — “…when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things…”
- Lev 22:10 — “…there shall no stranger eat of the holy thing…”
- Lev 22:11 — “…if the priest buy any soul with his money… he shall eat of it.”
- Lev 22:12 — “…if the priest’s daughter be married unto a stranger, she may not eat…”
- Lev 22:13 — “…if the priest’s daughter be a widow… she shall eat of her father’s meat…”
- Lev 22:14 (daughter restitution clause — distinct command)
Priestly Service Requirements
- Num 18:1 — “…thou and thy sons… shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary…”
- Num 18:2 — “…thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi… that they may be joined unto thee…”
- Num 18:3 — “…they shall keep thy charge… but they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary…”
- Num 18:5 — “…ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary…”
- Num 18:7 — “…thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office…”
- Num 18:8 — “…I have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings…”
- Num 18:9 — “…this shall be thine of the most holy things…”
- Num 18:20 — “…thou shalt have no inheritance in their land…”
- Num 18:23 — “…the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle…”
Priestly Portions & Support
- Deut 18:1 — “…the priests the Levites… shall eat the offerings of the LORD…”
- Deut 18:3 — “…this shall be the priest’s due from the people…”
- Deut 18:4 — “…the firstfruit of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil…”
- Deut 18:5 — “…to stand to minister in the name of the LORD…”
- Deut 18:6 — “…if a Levite come… he shall minister…”
- Deut 18:8 — “…they shall have like portions to eat…”
Priestly Inspection Duties
- Lev 13:2 — “…he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests…”
- Lev 13:3 — “…the priest shall look on the plague…”
- Lev 13:8 — “…the priest shall pronounce him unclean…”
- Lev 13:13 — “…the priest shall pronounce him clean…”
- Lev 14:2 — “…he shall be brought unto the priest…”
- Lev 14:3 — “…the priest shall go forth out of the camp…”
- Lev 14:48 — “…the priest shall pronounce the house clean…”
- Lev 14:57 (summary command — “to teach when it is unclean and when it is clean”)
Priestly Blessing
- Num 6:23 — “…thus shall ye bless the children of Israel…”
- Num 6:24–26 — “The LORD bless thee, and keep thee…”
Count: 31 Levitical Priesthood Laws
(Depending on how granular you treat inspection‑related verses.)
IV. The Complete list of Temple Laws
Example Ex 25:8–9 “Let them make me a sanctuary… according to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle…”
A. Command to Build the Sanctuary
- Ex 25:8 — “Let them make me a sanctuary…”
- Ex 25:9 — “…according to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle…”
B. Ark of the Covenant
- Ex 25:10 — “And they shall make an ark of shittim wood…”
- Ex 25:11 — “…thou shalt overlay it with pure gold…”
- Ex 25:12 — “…cast four rings of gold for it…”
- Ex 25:13 — “…make staves of shittim wood…”
- Ex 25:14 — “…put the staves into the rings…”
- Ex 25:16 — “…thou shalt put into the ark the testimony…”
- Ex 25:17 — “…thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold…”
- Ex 25:18 — “…make two cherubims of gold…”
C. Table of Showbread
- Ex 25:23 — “Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood…”
- Ex 25:24 — “…overlay it with pure gold…”
- Ex 25:25 — “…make unto it a border…”
- Ex 25:29 — “…thou shalt make the dishes thereof…”
- Ex 25:30 — “…thou shalt set upon the table shewbread…”
D. Golden Lampstand (Menorah)
- Ex 25:31 — “Thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold…”
- Ex 25:32 — “…six branches shall come out of the sides…”
- Ex 25:37 — “…they shall light the lamps thereof…”
E. Tabernacle Structure
- Ex 26:1 — “Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains…”
- Ex 26:6 — “…thou shalt make fifty taches of gold…”
- Ex 26:7 — “…thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair…”
- Ex 26:14 — “…thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red… and a covering above of badgers’ skins”
- Ex 26:15 — “…thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle…”
- Ex 26:30 — “…thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion…”
- Ex 26:33 — “…thou shalt hang up the vail…”
- Ex 26:34 — “…thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark…”
F. Altar of Burnt Offering
- Ex 27:1 — “Thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood…”
- Ex 27:2 — “…overlay it with brass…”
- Ex 27:3 — “…thou shalt make his pans, and his shovels…”
- Ex 27:4 — “…a grate of network of brass…”
- Ex 27:6 — “…thou shalt make staves for the altar…”
G. Court of the Tabernacle
- Ex 27:9 — “Thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle…”
- Ex 27:10 — “the pillars of the court… and their sockets”
- Ex 27:16 — “…the gate of the court shall be an hanging…”
- Ex 27:17 — “their hooks shall be of silver, and their fillets of silver”
H. Oil for the Lamp
- Ex 27:20 — “…command the children of Israel, that they bring pure oil olive…”
- Ex 27:21 — “…Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning…”
I. Priestly Garments (Physical Items Only)
(Not the priestly laws — only the construction commands.)
- Ex 28:4 — “…these are the garments which they shall make…”
- Ex 28:6 — “…they shall make the ephod of gold…”
- Ex 28:8 — “…the curious girdle…”
- Ex 28:15 — “…thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment…”
- Ex 28:31 — “…thou shalt make the robe of the ephod…”
- Ex 28:36 — “…thou shalt make a plate of pure gold…”
J. Altar of Incense
- Ex 30:1 — “Thou shalt make an altar to burn incense…”
- Ex 30:3 — “…overlay it with pure gold…”
- Ex 30:6 — “…thou shalt put it before the vail…”
K. Bronze Laver
- Ex 30:18 — “Thou shalt also make a laver of brass…”
- Ex 30:19 — “…Aaron and his sons shall wash…”
L. Holy Anointing Oil
- Ex 30:23 — “…take thou also unto thee principal spices…”
- Ex 30:25 — “…thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment…”
M. Incense Formula
- Ex 30:34 — “…take unto thee sweet spices…”
- Ex 30:35 — “…thou shalt make it a perfume…”
V. The Daily Requirements are Requirements that Torah commands that activate on an ordinary, non‑Sabbath, non‑festival day.
Example Deut 7:11 11″Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them”.
A. Daily Covenant Obedience
- Deut 7:11 — “Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments… which I command thee this day, to do them.”
- Deut 10:12 — “What doth the LORD thy God require of thee… to walk in all his ways…”
- Deut 11:22 — “If ye shall diligently keep all these commandments… to walk in all his ways…”
B. Daily Love & Loyalty to God
- Deut 6:5 — “Thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart…”
- Deut 10:20 — “Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve…”
C. Daily Remembrance & Words
- Deut 6:6 — “These words… shall be in thine heart.”
- Deut 6:7 — “…thou shalt teach them diligently… when thou sittest… walkest… liest down… risest up.”
- Deut 11:18 — “…lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul…”
D. Daily Symbols of Covenant Identity
- Deut 6:8 — “Bind them for a sign upon thine hand…”
- Deut 6:9 — “Write them upon the posts of thy house…”
- Num 15:39 — “…ye shall look upon the fringe, and remember all the commandments…”
E. Daily Ethical Conduct
- Lev 19:13 — “Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour…”
- Lev 19:14 — “Thou shalt not curse the deaf…”
- Lev 19:15 — “Thou shalt do no unrighteousness in judgment…”
- Lev 19:16 — “Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer…”
- Lev 19:17 — “Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart…”
- Lev 19:18 — “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself…”
F. Daily Honesty & Integrity
- Lev 19:35 — “Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight…”
- Lev 19:36 — “Just balances, just weights… shall ye have.”
G. Daily Purity Maintenance
- Lev 15:31 — “Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness…”
- Lev 11:43 — “Ye shall not make yourselves abominable…”
- Lev 11:44 — “Sanctify yourselves… be ye holy…”
H. Daily Food Requirements (Eat Kosher)
1. Basic Rule for Meat
- Lev 11:3 — “Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud… that shall ye eat.”
Summary for students:
- Clean animals: more than 10 listed
- Unclean animals: more than 20 listed → See Division VIII: Kosher Dietary Laws — “Meats” section (Full list of species: more than 30 total)
2. Basic Rule for Fish
- Lev 11:9 — “These shall ye eat… whatsoever hath fins and scales…”
Summary for students:
- Clean fish: more than 20 listed
- Unclean fish: more than 20 implied (all without fins/scales) → See Division VIII: Kosher Dietary Laws — “Fish” section (Full list: more than 40 total when counted by species groups)
Full species lists are located under Division VIII (Kosher Dietary Laws). Daily Requirements only summarize the basic rules and species counts.
3. Daily Blood Prohibition
- Lev 17:10 — “No soul… shall eat blood…”
4. Daily Carcass / Terefah Rule
- Lev 17:15 — “He that eateth of that which died of itself… shall wash his clothes…”
5. Daily Fat Prohibition
- Lev 3:17 — “Ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.”
6. Daily Separation of Meat & Milk
- Ex 23:19 — “Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.”
- Ex 34:26 — “Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.”
- Deut 14:21 — “Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.”
(Three separate commands — counted individually.)
Daily Food Requirement Count (for this section only): 7 laws
But these 7 laws point to:
- 30+ meat species laws
- 40+ fish species laws
- 50+ creeping‑thing laws
- 50+ contamination laws
- 20+ vessel‑purity laws
- 10+ blood/fat laws
Which is why breakfast alone can trigger 300+ Torah compliance points.
I. Daily Household Boundaries
- Deut 22:8 — “When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement…”
- Deut 23:12 — “Thou shalt have a place also without the camp…”
- Deut 23:13 — “…thou shalt have a paddle… and shalt cover that which cometh from thee.”
J. Daily Justice & Fairness
- Deut 24:14 — “Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant…”
- Deut 24:15 — “At his day thou shalt give him his hire…”
K. Daily Compassion
- Deut 22:1 — “Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox… and hide thyself…”
- Deut 22:2 — “…thou shalt restore it to him again.”
- Deut 22:3 — “…thou mayest not hide thyself.”
L. Daily Speech Requirements
- Ex 23:1 — “Thou shalt not raise a false report…”
- Ex 23:2 — “Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil…”
M. Daily Work & Labor
- Ex 20:9 — “Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work…”
Total Daily Requirements: 40–500
VI. The Daily Prohibitions
Example Lev 19:11 “Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.”
(Commands forbidding actions on an ordinary, non‑Sabbath, non‑festival day)
A. Prohibitions Against Idolatry & False Worship
- Ex 20:3 — “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
- Ex 20:4 — “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image…”
- Ex 20:5 — “Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them…”
- Deut 12:30 — “Take heed… that thou be not snared by following them…”
B. Prohibitions Against Misusing God’s Name
- Ex 20:7 — “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain.”
- Lev 19:12 — “Ye shall not swear by my name falsely…”
C. Prohibitions Against Injustice
- Lev 19:15 — “Thou shalt not respect the person of the poor…”
- Deut 16:19 — “Thou shalt not wrest judgment…”
- Deut 24:17 — “Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger…”
D. Prohibitions Against Oppression
- Ex 22:21 — “Thou shalt neither vex a stranger…”
- Ex 22:22 — “Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.”
- Lev 25:17 — “Ye shall not oppress one another…”
E. Prohibitions Against Theft & Dishonesty
- Lev 19:11 — “Ye shall not steal…”
- Lev 19:11 — “…neither deal falsely…”
- Lev 19:11 — “…neither lie one to another.”
- Lev 19:13 — “Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour…”
- Deut 25:14 — “Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures…”
F. Prohibitions Against Harmful Speech
- Lev 19:16 — “Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer…”
- Ex 23:1 — “Thou shalt not raise a false report…”
- Ex 23:2 — “Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil…”
G. Prohibitions Against Hatred & Vengeance
- Lev 19:17 — “Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart…”
- Lev 19:18 — “Thou shalt not avenge…”
- Lev 19:18 — “…nor bear any grudge…”
H. Prohibitions Against Sexual Immorality
(Daily moral prohibitions — not the full sexual‑law division.)
- Lev 18:20 — “Thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife…”
- Lev 18:22 — “Thou shalt not lie with mankind…”
- Lev 18:23 — “Neither shalt thou lie with any beast…”
I. Prohibitions Against Unclean Practices
- Lev 11:43 — “Ye shall not make yourselves abominable…”
- Lev 11:44 — “Neither shall ye defile yourselves…”
- Lev 15:31 — “Thus shall ye separate… from their uncleanness…”
J. Prohibitions Against Cruelty
- Deut 22:6 — “Thou shalt not take the dam with the young.”
- Deut 25:4 — “Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.”
K. Prohibitions Against Coveting
- Ex 20:17 — “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house…”
- Ex 20:17 — “…thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife…”
Total Daily Prohibitions: 40–60
(Depending on how granular you treat speech‑ethics‑purity prohibitions.)
VII. The Separation Laws
(Commands requiring Israel to remain distinct from the nations and their practices)
Example Lev 20:26 “I am the LORD… and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.”
A. Separation From Other Peoples
- Lev 20:26 — “I… have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.”
- Lev 20:24 — “I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.”
B. Separation From Idolatrous Nations
- Deut 7:2 — “Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them.”
- Deut 7:3 — “Neither shalt thou make marriages with them…”
- Deut 7:4 — “For they will turn away thy son from following me…”
- Deut 7:5 — “Ye shall destroy their altars… break down their images… cut down their groves… burn their graven images…”
- Deut 7:16 — “Thine eye shall have no pity upon them…”
- Deut 7:25 — “Thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them…”
- Deut 7:26 — “Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house…”
C. Separation From Pagan Worship Practices
- Deut 12:2 — “Ye shall utterly destroy all the places… wherein the nations served their gods.”
- Deut 12:3 — “Ye shall overthrow their altars… break their pillars… burn their groves…”
- Deut 12:30 — “Take heed… that thou be not snared by following them…”
- Deut 12:31 — “Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God…”
D. Separation From Pagan Customs
- Lev 18:3 — “After the doings of the land of Egypt… and of Canaan… shall ye not do.”
- Lev 18:24 — “Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things…”
- Lev 18:30 — “Keep mine ordinance… that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs…”
E. Separation From Occult Practices
- Deut 18:10 — “There shall not be found among you any… that useth divination…”
- Deut 18:11 — “Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits…”
- Deut 18:12 — “For all that do these things are an abomination…”
F. Separation From Mixed Worship
- Ex 23:13 — “Make no mention of the name of other gods…”
- Ex 23:24 — “Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them…”
- Ex 23:32 — “Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.”
- Ex 23:33 — “They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me…”
G. Separation Through Holiness
- Lev 11:44 — “Ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves…”
- Lev 11:45 — “Ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.”
- Lev 19:2 — “Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.”
H. Separation Through Dietary Distinction
(Not the full Kosher list — only the separation principle.)
- Lev 20:25 — “Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean…”
- Lev 11:47 — “To make a difference between the unclean and the clean…”
I. Separation From Mixed Agriculture & Mixtures
(Identity‑marker separation, not agricultural division.)
- Lev 19:19 — “Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind…”
- Lev 19:19 — “Thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed…”
Total Separation Laws: 20–25
(Depending on how granular you treat repeated altar‑destruction and mixture commands.)
VIII. Kosher Dietary Laws
Example Lev 11:46–47 “To make a difference between the unclean and the clean…”
A. Clean & Unclean Land Animals (Beasts)
Basic Rule
- Lev 11:3 — “Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud… that shall ye eat.”
Unclean Land Animals
- Lev 11:4 — “The camel… because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof…”
- Lev 11:5 — “The coney… because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof…”
- Lev 11:6 — “The hare… because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof…”
- Lev 11:7 — “The swine… though he divide the hoof… yet he cheweth not the cud…”
Carcass Prohibition
- Lev 11:8 — “Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch…”
Species Count for Students:
- Clean land animals: more than 10
- Unclean land animals: more than 20 → Full list under Division VIII — “Meats”
B. Clean & Unclean Sea Creatures (Fish)
Basic Rule
- Lev 11:9 — “These shall ye eat… whatsoever hath fins and scales…”
Unclean Sea Creatures
- Lev 11:10 — “All that have not fins and scales… they shall be an abomination…”
Species Count for Students:
- Clean fish: more than 20
- Unclean fish: more than 20 → Full list under Division VIII — “Fish”
C. Clean & Unclean Birds
Unclean Birds (Listed Individually)
- Lev 11:13–19 — “The eagle… the ossifrage… the osprey… the vulture… the kite… the raven… the owl… the nighthawk… the cuckow… the hawk… the little owl… the cormorant… the great owl… the swan… the pelican… the gier eagle… the stork… the heron… the lapwing… the bat.”
Species Count for Students:
- Unclean birds: more than 20
- Clean birds: all not listed → Full list under Division VIII — “Birds”
D. Clean & Unclean Insects
Clean Insects
- Lev 11:22 — “Even these… the locust… the bald locust… the beetle… the grasshopper…”
Unclean Insects
- Lev 11:20 — “All fowls that creep… shall be an abomination…”
Species Count for Students:
- Clean insects: 4
- Unclean insects: dozens → Full list under Division VIII — “Insects”
E. Creeping Things (Always Unclean)
- Lev 11:29–30 — “The weasel… the mouse… the tortoise… the ferret… the chameleon… the lizard… the snail… the mole…”
- Lev 11:41 — “Every creeping thing… shall be an abomination.”
- Lev 11:42 — “Whatsoever goeth upon the belly… or hath many feet… ye shall not eat…”
Species Count: more than 50 → Full list under Division VIII — “Creeping Things”
F. Carcass & Touch Contamination
- Lev 11:24 — “Whosoever toucheth the carcass… shall be unclean until the even.”
- Lev 11:25 — “Whosoever beareth ought of the carcass… shall wash his clothes…”
- Lev 11:27 — “Whoso toucheth their carcass… shall be unclean…”
- Lev 11:31 — “Whosoever doth touch them… shall be unclean…”
G. Vessel Contamination Laws
- Lev 11:32 — “Upon whatsoever any of them… doth fall… it shall be unclean…”
- Lev 11:33 — “Every earthen vessel… whatsoever is in it shall be unclean… and ye shall break it.”
- Lev 11:34 — “Of all meat which may be eaten… if any water be put upon it… it shall be unclean.”
- Lev 11:35 — “Oven or ranges… shall be broken down… they are unclean.”
- Lev 11:36 — “A fountain or pit… shall be clean…”
- Lev 11:37 — “If any part of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed… it shall be clean.”
- Lev 11:38 — “But if water be put upon the seed… it shall be unclean.”
H. Fat & Blood Prohibitions
- Lev 3:17 — “Ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.”
- Lev 7:23 — “Ye shall eat no manner of fat…”
- Lev 7:26 — “Ye shall eat no manner of blood…”
I. Meat Torn or Dead of Itself
- Ex 22:31 — “Ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts…”
- Lev 17:15 — “He that eateth that which died of itself… shall wash his clothes…”
J. Milk & Meat Separation
- Ex 23:19 — “Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.”
- Ex 34:26 — “Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.”
- Deut 14:21 — “Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.”
(Three separate commands.)
K. Summary Command
- Lev 11:46–47 — “To make a difference between the unclean and the clean…”
Total Kosher Dietary Laws: 120–150
(Depending on how granular you treat species lists and contamination clauses.)
IX. Sin Offering Laws
Example. Lev 4:27–28 “If any one of the common people sin…”
A. Definition of the Sin (Common People)
- Lev 4:2 — “…if a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments…”
- Lev 4:27 — “If any one of the common people sin through ignorance…”
B. What the Common Person Must Bring
- Lev 4:28 — “He shall bring his offering… a female goat without blemish…”
- Lev 4:32 — “If he bring a lamb for a sin offering… a female without blemish…”
(These are the only two options given for common people.)
C. What the Common Person Must Do
- Lev 4:29 — “He shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering…”
- Lev 4:33 — “He shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering…”
(Two verses, same action — counted separately.)
D. What the Priest Does (NOT listed here)
You are correct: All priestly actions (sprinkling, blood application, burning, eating, disposal) belong in:
- Division II — High Priest Laws
- Division III — Levitical Priesthood Laws
- Division IX — Sin Offering Laws (Priestly Procedures)
So we do not repeat them here.
E. What the Common Person Receives
- Lev 4:31 — “The priest shall make an atonement for him… and it shall be forgiven him.”
- Lev 4:35 — “The priest shall make an atonement for his sin… and it shall be forgiven him.”
(These are the only two forgiveness clauses for common people.)
Total Sin‑Offering Laws for Common People: 6
(Exactly six distinct commands apply to the people themselves.)
Breakdown:
- Definition of sin: 2
- What they must bring: 2
- What they must do: 2
- What they receive: 2
(Lev 4:29 and 4:33 are separate commands because they apply to different animals.)
This is the true, jurisdiction‑specific count for common people.
X. Clothing Laws
Example Deut 22:11 “Thou shalt not wear…wool and linen together”
A. Tassels / Fringes (Identity Marker)
- Num 15:38 — “Bid them… that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments…”
- Num 15:39 — “It shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it…”
- Deut 22:12 — “Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture…”
B. Prohibition of Mixed Fabrics
- Lev 19:19 — “Thou shalt not… wear a garment mingled of linen and woolen.”
- Deut 22:11 — “Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.”
C. Prohibition of Cross‑Dressing
- Deut 22:5 — “The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man… neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment…”
D. Priestly Garments (Physical Construction Only)
(These are clothing‑construction commands, not priestly‑service laws.)
- Ex 28:4 — “These are the garments which they shall make…”
- Ex 28:6 — “They shall make the ephod of gold…”
- Ex 28:8 — “The curious girdle…”
- Ex 28:15 — “Thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment…”
- Ex 28:31 — “Thou shalt make the robe of the ephod…”
- Ex 28:36 — “Thou shalt make a plate of pure gold…”
- Ex 28:39 — “Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen…”
- Ex 28:40 — “For Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats… girdles… bonnets…”
(These belong here because they are clothing‑construction laws, not priestly‑ritual laws.)
E. Priestly Linen Requirements
- Lev 6:10 — “The priest shall put on his linen garment…”
- Lev 16:4 — “He shall put on the holy linen coat… linen breeches… linen girdle… linen mitre…”
(Again: clothing items only — the ritual actions belong in other divisions.)
F. Prohibition of Tearing Holy Garments
- Lev 21:10 — “The priest… shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes.”
(This is a clothing‑law restriction, not a ritual law.)
Total Clothing Laws: 15–20
(Depending on how granular you treat individual priestly garment components.)
XI. Educational Laws
Example. Deut 6:7 “…thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children…when thou sittest… when thou walkest… when thou liest down… when thou risest up.”
A. Teach the Commandments to Children
- Deut 6:7 — “Thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children…”
- Deut 11:19 — “Ye shall teach them your children…”
B. Speak of the Commandments Daily
- Deut 6:7 — “…when thou sittest… walkest… liest down… risest up.”
- Deut 11:19 — “…when thou sittest… walkest… liest down… risest up.”
C. Keep the Words in the Heart
- Deut 6:6 — “These words… shall be in thine heart.”
- Deut 11:18 — “Lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul…”
D. Bind the Words as Signs
- Deut 6:8 — “Bind them for a sign upon thine hand…”
- Deut 11:18 — “…as frontlets between your eyes.”
E. Write the Words on the House
- Deut 6:9 — “Write them upon the posts of thy house…”
- Deut 11:20 — “Write them upon the door posts of thine house…”
F. Public Reading of the Law
- Deut 31:11 — “Thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.”
- Deut 31:12 — “Gather the people together… that they may hear… and learn…”
- Deut 31:13 — “Their children… may hear, and learn to fear the LORD…”
G. The King Must Write a Copy of the Law
- Deut 17:18 — “He shall write him a copy of this law in a book…”
- Deut 17:19 — “He shall read therein all the days of his life…”
H. Moses’ Command to Teach the Song
- Deut 31:19 — “Write ye this song… teach it the children of Israel…”
- Deut 31:22 — “Moses wrote this song… and taught it…”
I. Levites Must Keep the Law Beside the Ark
- Deut 31:26 — “Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark…”
Total Educational Laws: 15–20
(Depending on how granular you treat repeated “teach,” “write,” and “bind” commands.)
XII. Civil Justice Laws
(Commands governing fairness, restitution, liability, damages, and judicial equity)
Example. Exodus 23:6
“Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.”
A. Do Not Pervert Justice
- Ex 23:6 — “Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.”
- Lev 19:15 — “Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment…”
- Deut 16:19 — “Thou shalt not wrest judgment…”
- Deut 24:17 — “Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger…”
B. Do Not Take Bribes
- Ex 23:8 — “Thou shalt take no gift… for a gift blindeth the wise…”
- Deut 16:19 — “…neither take a gift…”
C. Equal Justice for All
- Lev 19:15 — “Thou shalt not respect the person of the poor… nor honor the person of the mighty.”
- Deut 1:17 — “Ye shall not respect persons in judgment… ye shall hear the small as well as the great.”
D. Judges Must Judge Righteously
- Deut 16:18 — “Judges and officers shalt thou make… and they shall judge the people with just judgment.”
- Deut 1:16 — “Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously…”
E. Restitution for Theft
- Ex 22:1 — “If a man shall steal an ox… he shall restore five oxen…”
- Ex 22:4 — “If the theft be certainly found… he shall restore double.”
- Ex 22:7 — “If a man deliver unto his neighbour money… and it be stolen… the thief… shall pay double.”
F. Liability for Damage
- Ex 21:28 — “If an ox gore a man… the ox shall be stoned…”
- Ex 21:29 — “If the ox were wont to push… and he hath not kept him in…”
- Ex 21:33 — “If a man shall open a pit… and not cover it…”
- Ex 21:35 — “If one man’s ox hurt another’s… they shall sell the live ox… and divide the money…”
G. Property Protection
- Ex 22:5 — “If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten… he shall make restitution…”
- Ex 22:6 — “If fire break out… he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.”
H. Safekeeping & Trust Laws
- Ex 22:10 — “If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass… to keep…”
- Ex 22:11 — “An oath of the LORD shall be between them both…”
- Ex 22:12 — “If it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution…”
I. Borrowing & Lending Liability
- Ex 22:14 — “If a man borrow ought of his neighbour… and it be hurt… he shall surely make it good.”
- Ex 22:15 — “If it be a hired thing, it came for his hire.”
J. Witness Requirements
- Deut 19:15 — “At the mouth of two witnesses… shall the matter be established.”
- Deut 19:16 — “If a false witness rise up…”
- Deut 19:18 — “The judges shall make diligent inquisition…”
K. Penalty for False Witness
- Deut 19:19 — “Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother.”
Total Civil Justice Laws: 30–40
(Depending on how granular you treat restitution, liability, and witness clauses.)
XIII Sabbath Laws
Example. Numbers 15:32–35
“…the man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day… the congregation shall stone him with stones…”
A. The Command to Rest
- Ex 20:10 — “The seventh day is the sabbath… in it thou shalt not do any work…”
- Ex 23:12 — “Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest…”
- Ex 31:15 — “Six days may work be done… but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest…”
B. No Work by Anyone in the Household
- Deut 5:14 — “Thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant… nor thine ox, nor thine ass…”
- Ex 20:10 — “…nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates…”
C. No Kindling of Fire
- Ex 35:3 — “Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.”
D. No Gathering or Preparing Food
- Ex 16:23 — “Bake that which ye will bake today… and that which remaineth… keep until the morning.”
- Ex 16:26 — “Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day… there shall be none.”
E. No Traveling Beyond the Boundary
- Ex 16:29 — “Let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.”
F. The Sabbath as a Sign
- Ex 31:13 — “Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you…”
- Ex 31:17 — “It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever…”
G. Penalty for Sabbath Violation
- Ex 31:14 — “Every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death…”
- Ex 31:15 — “…whosoever doeth any work… shall surely be put to death.”
H. Example Case: The Man Gathering Sticks
(Your chosen example — placed exactly where you want it.)
- Num 15:32–35 — “…the man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day… the congregation shall stone him with stones…”
Total Sabbath Laws: 10–12
(Depending on how granular you treat the “no work” clauses.)
XIV. Passover Laws
Example. Leviticus 23:5
The 14th day of the first month.
A. The Date of Passover
- Ex 12:6 — “Ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month…”
- Lev 23:5 — “In the fourteenth day… is the LORD’s passover.”
- Num 9:2 — “Let the children of Israel keep the passover at his appointed season.”
B. The Passover Lamb Requirements
- Ex 12:3 — “They shall take to them every man a lamb…”
- Ex 12:5 — “Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year…”
- Ex 12:46 — “Neither shall ye break a bone thereof.”
C. Household Participation
- Ex 12:4 — “If the household be too little for the lamb… let him and his neighbour… take it…”
D. Blood Application (Temple‑Era Only)
- Ex 12:7 — “They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts…”
- Ex 12:22 — “Ye shall take a bunch of hyssop… dip it in the blood… strike the lintel…”
(This is the original Exodus command; later generations must bring the lamb to the sanctuary.)
E. Eating Requirements
- Ex 12:8 — “They shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire…”
- Ex 12:9 — “Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water…”
- Ex 12:10 — “Ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning…”
- Ex 12:11 — “Thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded…”
F. No Leaven During Passover
- Ex 12:15 — “Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread…”
- Ex 12:19 — “Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses…”
- Ex 13:7 — “Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days…”
G. No Work on the First and Seventh Days
- Ex 12:16 — “In the first day… and in the seventh day… no manner of work shall be done…”
H. Location Requirement (Temple‑Era Forward)
- Deut 16:5 — “Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates…”
- Deut 16:6 — “But at the place which the LORD shall choose… thou shalt sacrifice the passover…”
(This is the jurisdictional shift: Passover becomes Temple‑dependent.)
I. Night‑Time Eating Requirement
- Deut 16:7 — “Thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD shall choose…”
J. No Bone Breaking
- Ex 12:46 — “Neither shall ye break a bone thereof.”
- Num 9:12 — “They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it…”
K. Who May NOT Eat Passover
- Ex 12:43 — “There shall no stranger eat thereof.”
- Ex 12:45 — “A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.”
L. Who MAY Eat Passover (Only After Circumcision)
- Ex 12:48 — “When a stranger… will keep the passover… let all his males be circumcised…”
- Ex 12:49 — “One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger…”
M. Penalty for Not Keeping Passover (Israelites Only)
- Num 9:13 — “The man that is clean… and forbeareth to keep the passover… that soul shall be cut off…”
N. Second Passover (Pesach Sheni)
- Num 9:10 — “If any man… be unclean by reason of a dead body…”
- Num 9:11 — “The fourteenth day of the second month… they shall keep it…”
- Num 9:12 — “They shall leave none of it unto the morning… nor break any bone…”
Total Passover Laws: 30–40
(Depending on how granular you treat eating, timing, and eligibility clauses.)
XV. Unleavened Bread Laws
Example. Leviticus 23:6–8
Seven‑day feast beginning on the 15th day; first and seventh days are holy convocations.
A. The Dates of Unleavened Bread
- Ex 12:15 — “Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread…”
- Ex 12:18 — “In the first month… from the fourteenth day… until the one and twentieth day…”
- Lev 23:6 — “On the fifteenth day… is the feast of unleavened bread… seven days…”
B. Eat Unleavened Bread for Seven Days
- Ex 12:15 — “Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread…”
- Ex 13:6 — “Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread…”
- Lev 23:6 — “Seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.”
C. Remove Leaven From All Houses
- Ex 12:15 — “Whosoever eateth leavened bread… that soul shall be cut off…”
- Ex 12:19 — “Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses…”
- Ex 13:7 — “There shall no leavened bread be seen with thee… neither shall there be leaven seen with thee…”
D. No Leavened Bread May Be Eaten
- Ex 12:20 — “Ye shall eat nothing leavened…”
- Ex 13:3 — “There shall no leavened bread be eaten.”
E. Holy Convocations
- Ex 12:16 — “In the first day… and in the seventh day… shall be an holy convocation…”
- Lev 23:7 — “In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation…”
- Lev 23:8 — “In the seventh day is an holy convocation…”
F. No Work on the First and Seventh Days
- Ex 12:16 — “No manner of work shall be done in them…”
- Lev 23:7 — “Ye shall do no servile work therein.”
- Lev 23:8 — “Ye shall do no servile work therein.”
G. Offerings During Unleavened Bread
(Offering procedures belong to the Offering Divisions; here we list only the requirement.)
- Num 28:17 — “In the fifteenth day… is the feast… seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.”
- Num 28:19 — “Ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire…”
H. Penalty for Eating Leaven
- Ex 12:15 — “That soul shall be cut off from Israel…”
- Ex 12:19 — “That soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel…”
Total Unleavened Bread Laws: 20–25
(Depending on how granular you treat repeated “no leaven” and “holy convocation” clauses.)
XVI. Firstfruits
Example. Leviticus 23:9–14
A. Bring the Firstfruits of the Land
- Ex 23:19 — “The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring…”
- Ex 34:26 — “The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring…”
B. Bring the Firstfruits to the Priest
- Deut 26:2 — “Thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth… and shalt go unto the priest…”
- Deut 26:3 — “Thou shalt go unto the priest… and say unto him…”
C. The Basket Declaration (Land‑Dependent)
- Deut 26:5 — “Thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God…”
- Deut 26:10 — “I have brought the firstfruits of the land…”
- Deut 26:11 — “Thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given thee…”
(This declaration cannot be performed outside the land — it requires inheritance.)
D. The Priest’s Role in Firstfruits
- Deut 26:4 — “The priest shall take the basket… and set it down before the altar…”
- Lev 23:11 — “He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD… to be accepted for you…”
(These are priestly actions but belong here because they define the firstfruits procedure.)
E. The First Sheaf (Omer) Requirement
- Lev 23:10 — “Ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest.”
- Lev 23:11 — “He shall wave the sheaf… on the morrow after the sabbath…”
F. No Eating Until the Firstfruits Are Offered
- Lev 23:14 — “Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears… until ye have brought an offering…”
G. Firstfruits of Oil, Wine, and Wool
- Num 18:12 — “All the best of the oil… wine… wheat… the firstfruits…”
- Num 18:13 — “Whatsoever is first ripe… they shall bring unto the LORD…”
- Deut 18:4 — “The firstfruits also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil… shalt thou give him.”
H. Firstfruits Belong to the Priests
- Num 18:11 — “This is thine… the heave offerings…”
- Num 18:12 — “All the best of the oil… wine… wheat…”
- Num 18:13 — “Every thing that openeth the matrix… every first ripe… shall be thine.”
Total Firstfruits Laws: 20–25
(Depending on how granular you treat the declaration and priestly actions.)
The offering of the first sheaf of the barley harvest.
XVII. Feast of Weeks (Pentecost / Shavuot)
Example. Leviticus 23:15–2 Fifty days after Firstfruits; a holy conv.
A. Count Seven Weeks From Firstfruits
- Lev 23:15 — “Ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath… seven sabbaths shall be complete.”
- Lev 23:16 — “Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days…”
B. Hold a Holy Convocation
- Lev 23:21 — “Ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation…”
- Num 28:26 — “In the day of the firstfruits… ye shall have an holy convocation…”
C. No Servile Work
- Lev 23:21 — “Ye shall do no servile work therein.”
- Num 28:26 — “Ye shall do no servile work…”
D. Bring a New Grain Offering
- Lev 23:16 — “Ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.”
- Lev 23:17 — “Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves… of fine flour… baken with leaven…”
E. Bring Firstfruits of the Wheat Harvest
- Ex 34:22 — “Thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest.”
- Num 28:26 — “In the day of the firstfruits… when ye bring a new meat offering…”
F. Required Offerings for Shavuot
(Offering procedures belong to the Offering Divisions; here we list only the requirements.)
- Lev 23:18 — “Ye shall offer… seven lambs… one young bullock… two rams…”
- Lev 23:19 — “Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering…”
- Lev 23:19 — “…and two lambs… for a sacrifice of peace offerings.”
G. Wave Offerings (Presentation Requirements)
- Lev 23:20 — “The priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits…”
- Lev 23:20 — “They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.”
H. A Statute Forever
- Lev 23:21 — “It shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings…”
Total Feast of Weeks Laws: 15–20
(Depending on how granular you treat the offering components.)
XVIII. Feast of Trumpets
Example. Leviticus 23:23–25 “… blowing trumpets; a holy conv.
A. The Date of the Feast of Trumpets
- Lev 23:24 — “In the seventh month, in the first day of the month…”
- Num 29:1 — “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month…”
B. A Memorial of Blowing
- Lev 23:24 — “…a memorial of blowing of trumpets…”
- Num 29:1 — “…it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.”
C. A Holy Convocation
- Lev 23:24 — “Ye shall have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing…”
- Num 29:1 — “Ye shall have a holy convocation…”
D. No Servile Work
- Lev 23:25 — “Ye shall do no servile work therein.”
- Num 29:1 — “Ye shall do no servile work…”
E. Required Offerings
(Offering procedures belong to the Offering Divisions; here we list only the requirement.)
- Lev 23:25 — “Ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.”
- Num 29:2 — “Ye shall offer a burnt offering…”
- Num 29:3–6 — “And their meat offering… and their drink offerings…”
Total Feast of Trumpets Laws: 10–12
(Depending on how granular you treat the offering components.)
IXX. Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
Example Leviticus 23:26–32 “…blood sprinkled on the mercy seat.”
A. The Date of the Day of Atonement
- Lev 23:27 — “On the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement…”
- Lev 16:29 — “In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month…”
B. A Holy Convocation
- Lev 23:27 — “Ye shall have an holy convocation…”
C. Afflict Your Souls (Fasting)
- Lev 16:29 — “Ye shall afflict your souls…”
- Lev 23:27 — “Ye shall afflict your souls…”
- Lev 23:32 — “…ye shall afflict your souls…”
D. No Work at All
- Lev 16:29 — “…and do no work at all…”
- Lev 23:28 — “Ye shall do no work in that same day…”
- Lev 23:30 — “Whatsoever soul… doeth any work… I will destroy…”
- Lev 23:31 — “Ye shall do no manner of work…”
E. The High Priest Must Wear Special Linen Garments
(Clothing laws belong to Division X, but these are Yom Kippur‑specific requirements.)
- Lev 16:4 — “He shall put on the holy linen coat… linen breeches… linen girdle… linen mitre…”
F. Sin Offerings for the High Priest and the People
(Procedures belong to the Offering Divisions; here we list only the requirements.)
- Lev 16:3 — “With a young bullock for a sin offering…”
- Lev 16:5 — “Two kids of the goats for a sin offering…”
- Lev 16:15 — “He shall kill the goat of the sin offering… for the people…”
G. Blood Application in the Holy of Holies
(This is the core of Yom Kippur.)
- Lev 16:14 — “He shall take of the blood… and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat…”
- Lev 16:15 — “…and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat.”
H. Atonement for the Sanctuary, Tabernacle, and Altar
- Lev 16:16 — “He shall make an atonement for the holy place…”
- Lev 16:18 — “He shall go out unto the altar… and make an atonement for it.”
- Lev 16:20 — “When he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place…”
I. The Scapegoat (Azazel) Procedure
(Again, only the requirements.)
- Lev 16:8 — “Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats…”
- Lev 16:10 — “The goat… shall be presented alive… to make an atonement…”
- Lev 16:21 — “Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat…”
- Lev 16:22 — “The goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities…”
J. Burning of the Sin Offerings Outside the Camp
- Lev 16:27 — “The bullock… and the goat… shall be carried forth… and burnt…”
K. Washing Requirements
- Lev 16:24 — “He shall wash his flesh with water… and put on his garments…”
- Lev 16:26 — “He that let go the goat… shall wash his clothes…”
- Lev 16:28 — “He that burneth them shall wash his clothes…”
L. A Sabbath of Rest
- Lev 16:31 — “It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you…”
- Lev 23:32 — “It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest…”
M. A Statute Forever
- Lev 16:29 — “It shall be a statute for ever…”
- Lev 23:31 — “It shall be a statute for ever…”
N. Penalties
- Lev 23:29 — “Whatsoever soul… shall not be afflicted… shall be cut off…”
- Lev 23:30 — “Whatsoever soul… doeth any work… I will destroy…”
Total Day of Atonement Laws: 35–45
(Depending on how granular you treat the priestly procedures.)
XX. Feast of Tabernacles (Booths / Sukkot)
Example Leviticus 23:33–44 Seven‑day feast with an eighth‑day assembly (Shemini Atzeret).
A. The Dates of the Feast
- Lev 23:34 — “The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles… seven days…”
- Deut 16:13 — “Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days…”
B. First Day: Holy Convocation
- Lev 23:35 — “On the first day shall be an holy convocation…”
- Num 29:12 — “On the fifteenth day… ye shall have an holy convocation…”
C. No Servile Work
- Lev 23:35 — “Ye shall do no servile work therein.”
- Num 29:12 — “Ye shall do no servile work…”
D. Offerings Throughout the Seven Days
(Offering procedures belong to the Offering Divisions; here we list only the requirement.)
- Lev 23:36 — “Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire…”
- Num 29:13–34 — “Ye shall offer a burnt offering… thirteen young bullocks… twelve bullocks… eleven bullocks…” (daily decreasing sequence)
E. The Eighth Day Assembly (Shemini Atzeret)
- Lev 23:36 — “On the eighth day shall be an holy convocation…”
- Lev 23:36 — “It is a solemn assembly…”
- Num 29:35 — “On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly…”
F. No Servile Work on the Eighth Day
- Lev 23:36 — “Ye shall do no servile work therein.”
- Num 29:35 — “Ye shall do no servile work…”
G. Take the Four Species (Lulav & Etrog)
- Lev 23:40 — “Ye shall take… boughs of goodly trees… branches of palm trees… willows of the brook…”
H. Rejoice Before the LORD
- Lev 23:40 — “…and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.”
- Deut 16:14 — “Thou shalt rejoice in thy feast… thou, and thy son, and thy daughter…”
I. Dwell in Booths for Seven Days
- Lev 23:42 — “Ye shall dwell in booths seven days…”
- Lev 23:43 — “That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths…”
J. All Native Israelites Must Dwell in Booths
- Lev 23:42 — “All that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths.”
K. A Statute Forever
- Lev 23:41 — “It shall be a statute for ever in your generations…”
Total Feast of Tabernacles Laws: 20–25
(Depending on how granular you treat the offerings and the four‑species command.)
XXI. Agricultural & Land Laws
Example. Deuteronomy 22:10 “Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
A. Do Not Mix Seeds
- Lev 19:19 — “Thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed.”
- Deut 22:9 — “Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds…”
B. Do Not Plow with Mixed Animals
- Deut 22:10 — “Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.”
C. Leave Gleanings for the Poor
- Lev 19:9 — “Thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field…”
- Lev 19:10 — “Thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger.”
- Lev 23:22 — “Thou shalt not make clean riddance… thou shalt leave them…”
D. Vineyard Gleaning Laws
- Deut 24:21 — “When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward…”
- Lev 19:10 — “Neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard…”
E. Do Not Harvest Trees in Their First Three Years
- Lev 19:23 — “Three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.”
- Lev 19:24 — “In the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy…”
F. Fifth‑Year Produce May Be Eaten
- Lev 19:25 — “In the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof…”
G. Do Not Move Boundary Markers
- Deut 19:14 — “Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark…”
- Deut 27:17 — “Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark.”
H. Harvest Laws for the Stranger, Fatherless, and Widow
- Deut 24:19 — “When thou cuttest down thy harvest… thou shalt not go again to fetch it…”
- Deut 24:20 — “When thou beatest thine olive tree… thou shalt not go over the boughs again…”
I. Do Not Return for Forgotten Sheaves
- Deut 24:19 — “It shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.”
J. Land Must Rest Every Seventh Year (Sabbatical Year)
(Full sabbatical laws appear in their own division; here we list only the agricultural commands.)
- Lev 25:4 — “In the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land…”
- Lev 25:5 — “That which groweth of its own accord… thou shalt not reap…”
K. Jubilee Land Release (Agricultural Component)
(Full Jubilee laws appear in their own division; here we list only the land‑harvest commands.)
- Lev 25:11 — “A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be…”
- Lev 25:12 — “Ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself…”
Total Agricultural & Land Laws: 20–25
(Depending on how granular you treat gleaning and boundary clauses.)
XXII. Wedding Laws
Example Deut 22:14-21 “…tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: Then…the men…shall stone her with stones that she die…”
A. Betrothal & Bride‑Price
- Ex 22:16 — “If a man entice a maid… he shall surely endow her to be his wife.”
- Ex 22:17 — “If her father utterly refuse… he shall pay money according to the dowry…”
B. Taking a Wife
- Deut 24:1 — “When a man hath taken a wife, and married her…”
C. Virginity Proof Laws
- Deut 22:14 — “He… bring up an evil name upon her…”
- Deut 22:15 — “Then shall the father… bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity…”
- Deut 22:17 — “These are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity…”
D. Penalty for False Accusation Against a Bride
- Deut 22:18 — “The elders… shall chastise him.”
- Deut 22:19 — “They shall amerce him in an hundred shekels… and she shall be his wife…”
E. Penalty if the Bride Was Not a Virgin
- Deut 22:20 — “If… tokens of virginity be not found…”
- Deut 22:21 — “Then… the men of her city shall stone her with stones…”
F. Forbidden Marriages
- Lev 18:6–18 — “None of you shall approach… to uncover nakedness…” (incest prohibitions)
- Deut 23:2 — “A bastard shall not enter into the congregation…”
- Deut 23:3 — “An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter…”
- Deut 7:3 — “Neither shalt thou make marriages with them…”
G. Marriage to a Captive Woman (War Context)
- Deut 21:11 — “Thou seest among the captives a beautiful woman…”
- Deut 21:12 — “Thou shalt bring her home… she shall shave her head…”
- Deut 21:13 — “She shall remain in thine house… and after that… thou shalt go in unto her…”
H. Rights of the Firstborn in Polygamous Marriages
- Deut 21:15 — “If a man have two wives…”
- Deut 21:17 — “He shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn…”
I. Duty of a Husband to His Wife
- Ex 21:10 — “Her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.”
J. Newlywed Exemption From War
- Deut 24:5 — “When a man hath taken a new wife… he shall not go out to war… he shall be free at home one year…”
Total Wedding Laws: 20–25
(Depending on how granular you treat incest prohibitions and virginity‑proof clauses.)
XXIII. Kinsman Redeemer Laws (Levirate)
Example. Deut 25:5 “…her husband’s brother shall go in unto her…”
A. Redemption of Land Sold Due to Poverty
- Lev 25:25 — “If thy brother be waxen poor… his kinsman that is near unto him shall come and redeem that which his brother sold.”
- Lev 25:26 — “If the man have none to redeem it… and he be able to redeem it himself…”
- Lev 25:28 — “If he be not able to restore it… it shall remain in the hand of him that bought it until the year of jubilee…”
B. Redemption of a Dwelling in a Walled City
- Lev 25:29 — “If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city… he may redeem it within a whole year…”
- Lev 25:30 — “If it be not redeemed… it shall not go out in the jubilee.”
C. Redemption of a Brother Sold Into Servitude
- Lev 25:47 — “If a sojourner… wax rich… and thy brother… be sold unto the stranger…”
- Lev 25:48 — “After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him.”
- Lev 25:49 — “Either his uncle… or any that is nigh of kin… may redeem him.”
D. Levirate Marriage (Yibbum)
- Deut 25:5 — “If brethren dwell together… and one of them die… her husband’s brother shall go in unto her…”
- Deut 25:6 — “It shall be, that the firstborn… shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead…”
E. Refusal of Levirate Marriage (Chalitzah)
- Deut 25:7 — “If the man like not to take his brother’s wife…”
- Deut 25:8 — “The elders… shall call him…”
- Deut 25:9 — “Then shall his brother’s wife… loose his shoe… and spit in his face…”
- Deut 25:10 — “His name shall be called… The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.”
F. Preservation of Family Name and Inheritance
- Deut 25:6 — “The firstborn… shall succeed in the name of his brother… that his name be not put out of Israel.”
Example Verse (as you requested earlier)
Deuteronomy 25:5 — “…her husband’s brother shall go in unto her…”
Total Kinsman‑Redeemer Laws: 12–15
(Depending on how granular you treat the redemption clauses.)
XXIV. Childbirth Laws
Example. Lev 12:2 “…unclean for seven days…”
A. Impurity After Bearing a Male Child
- Lev 12:2 — “If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child… she shall be unclean seven days.”
- Lev 12:3 — “In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.”
- Lev 12:4 — “She shall then continue… three and thirty days… she shall touch no hallowed thing…”
B. Impurity After Bearing a Female Child
- Lev 12:5 — “If she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks…”
- Lev 12:5 — “…and she shall continue… threescore and six days…”
C. Required Offerings After Childbirth
- Lev 12:6 — “When the days of her purifying are fulfilled… she shall bring a lamb… for a burnt offering… and a young pigeon… for a sin offering.”
- Lev 12:7 — “The priest shall make an atonement for her… and she shall be clean.”
D. Provision for the Poor
- Lev 12:8 — “If she be not able to bring a lamb… then two turtles, or two young pigeons…”
Example (as you requested earlier)
Leviticus 12:2 — “…unclean for seven days…”
Total Childbirth Laws: 6–8
(Depending on how granular you treat the male/female impurity periods and offering clauses.)
XXV. Judicial Procedure Laws
Example. Deut 19:15 “…at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.”
A. Establish Courts and Judges
- Deut 16:18 — “Judges and officers shalt thou make… and they shall judge the people with just judgment.”
- Deut 1:16 — “Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously…”
B. Do Not Pervert Justice
- Deut 16:19 — “Thou shalt not wrest judgment…”
- Ex 23:6 — “Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.”
- Deut 24:17 — “Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger…”
C. Do Not Take Bribes
- Ex 23:8 — “Thou shalt take no gift…”
- Deut 16:19 — “…neither take a gift…”
D. Equal Justice for All
- Deut 1:17 — “Ye shall not respect persons in judgment…”
- Lev 19:15 — “Thou shalt not respect the person of the poor… nor honor the mighty.”
E. Diligent Investigation
- Deut 13:14 — “Thou shalt inquire, and make search, and ask diligently…”
- Deut 17:4 — “If it be told thee… thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently…”
- Deut 19:18 — “The judges shall make diligent inquisition…”
F. Witness Requirements
- Deut 19:15 — “At the mouth of two witnesses… shall the matter be established.”
- Num 35:30 — “Whoso killeth any person… by the mouth of witnesses…”
G. Penalty for False Witness
- Deut 19:16 — “If a false witness rise up…”
- Deut 19:19 — “Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done…”
H. Appeals to the Higher Court (The Central Tribunal)
- Deut 17:8 — “If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment…”
- Deut 17:9 — “Thou shalt come unto the priests… and unto the judge…”
- Deut 17:10 — “Thou shalt do according to the sentence…”
- Deut 17:11 — “Thou shalt not decline… from the sentence…”
I. Penalty for Defying the Court
- Deut 17:12 — “The man that will do presumptuously… not hearken… shall die…”
J. Cities of Refuge Judicial Process
(Only the procedural elements — not the homicide laws themselves.)
- Deut 19:4 — “This is the case of the slayer…”
- Deut 19:5 — “As when a man goeth into the wood…”
- Deut 19:6 — “Lest the avenger of blood pursue…”
- Deut 19:11–12 — “If any man hate his neighbour… the elders… shall send and fetch him…”
Example (as you’ve been using for each division)
Deuteronomy 19:15 — “…at the mouth of two witnesses… shall the matter be established.”
Total Judicial Procedure Laws: 20–30
(Depending on how granular you treat witness, investigation, and appeals clauses.)
XXVI. Sexual Morality Laws
Example — Lev 18:22 “Thou shalt not lie with mankind…”
A. Adultery
- Ex 20:14 — “Thou shalt not commit adultery.”
- Lev 20:10 — “The man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife… shall surely be put to death.”
B. Incest Prohibitions
(All “uncover nakedness” prohibitions)
- Lev 18:6 — “None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin…”
- Lev 18:7 — “The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother…”
- Lev 18:8 — “The nakedness of thy father’s wife…”
- Lev 18:9 — “The nakedness of thy sister…”
- Lev 18:10 — “The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or thy daughter’s daughter…”
- Lev 18:11 — “The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter…”
- Lev 18:12 — “Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister.”
- Lev 18:13 — “Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister.”
- Lev 18:14 — “Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother…”
- Lev 18:15 — “Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter‑in‑law.”
- Lev 18:16 — “Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife.”
- Lev 18:17 — “Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter…”
- Lev 18:18 — “Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister… to uncover her nakedness…”
C. Homosexual Relations
- Lev 18:22 — “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind…”
- Lev 20:13 — “If a man also lie with mankind… they shall surely be put to death.”
D. Bestiality
- Ex 22:19 — “Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.”
- Lev 18:23 — “Neither shalt thou lie with any beast…”
- Lev 20:15 — “If a man lie with a beast…”
- Lev 20:16 — “If a woman approach unto any beast…”
E. Sexual Relations During Menstrual Impurity
- Lev 18:19 — “Thou shalt not approach unto a woman… as long as she is put apart…”
- Lev 20:18 — “If a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness…”
F. Prostitution & Cult Prostitution
- Lev 19:29 — “Do not prostitute thy daughter…”
- Deut 23:17 — “There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.”
- Deut 23:18 — “Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore… into the house of the LORD…”
G. Rape & Forced Sexual Acts
(Only the sexual‑morality components — civil penalties appear in other divisions.)
- Deut 22:25 — “If a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her…”
- Deut 22:26 — “Unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing…”
- Deut 22:28 — “If a man find a damsel that is a virgin… and lay hold on her…”
H. Forbidden Sexual Practices of the Nations
- Lev 18:3 — “After the doings of the land of Egypt… and of Canaan… shall ye not do.”
- Lev 18:24 — “Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things…”
Example (as you’ve been using for each division)
Leviticus 18:22 — “Thou shalt not lie with mankind…”
Total Sexual Morality Laws: 30–40
(Depending on how granular you treat the incest clauses.)
XXVII. Kingship Laws
Example. Deut 17:16 “…he shall not multiply horses to himself…”
A. The King Must Be Chosen by God
- Deut 17:15 — “Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose…”
B. The King Must Be an Israelite
- Deut 17:15 — “One from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee… thou mayest not set a stranger over thee…”
C. The King Must Not Multiply Horses
- Deut 17:16 — “He shall not multiply horses to himself…”
D. The King Must Not Return the People to Egypt
- Deut 17:16 — “…nor cause the people to return to Egypt… forasmuch as the LORD hath said… Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.”
E. The King Must Not Multiply Wives
- Deut 17:17 — “Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away…”
F. The King Must Not Multiply Silver and Gold
- Deut 17:17 — “Neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.”
G. The King Must Write a Copy of the Torah
- Deut 17:18 — “He shall write him a copy of this law in a book… out of that which is before the priests the Levites.”
H. The King Must Read the Torah Daily
- Deut 17:19 — “It shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life…”
I. Purpose of the King’s Torah Reading
- Deut 17:19 — “…that he may learn to fear the LORD his God… to keep all the words of this law…”
J. The King Must Not Lift Himself Above His Brethren
- Deut 17:20 — “That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren…”
K. The King Must Not Turn Aside From the Commandments
- Deut 17:20 — “…that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left…”
L. Promise of Longevity for Obedient Kings
- Deut 17:20 — “…to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom…”
Example Verse (as you’ve been using for each division)
Deuteronomy 17:16 — “…he shall not multiply horses to himself…”
Total Kingship Laws: 10–12
(Depending on how granular you treat the Torah‑copying and Torah‑reading clauses.)
XXVIII. Warfare Laws (Non‑Canaanite)
Example. Deut 20:10
“When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.”
A. Offer Peace Before Attacking
- Deut 20:10 — “When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.”
B. Terms of Peace
- Deut 20:11 — “If it make thee answer of peace… they shall be tributaries unto thee, and serve thee.”
C. If Peace Is Refused
- Deut 20:12 — “If it will make no peace… thou shalt besiege it.”
D. Treatment of Men in a Captured City
- Deut 20:13 — “Thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword.”
E. Treatment of Women, Children, and Livestock
- Deut 20:14 — “The women, and the little ones… and all that is in the city… shalt thou take unto thyself…”
F. Apply These Rules Only to Distant Cities
- Deut 20:15 — “Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee…”
G. Do Not Destroy Fruit Trees in War
- Deut 20:19 — “Thou shalt not destroy the trees… for thou mayest eat of them…”
H. You May Cut Down Non‑Fruit Trees
- Deut 20:20 — “Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat… thou shalt cut them down…”
I. Treatment of Captive Women (Non‑Canaanite)
(Only the warfare‑context marriage laws.)
- Deut 21:11 — “Thou seest among the captives a beautiful woman…”
- Deut 21:12 — “Thou shalt bring her home… she shall shave her head…”
- Deut 21:13 — “She shall remain in thine house… and after that… thou shalt go in unto her…”
J. Release of the Captive Woman if Unwanted
- Deut 21:14 — “If thou have no delight in her… thou shalt let her go whither she will…”
K. Purity of the Camp During War
- Deut 23:9 — “When the host goeth forth… keep thee from every wicked thing.”
L. Sanitation in the Camp
- Deut 23:12 — “Thou shalt have a place also without the camp…”
- Deut 23:13 — “Thou shalt have a paddle… and shalt cover that which cometh from thee.”
Example Verse (as you’ve been using for each division)
Deuteronomy 20:10 — “…then proclaim peace unto it.”
Total Warfare Laws (Non‑Canaanite): 15–20
(Depending on how granular you treat the captive‑woman and tree‑protection clauses.)
IXXX. Compassion & Social Care Laws
Example. Deuteronomy 22:4 “Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them…”
A. Help Your Brother’s Animal in Distress
- Ex 23:5 — “If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden… thou shalt surely help…”
- Deut 22:4 — “Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down… and hide thyself… thou shalt surely help him…”
B. Return Lost Property
- Deut 22:1 — “Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray… thou shalt in any case bring them again…”
- Deut 22:2 — “If thy brother be not nigh… thou shalt bring it unto thine own house… and restore it…”
C. Care for the Stranger, Fatherless, and Widow
- Ex 22:22 — “Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.”
- Deut 24:17 — “Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless…”
- Deut 24:19 — “It shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.”
D. Do Not Oppress the Stranger
- Ex 22:21 — “Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him…”
- Lev 19:34 — “The stranger… shall be unto you as one born among you…”
E. Leave Gleanings for the Poor
(Agricultural laws appear in their own division; here are the compassion‑based commands.)
- Lev 19:9 — “Thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field…”
- Lev 19:10 — “Thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger.”
F. Pay Workers Fairly and Promptly
- Lev 19:13 — “The wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.”
- Deut 24:14 — “Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant…”
- Deut 24:15 — “At his day thou shalt give him his hire…”
G. Do Not Take Millstones or Essential Tools as Pledges
- Deut 24:6 — “No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge…”
H. Do Not Take a Widow’s Garment as Pledge
- Deut 24:17 — “Thou shalt not take a widow’s raiment to pledge.”
I. Return a Poor Man’s Pledge Before Sunset
- Deut 24:12 — “If the man be poor… thou shalt not sleep with his pledge.”
- Deut 24:13 — “Thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down…”
J. Do Not Oppress the Poor
- Ex 22:25 — “If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor… thou shalt not be to him as an usurer…”
K. Do Not Curse the Deaf or Trip the Blind
- Lev 19:14 — “Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind…”
L. Release Servants With Generosity
- Deut 15:13 — “When thou sendest him out free… thou shalt not let him go away empty.”
- Deut 15:14 — “Thou shalt furnish him liberally…”
M. Lend Freely to the Needy
- Deut 15:7 — “Thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother.”
- Deut 15:8 — “Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him…”
Example Verse (as you’ve been using for each division)
Deuteronomy 22:4 — “…thou shalt surely help him…”
Total Compassion & Social Care Laws: 20–30
(Depending on how granular you treat pledge‑return and gleaning clauses.)
XXX. Vow & Oath Laws
Example. Numbers 30:2 “If a man vow a vow unto the LORD… he shall not break his word…”
A. Keep Every Vow You Make
- Num 30:2 — “If a man vow a vow unto the LORD… he shall not break his word…”
B. A Woman’s Vows Under Her Father’s Authority
- Num 30:3 — “If a woman… being in her father’s house… vow a vow…”
- Num 30:5 — “If her father disallow her… the LORD shall forgive her.”
C. A Married Woman’s Vows Under Her Husband’s Authority
- Num 30:6 — “If she had at all an husband… and she vowed…”
- Num 30:8 — “If her husband disallowed her… the LORD shall forgive her.”
D. A Widow or Divorced Woman’s Vows
- Num 30:9 — “Every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced… shall stand against her.”
E. Husband’s Authority to Confirm or Void Vows
- Num 30:13 — “Every vow… her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.”
F. Annulment Must Be Immediate
- Num 30:14 — “If her husband altogether hold his peace… then he establisheth all her vows.”
G. The LORD Requires Fulfillment of All Binding Oaths
- Deut 23:21 — “When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD… thou shalt not slack to pay it…”
- Deut 23:23 — “That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform…”
H. Voluntary Vows Are Still Binding
- Deut 23:22 — “If thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.”
Example Verse (as you’ve been using for each division)
Numbers 30:2 — “…he shall not break his word…”
Total Vow & Oath Laws: 10–12
(Depending on how granular you treat the annulment clauses.)
XXXI Law on premarital sex
Example. Deut 22:28-29 “…the man…shall give the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife…”
A. If a Man Sleeps With an Unbetrothed Virgin
- Deut 22:28 — “If a man find a damsel that is a virgin… and lay hold on her, and they be found…”
B. He Must Pay the Bride‑Price
- Deut 22:29 — “Then the man… shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver…”
C. He Must Marry Her
- Deut 22:29 — “…and she shall be his wife…”
D. He May Never Divorce Her
- Deut 22:29 — “…he may not put her away all his days.”
Example Verse (as you’ve been using for each division)
Deuteronomy 22:29 — “…he shall give… fifty shekels of silver… and she shall be his wife…”
Total Premarital Sex Laws: 4
(One case, four binding requirements.)
XXXII Decalogue (Ten Commandments)
Example. (See Ex 20:1-17 & Deut 5:6-21)
1. No Other Gods
- Ex 20:3 — “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
2. No Idols
- Ex 20:4 — “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image…”
3. Do Not Take the Name of the LORD in Vain
- Ex 20:7 — “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain…”
4. Remember the Sabbath Day
- Ex 20:8 — “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
5. Honor Father and Mother
- Ex 20:12 — “Honour thy father and thy mother…”
6. Do Not Murder
- Ex 20:13 — “Thou shalt not kill.”
7. Do Not Commit Adultery
- Ex 20:14 — “Thou shalt not commit adultery.”
8. Do Not Steal
- Ex 20:15 — “Thou shalt not steal.”
9. Do Not Bear False Witness
- Ex 20:16 — “Thou shalt not bear false witness…”
10. Do Not Covet
- Ex 20:17 — “Thou shalt not covet…”
Example Verse
Exodus 20:1 — “And God spake all these words, saying…”
Total Decalogue Laws: 10
(Each command stands as its own indivisible law in your system.)
XXXIII The Remember Laws
Example: Deut 8:18 “Thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth…”
A. Remember the Sabbath Day
- Ex 20:8 — “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
B. Remember You Were Slaves in Egypt
- Deut 5:15 — “And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt…”
- Deut 15:15 — “And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt…”
- Deut 16:12 — “And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt…”
- Deut 24:18 — “But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt…”
- Deut 24:22 — “And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt.”
C. Remember the LORD Led You in the Wilderness
- Deut 8:2 — “Thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee…”
D. Remember the LORD Gives Power to Get Wealth
- Deut 8:18 — “Thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth…”
E. Remember What the LORD Did to Miriam
- Deut 24:9 — “Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam…”
F. Remember What Amalek Did
- Deut 25:17 — “Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way…”
Example Verse
Deuteronomy 8:18 — “Thou shalt remember the LORD thy God…”
Total Remember Laws: 10–12
(Depending on how granular you treat the repeated Egypt‑memory commands.)
XXXIV. Identity Marker Laws
Example. Deut 6:8 “And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand… and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.”
A. Bind the Words on the Hand
- Deut 6:8 — “Thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand.”
B. Bind the Words Between the Eyes
- Deut 6:8 — “…they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.”
C. Write the Words on the Doorposts
- Deut 6:9 — “Thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house…”
D. Write the Words on the Gates
- Deut 6:9 — “…and on thy gates.”
E. Bind the Words on the Hand (Second Witness)
- Deut 11:18 — “Therefore shall ye lay up these my words… and bind them for a sign upon your hand…”
F. Bind the Words Between the Eyes (Second Witness)
- Deut 11:18 — “…that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.”
G. Write the Words on the Doorposts (Second Witness)
- Deut 11:20 — “And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house…”
H. Write the Words on the Gates (Second Witness)
- Deut 11:20 — “…and upon thy gates.”
Example Verse
Deuteronomy 6:9 — “…write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.”
Total Identity Marker Laws: 8
(Four commands, each repeated twice in Torah’s two covenant‑identity sections.)
XXXV. The Capital Punishment Laws
Example. Deut 21:21 (Rebellious Son) “…all the men of his city shall stone him with stones…”
A. Witchcraft / Sorcery
- Ex 22:18 — “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.”
B. Adultery
- Lev 20:10 — “The man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife… shall surely be put to death.”
C. Blasphemy
- Lev 24:16 — “He that blasphemeth the name of the LORD… shall surely be put to death.”
D. Sabbath‑Breaking
- Num 15:35 — “The man shall be surely put to death…”
E. Molech / Child‑Sacrifice
- Lev 20:2 — “Whosoever… giveth any of his seed unto Molech… shall surely be put to death.”
F. False Prophets
- Deut 13:5 — “That prophet… shall be put to death.”
G. Rebellious Son
- Deut 21:21 — “All the men of his city shall stone him with stones…”
H. Kidnapping
- Ex 21:16 — “He that stealeth a man… shall surely be put to death.”
I. Bestiality
- Ex 22:19 — “Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.”
- Lev 20:15 — “If a man lie with a beast…”
- Lev 20:16 — “If a woman approach unto any beast…”
J. Certain Forms of Incest
- Lev 20:11 — “The man that lieth with his father’s wife… both of them shall surely be put to death.”
- Lev 20:12 — “If a man lie with his daughter‑in‑law… both of them shall surely be put to death.”
- Lev 20:14 — “If a man take a wife and her mother… both he and they shall be burnt with fire.”
K. Homosexual Acts (Capital Clause)
- Lev 20:13 — “If a man also lie with mankind… they shall surely be put to death.”
L. Cursing Father or Mother
- Ex 21:17 — “He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.”
- Lev 20:9 — “Every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.”
M. Striking Father or Mother
- Ex 21:15 — “He that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.”
N. Murder
- Ex 21:12 — “He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.”
Example Verse
Exodus 22:18 — “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.”
Total Capital Punishment Laws: 20–25
(Depending on how granular you treat the incest and bestiality clauses.)
XXXVI. Health & Bodily Discharge Laws
Example. Leviticus 15:2 “…when any man hath a running issue out of his flesh…”
A. Male Bodily Discharge (Chronic Issue)
- Lev 15:2 — “When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh… he is unclean.”
- Lev 15:3 — “This shall be his uncleanness in his issue…”
- Lev 15:4 — “Every bed whereon he lieth… shall be unclean.”
- Lev 15:5 — “Whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes…”
- Lev 15:6 — “He that sitteth on any thing… shall wash his clothes…”
- Lev 15:7 — “He that toucheth the flesh of him… shall wash his clothes…”
- Lev 15:8 — “If he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean…”
- Lev 15:9 — “What saddle soever he rideth upon… shall be unclean.”
- Lev 15:10 — “Whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him…”
- Lev 15:11 — “Whomsoever he toucheth… shall wash his clothes…”
- Lev 15:13 — “When he is cleansed… he shall number to himself seven days… and wash his clothes…”
- Lev 15:14 — “On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves…”
- Lev 15:15 — “The priest shall make an atonement for him…”
B. Seminal Emission
- Lev 15:16 — “If any man’s seed of copulation go out from him… he shall wash… and be unclean until the even.”
- Lev 15:17 — “Every garment… whereon is the seed… shall be washed…”
- Lev 15:18 — “The woman also… shall both bathe… and be unclean until the even.”
C. Menstrual Impurity
- Lev 15:19 — “If a woman have an issue… in her flesh… seven days…”
- Lev 15:20 — “Every thing that she lieth upon… shall be unclean.”
- Lev 15:21 — “Whosoever toucheth her… shall wash his clothes…”
- Lev 15:22 — “Whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon…”
- Lev 15:23 — “If it be on her bed… he shall be unclean until the even.”
- Lev 15:24 — “If any man lie with her… he shall be unclean seven days…”
D. Abnormal Female Discharge (Issue of Blood)
- Lev 15:25 — “If a woman have an issue of her blood many days… she shall be unclean…”
- Lev 15:26 — “Every bed whereon she lieth… shall be unto her as the bed of her separation.”
- Lev 15:27 — “Whosoever toucheth those things… shall wash his clothes…”
- Lev 15:28 — “If she be cleansed… she shall number to herself seven days…”
- Lev 15:29 — “On the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles…”
- Lev 15:30 — “The priest shall make an atonement for her…”
E. Childbirth Impurity (Cross‑Referenced Division)
(Listed here only because Lev 12 is part of the bodily‑discharge code.)
- Lev 12:2 — “If a woman have conceived seed… she shall be unclean seven days.”
- Lev 12:5 — “If she bear a maid child… she shall be unclean two weeks…”
F. Leprosy / Skin Disease Diagnosis
- Lev 13:2 — “When a man shall have in the skin… a rising, a scab, or bright spot… he shall be brought unto Aaron…”
- Lev 13:3 — “The priest shall look… and pronounce him unclean.”
- Lev 13:4 — “If the spot be white… the priest shall shut him up seven days.”
- Lev 13:5 — “The priest shall look on him the seventh day…”
- Lev 13:6 — “The priest shall pronounce him clean… or unclean.”
G. Leprosy in Garments
- Lev 13:47 — “The garment… wherein there is a plague of leprosy…”
- Lev 13:49 — “If the plague be greenish or reddish…”
- Lev 13:51 — “He shall burn that garment…”
H. Leprosy in Houses
- Lev 14:34 — “When ye be come into the land… and I put the plague of leprosy in a house…”
- Lev 14:36 — “The priest shall command that they empty the house…”
- Lev 14:38 — “The priest shall go out… and shut up the house seven days.”
- Lev 14:40 — “They shall take away the stones… and cast them into an unclean place.”
- Lev 14:45 — “He shall break down the house…”
I. Cleansing Ritual for Healed Lepers
- Lev 14:2 — “This shall be the law of the leper…”
- Lev 14:4 — “Then shall the priest command to take… two birds…”
- Lev 14:7 — “He shall sprinkle… seven times… and pronounce him clean.”
- Lev 14:8 — “He that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes…”
- Lev 14:10 — “On the eighth day he shall take two he lambs…”
- Lev 14:20 — “The priest shall make an atonement for him…”
Example Verse
Leviticus 15:2 — “…when any man hath a running issue out of his flesh…”
Total Health & Bodily‑Discharge Laws: 50–60
(Depending on how granular you treat the inspection, washing, and waiting‑period clauses.)
XXXVII. Mikveh; Ritual Cleansing Laws
Example. Leviticus 15:5 “…shall wash…and bathe himself in water…”
A. Washing After Contact With an Unclean Person
- Lev 15:5 — “He that toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water…”
- Lev 15:7 — “He that toucheth the flesh of him… shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water…”
- Lev 15:11 — “Whomsoever he toucheth… shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water…”
B. Washing After Contact With Unclean Objects
- Lev 15:8 — “If he… spit upon him that is clean… he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water…”
- Lev 15:10 — “Whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him… shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water…”
C. Washing After Seminal Emission
- Lev 15:16 — “He shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.”
- Lev 15:17 — “Every garment… shall be washed with water.”
D. Washing After Intercourse
- Lev 15:18 — “They shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.”
E. Washing After Menstrual Impurity
- Lev 15:21 — “Whosoever toucheth her… shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water…”
- Lev 15:27 — “Whosoever toucheth those things… shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water…”
F. Washing After Abnormal Female Discharge
- Lev 15:28 — “She shall number to herself seven days…”
- Lev 15:29 — “On the eighth day she shall take… two turtles…”
- Lev 15:30 — “The priest shall make an atonement for her…”
G. Washing After Childbirth (Cross‑Referenced)
- Lev 12:2 — “She shall be unclean seven days.”
- Lev 12:5 — “She shall be unclean two weeks…”
H. Washing in the Leper‑Cleansing Ritual
- Lev 14:8 — “He that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water…”
- Lev 14:9 — “He shall wash his clothes… and wash his flesh in water…”
I. Washing After Touching a Dead Body
- Num 19:19 — “The clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean… and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water…”
J. Washing After Eating or Touching What Died of Itself
- Lev 17:15 — “He shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water…”
K. Washing After Contact With Creeping Things
- Lev 11:32 — “It shall be put into water… and be unclean until the even.”
- Lev 11:40 — “He that eateth… shall wash his clothes…”
Example Verse
Leviticus 15:5 — “…shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water…”
Total Mikveh / Ritual Cleansing Laws: 25–35
(Depending on how granular you treat the washing, bathing, and waiting‑period clauses.)
XXXVIII. Sacrificial System Laws
(Commands governing the procedures, materials, handling, and priestly duties for all offerings)
A. Burnt Offering (Leviticus 1)
1. Burnt Offering from the Herd
- Lev 1:3 — “If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd… he shall offer it… a male without blemish.”
- Lev 1:4 — “He shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering…”
- Lev 1:5 — “He shall kill the bullock before the LORD…”
- Lev 1:6 — “He shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.”
- Lev 1:7 — “The sons of Aaron… shall put fire upon the altar…”
- Lev 1:8 — “The priests… shall lay the parts… upon the wood…”
- Lev 1:9 — “His inwards and legs shall he wash in water…”
2. Burnt Offering from the Flock
- Lev 1:10 — “If his offering be of the flocks… a male without blemish.”
- Lev 1:11 — “He shall kill it on the side of the altar…”
- Lev 1:12 — “He shall cut it into his pieces…”
- Lev 1:13 — “He shall wash the inwards and legs with water…”
3. Burnt Offering of Birds
- Lev 1:14 — “If the burnt sacrifice… be of fowls…”
- Lev 1:15 — “The priest shall wring off his head…”
- Lev 1:16 — “He shall pluck away his crop…”
- Lev 1:17 — “He shall cleave it with the wings… but shall not divide it asunder…”
B. Grain Offering (Leviticus 2)
1. Fine Flour Offering
- Lev 2:1 — “When any will offer a meat offering… fine flour… oil… frankincense.”
- Lev 2:2 — “He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests…”
2. Oven‑Baked Offering
- Lev 2:4 — “If thou bring an oblation baked in the oven…”
3. Pan Offering
- Lev 2:5 — “If thy oblation be a meat offering baked in a pan…”
4. Frying‑Pan Offering
- Lev 2:7 — “If thy oblation be a meat offering baked in the fryingpan…”
5. No Leaven or Honey
- Lev 2:11 — “No meat offering… shall be made with leaven… nor any honey…”
6. Salt Required
- Lev 2:13 — “With all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.”
C. Peace Offering (Leviticus 3)
1. From the Herd
- Lev 3:1 — “If his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering… male or female… without blemish.”
- Lev 3:2 — “He shall lay his hand upon the head… and kill it…”
2. From the Flock
- Lev 3:6 — “If his offering… be of the flock… male or female… without blemish.”
3. Fat and Blood Prohibitions
- Lev 3:17 — “It shall be a perpetual statute… ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.”
D. Sin Offering (Leviticus 4–5)
1. For the Anointed Priest
- Lev 4:3 — “If the priest that is anointed do sin… let him bring… a young bullock…”
2. For the Whole Congregation
- Lev 4:13 — “If the whole congregation… sin through ignorance…”
3. For a Ruler
- Lev 4:22 — “When a ruler hath sinned… he shall bring his offering…”
4. For a Common Person
- Lev 4:27 — “If any one of the common people sin through ignorance…”
5. Special Cases
- Lev 5:1 — “If a soul sin… and hear the voice of swearing…”
- Lev 5:2 — “If a soul touch any unclean thing…”
- Lev 5:4 — “If a soul swear… to do evil, or to do good…”
E. Guilt Offering (Leviticus 5–6)
1. Trespass Against Holy Things
- Lev 5:15 — “If a soul commit a trespass… in the holy things of the LORD…”
2. Trespass Against Neighbor
- Lev 6:2 — “If a soul sin… and lie unto his neighbour… or steal… or defraud…”
3. Restitution + 20%
- Lev 6:5 — “He shall restore… and shall add the fifth part more thereto…”
F. Priestly Handling Laws (Leviticus 6–7)
1. Fire Must Burn Continually
- Lev 6:13 — “The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.”
2. Priestly Portions
- Lev 7:6 — “Every male among the priests shall eat thereof…”
3. Fat and Blood Forbidden
- Lev 7:23 — “Ye shall eat no manner of fat…”
- Lev 7:26 — “Ye shall eat no manner of blood…”
4. Peace Offering Portions
- Lev 7:30 — “His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD…”
Example Verse
Leviticus 1:3 — “…he shall offer it of his own voluntary will… a male without blemish.”
Total Sacrificial System Laws: 50–60
XXXIX. Priestly & High‑Priest Holiness Laws
(Commands governing priestly purity, marriage, mourning, physical requirements, food restrictions, and handling of holy things)
A. Priestly Mourning Restrictions (Lev 21:1–6)
- Lev 21:1 — “There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people.”
- Lev 21:2 — “Except for his kin… his mother, and for his father…”
- Lev 21:4 — “He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people.”
- Lev 21:5 — “They shall not make baldness upon their head… nor cuttings in their flesh.”
- Lev 21:6 — “They shall be holy unto their God…”
B. Priestly Marriage Restrictions (Lev 21:7–8)
- Lev 21:7 — “They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane… neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband.”
- Lev 21:8 — “Thou shalt sanctify him… for he offereth the bread of thy God.”
C. High‑Priest Restrictions (Lev 21:10–15)
- Lev 21:10 — “The priest that is chief… shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes.”
- Lev 21:11 — “Neither shall he go in to any dead body…”
- Lev 21:12 — “Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary…”
- Lev 21:13 — “He shall take a wife in her virginity.”
- Lev 21:14 — “A widow, or a divorced woman… these shall he not take.”
- Lev 21:15 — “Neither shall he profane his seed among his people.”
D. Physical Requirements for Priests (Lev 21:16–23)
- Lev 21:17 — “Whosoever… hath any blemish, let him not approach…”
- Lev 21:18 — “Blind, or lame… or flat nose… or anything superfluous…”
- Lev 21:19 — “Broken foot, or broken hand…”
- Lev 21:20 — “Crookbacked, or a dwarf…”
- Lev 21:21 — “No man… that hath a blemish… shall come nigh to offer…”
- Lev 21:22 — “He shall eat the bread of his God…”
- Lev 21:23 — “Only he shall not go in unto the veil… nor come nigh unto the altar…”
E. Handling Holy Things (Lev 22:1–9)
- Lev 22:2 — “They shall separate themselves from the holy things…”
- Lev 22:3 — “Whosoever… goeth unto the holy things… having his uncleanness… that soul shall be cut off.”
- Lev 22:4 — “What man… hath a running issue… or is a leper… shall not eat of the holy things.”
- Lev 22:6 — “The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even.”
- Lev 22:7 — “When the sun is down, he shall be clean…”
- Lev 22:8 — “That which dieth of itself… he shall not eat to defile himself.”
F. Who May Eat Holy Things (Lev 22:10–16)
- Lev 22:10 — “There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing.”
- Lev 22:11 — “If the priest buy any soul… he shall eat of it.”
- Lev 22:12 — “If the priest’s daughter be married unto a stranger… she may not eat…”
- Lev 22:13 — “If the priest’s daughter be a widow… and returned… she shall eat of her father’s meat.”
- Lev 22:14 — “If a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly… he shall put the fifth part thereto.”
G. Acceptable Offerings (Lev 22:17–25)
- Lev 22:19 — “Ye shall offer… a male without blemish…”
- Lev 22:20 — “Whatsoever hath a blemish… ye shall not offer.”
- Lev 22:21 — “It shall be perfect to be accepted.”
- Lev 22:22 — “Blind, or broken, or maimed… ye shall not offer.”
- Lev 22:24 — “Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed…”
H. Age & Timing Requirements (Lev 22:26–30)
- Lev 22:27 — “When a bullock… is brought forth… seven days… then it shall be accepted.”
- Lev 22:28 — “Ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.”
- Lev 22:30 — “On the same day it shall be eaten…”
Example Verse
Leviticus 21:10 — “…the priest that is chief among his brethren… shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes.”
XL. Temple / Tabernacle Service Laws
(Commands governing the sanctuary structure, furniture, materials, priestly garments, incense, anointing oil, and daily service)
A. Ark of the Covenant
- Ex 25:10 — “They shall make an ark of shittim wood…”
- Ex 25:11 — “Thou shalt overlay it with pure gold…”
- Ex 25:14 — “Thou shalt put the staves into the rings…”
- Ex 25:16 — “Thou shalt put into the ark the testimony…”
B. Mercy Seat
- Ex 25:17 — “Thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold…”
- Ex 25:22 — “There I will meet with thee…”
C. Table of Showbread
- Ex 25:23 — “Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood…”
- Ex 25:30 — “Thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me always.”
D. Golden Lampstand (Menorah)
- Ex 25:31 — “Thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold…”
- Ex 25:37 — “They shall light the lamps thereof…”
E. Tabernacle Structure
- Ex 26:1 — “Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains…”
- Ex 26:7 — “Thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair…”
- Ex 26:15 — “Thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle…”
- Ex 26:33 — “Thou shalt hang up the vail… and the vail shall divide…”
F. Altar of Burnt Offering
- Ex 27:1 — “Thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood…”
- Ex 27:8 — “Hollow with boards shalt thou make it…”
G. Court of the Tabernacle
- Ex 27:9 — “Thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle…”
- Ex 27:19 — “All the vessels… shall be of brass.”
H. Oil for the Lamp
- Ex 27:20 — “Command… that they bring pure oil olive beaten… to cause the lamp to burn always.”
- Ex 27:21 — “Aaron and his sons shall order it… from evening to morning…”
I. Priestly Garments
- Ex 28:2 — “Thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron…”
- Ex 28:4 — “These are the garments…”
- Ex 28:29 — “Aaron shall bear the names… upon his heart…”
- Ex 28:36 — “Thou shalt make a plate of pure gold… HOLINESS TO THE LORD.”
J. Consecration of Priests
- Ex 29:1 — “This is the thing thou shalt do unto them to hallow them…”
- Ex 29:4 — “Thou shalt wash them with water.”
- Ex 29:7 — “Thou shalt take the anointing oil…”
- Ex 29:35 — “Thus shalt thou do unto Aaron and his sons… seven days shalt thou consecrate them.”
K. Daily Burnt Offering
- Ex 29:38 — “This is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar… two lambs… day by day continually.”
- Ex 29:42 — “This shall be a continual burnt offering…”
L. Altar of Incense
- Ex 30:1 — “Thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon…”
- Ex 30:7 — “Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning.”
- Ex 30:8 — “When Aaron lighteth the lamps… he shall burn incense upon it.”
M. Atonement Money
- Ex 30:12 — “They shall give every man a ransom for his soul…”
- Ex 30:13 — “Half a shekel… shall be the offering…”
N. Bronze Laver
- Ex 30:18 — “Thou shalt also make a laver of brass…”
- Ex 30:19 — “Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet…”
O. Anointing Oil
- Ex 30:23 — “Take thou also unto thee principal spices…”
- Ex 30:25 — “Thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment…”
- Ex 30:32 — “Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured…”
P. Incense Formula
- Ex 30:34 — “Take unto thee sweet spices…”
- Ex 30:37 — “As for the perfume… ye shall not make to yourselves…”
Q. Sabbath as a Sign
- Ex 31:13 — “Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep… for it is a sign…”
- Ex 31:16 — “The children of Israel shall keep the sabbath… for a perpetual covenant.”
R. Construction Obedience (Ex 35–40)
(These chapters repeat the commands as fulfilled; only the commands are listed.)
- Ex 35:4 — “This is the thing which the LORD commanded…”
- Ex 35:10 — “Every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded.”
- Ex 36:1 — “Do according to all that the LORD hath commanded.”
Example Verse
Exodus 27:20 — “…that they bring pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.”
Total Temple / Tabernacle Service Laws: 40–60
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The Last division is: Laws for the (Ger)
The Strangers Dwelling Among You
Example. Exodus 12:49 “One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.”
A. One Law for Homeborn and Stranger
- Ex 12:49 — “One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.”
B. Passover Participation Requirements
- Ex 12:48 — “When a stranger… will keep the passover… let all his males be circumcised…”
- Num 9:14 — “If a stranger… shall keep the passover… one ordinance shall be both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.”
C. Equal Justice for the Stranger
- Lev 24:22 — “Ye shall have one manner of law… as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country.”
- Deut 1:16 — “Judge righteously between… the stranger that is with him.”
- Deut 24:17 — “Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger…”
D. Love the Stranger
- Deut 10:19 — “Love ye therefore the stranger…”
E. Do Not Oppress or Mistreat the Stranger
- Ex 22:21 — “Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him…”
- Lev 19:33 — “If a stranger sojourn with thee… ye shall not vex him.”
- Lev 19:34 — “The stranger… shall be unto you as one born among you…”
F. Gleaning Rights for the Stranger
- Lev 19:10 — “Thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger.”
- Lev 23:22 — “Thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger.”
G. Sabbath Rest Applies to the Stranger
- Ex 20:10 — “The stranger that is within thy gates.”
- Deut 5:14 — “Thy stranger… may rest as well as thou.”
H. Food Restrictions for the Stranger
- Lev 17:10 — “Whatsoever man… or stranger… that eateth any manner of blood…”
- Lev 17:12 — “No stranger that sojourneth among you shall eat blood.”
- Lev 17:15 — “Every soul… whether he be born in the land, or a stranger… that eateth that which died of itself…”
I. Sacrificial Access for the Stranger
- Lev 17:8 — “Whatsoever man… or stranger… that offereth a burnt offering…”
- Num 15:14 — “If a stranger… will offer an offering…”
- Num 15:15 — “One ordinance shall be both for you… and for the stranger.”
J. Purity Laws Apply to the Stranger
- Num 19:10 — “This shall be a statute… for the stranger that sojourneth among them.”
- Lev 16:29 — “This shall be a statute for ever… and for the stranger that sojourneth among you.”
K. Prohibition Against Idolatry Applies to the Stranger
- Lev 17:7–9 — “This shall be a statute… unto them throughout their generations.”
- Lev 20:2 — “Whosoever… of the strangers that sojourn in Israel… giveth any of his seed unto Molech…”
L. Cities of Refuge Apply to the Stranger
- Num 35:15 — “These six cities shall be a refuge… for the stranger, and for the sojourner…”
Example Verse
Exodus 12:49 — “One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.”
This category covers:
the ger (resident alien)
the toshav (sojourner)
the nokri (foreigner)
the ezrach vs. ger equality clauses
Passover participation rules
sacrificial access rules
justice protections
food restrictions
Sabbath rest inclusion
gleaning rights
equal‑law statements
Below is a mixed up listing of Torah Laws that are only here to use in making sure we have everything in our outline above.
Many duplications can be found below, and I cannot fix that, so pick and choose what so copy.
The full 613 Laws of Torah
in verse‑fragment format:
First 100
1–10: Faith, Knowledge, Love, and Worship
- To know that God exists Exod 20:2 — “I am the LORD thy God”
- Not to believe in any other god Exod 20:3 — “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me”
- To unify God (God is one) Deut 6:4 — “The LORD is one”
- To love God Deut 6:5 — “Thou shalt love the LORD thy God”
- To fear God Deut 10:20 — “Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God”
- To serve God Deut 10:20 — “and Him shalt thou serve”
- To cleave to God Deut 10:20 — “and to Him shalt thou cleave”
- To swear by His name Deut 10:20 — “and by His name shalt thou swear”
- Not to profane God’s name Lev 22:32 — “Ye shall not profane My holy name”
- To sanctify God’s name Lev 22:32 — “but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel”
11–20: Forbidden Worship and Idolatry
- Not to destroy holy objects or erase God’s name Deut 12:3–4 — “Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God”
- To listen to a true prophet Deut 18:15 — “unto him ye shall hearken”
- Not to test a prophet needlessly Deut 6:16 — “Ye shall not try the LORD your God”
- Not to worship idols Exod 20:5 — “Thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them”
- Not to make an idol for oneself Exod 20:4 — “Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image”
- Not to make an idol for others Lev 19:4 — “Turn ye not unto idols”
- Not to make figures for worship even for decoration Exod 20:20 — “Ye shall not make with Me gods of silver”
- Not to bow to an idol Exod 20:5 — “Thou shalt not bow down unto them”
- Not to serve an idol in its usual manner Exod 20:5 — “nor serve them”
- Not to sacrifice to an idol Exod 22:19 — “He that sacrificeth unto the gods… shall be utterly destroyed”
21–40: More Idolatry Prohibitions
- Not to burn incense to an idol Deut 4:28 — “gods of wood and stone… which neither see, nor hear”
- Not to pour libations to an idol Deut 32:38 — “which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink-offering”
- Not to bow on a stone floor for worship Lev 26:1 — “neither shall ye set up a figured stone… to bow down unto it”
- Not to make a covenant with idolaters Deut 7:2 — “thou shalt make no covenant with them”
- Not to show them mercy (in the sense of preserving idolatry) Deut 7:2 — “nor show mercy unto them”
- Not to allow idolaters to dwell in the land to lead astray Exod 23:33 — “they shall not dwell in thy land”
- Not to imitate their customs Lev 18:3 — “after the doings of the land of Egypt… shall ye not do”
- Not to inquire about their gods Deut 12:30 — “how did these nations serve their gods?”
- Not to turn to idolatry in thought Lev 19:4 — “Turn ye not unto idols”
- Not to blaspheme God Lev 24:16 — “he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD”
- Not to lead a city astray to idolatry Deut 13:14 — “children of Belial… saying: Let us go and serve other gods”
- Not to love a mesit (one who entices to idolatry) Deut 13:9 — “thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him”
- Not to cease hating a mesit Deut 13:9 — “neither shall thine eye pity him”
- Not to save a mesit Deut 13:9 — “neither shalt thou spare”
- Not to defend a mesit Deut 13:9 — “neither shalt thou conceal him”
- Not to prophesy in the name of an idol Deut 18:20 — “that shall speak in the name of other gods”
- Not to listen to a false prophet Deut 13:4 — “thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet”
- Not to fear killing a false prophet Deut 18:22 — “thou shalt not be afraid of him”
- Not to rebuild an idolatrous city Deut 13:17 — “it shall not be built again”
- Not to derive benefit from anything in an idolatrous city Deut 13:17 — “there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thine hand”
41–60: Sanctuary, Temple, and Central Worship
- To destroy idols and their accessories Deut 12:2 — “ye shall destroy all the places… where the nations… served their gods”
- Not to derive benefit from idols or their ornaments Deut 7:25 — “thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them”
- To bring all offerings only to the chosen place Deut 12:5–6 — “unto the place… thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings”
- Not to offer sacrifices outside the chosen place Deut 12:13 — “Take heed… that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place”
- Not to offer any blemished animal on the altar Lev 22:20 — “whatsoever hath a blemish… shall ye not offer”
- Not to consecrate a blemished animal Lev 22:22 — “ye shall not offer these unto the LORD”
- Not to slaughter a blemished animal as a sacrifice Lev 22:22 — “of them shall ye not make an offering”
- Not to sprinkle the blood of a blemished animal Lev 22:24 — “neither shall ye make any offering thereof”
- Not to burn the fat of a blemished animal Lev 22:25 — “because their corruption is in them”
- Not to sacrifice an animal with a temporary blemish Lev 22:21 — “without blemish… there shall be no blemish therein”
- Not to sacrifice an animal with a missing limb Lev 22:22 — “blind, or broken, or maimed”
- Not to sacrifice an animal with an extra limb Lev 22:23 — “that hath anything too long or too short”
- Not to sacrifice an animal with crushed or severed testicles Lev 22:24 — “that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut”
- Not to offer leaven or honey on the altar Lev 2:11 — “no meal-offering… shall be made with leaven… nor any honey”
- Not to offer any sacrifice without salt Lev 2:13 — “with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt”
- Not to offer an animal before it is eight days old Lev 22:27 — “from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted”
- Not to slaughter parent and offspring on the same day Lev 22:28 — “ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day”
- To redeem firstborn sons Num 18:15 — “the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem”
- To redeem firstborn donkeys Exod 13:13 — “every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb”
- To break the neck of an unredeemed firstborn donkey Exod 13:13 — “and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck”
61–80: Priests, Levites, and Their Gifts
- To sanctify the firstborn of clean animals Deut 15:19 — “all the firstling males… thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD”
- Not to work with a firstborn ox Deut 15:19 — “thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thine ox”
- Not to shear a firstborn sheep Deut 15:19 — “nor shear the firstling of thy sheep”
- To set apart the tithe of grain, wine, and oil Deut 14:22 — “thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed”
- To give the Levites their tithe Num 18:24 — “the tithes… I have given to the Levites”
- Not to forsake the Levite Deut 12:19 — “take heed… that thou forsake not the Levite”
- To bring the second tithe to the chosen place Deut 14:23 — “thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God… the tithe of thy corn”
- To redeem the second tithe when distant Deut 14:24–25 — “then shalt thou turn it into money”
- To give the poor tithe in the third and sixth years Deut 14:28–29 — “the tithe of thine increase… and the Levite, and the stranger”
- To recite the confession of tithes Deut 26:13 — “then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God: I have put away the hallowed things”
- Not to eat the second tithe in uncleanness Deut 26:14 — “I have not eaten thereof in my mourning”
- Not to consume the second tithe while in mourning Deut 26:14 — “I have not eaten thereof in my mourning”
- Not to use the second tithe for the dead Deut 26:14 — “neither have I given thereof for the dead”
- To separate challah (dough offering) Num 15:20 — “of the first of your dough ye shall set apart a cake”
- To give the shoulder, cheeks, and maw to the priest Deut 18:3 — “the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw”
- To give the first of the fleece to the priest Deut 18:4 — “the first of the fleece of thy sheep shalt thou give him”
- To give the heave-offering (terumah) to the priest Num 18:8 — “I have given thee the charge of My heave-offerings”
- Not to eat terumah as a non-priest Num 18:4 — “a stranger shall not come nigh unto you”
- Not to eat terumah in uncleanness Lev 22:4 — “the soul… shall not eat of the holy things”
- To add a fifth when a non-priest eats terumah unwittingly Lev 22:14 — “then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it”
81–100: More Priestly Gifts and Temple Service
- Not to eat the most holy offerings outside the Temple Lev 10:13 — “in a holy place shalt thou eat it”
- Not to eat lesser holy offerings outside the prescribed area Deut 12:17 — “thou mayest not eat within thy gates… the tithe of thy corn”
- To burn leftover sacrificial flesh Lev 7:17 — “that which remaineth… shall be burnt with fire”
- Not to leave sacrificial flesh beyond its time Lev 7:15 — “he shall not leave any of it until the morning”
- Not to eat piggul (improperly intended sacrifice) Lev 7:18 — “it shall be an abomination”
- Not to eat notar (leftover sacrifice) Lev 19:6–7 — “if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination”
- Not to eat sacrificial meat while unclean Lev 7:20 — “the soul that eateth of the flesh… having his uncleanness upon him”
- Not to eat fat of ox, sheep, or goat Lev 7:23 — “ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat”
- Not to eat blood of fowl or beast Lev 7:26 — “ye shall eat no manner of blood”
- To cover the blood of a wild animal or bird Lev 17:13 — “he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust”
- Not to eat sacrificial meat of a peace offering while impure Lev 7:21 — “that soul shall be cut off from his people”
- To bring all vows and freewill offerings to the Temple Deut 12:11 — “all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD”
- Not to delay fulfilling vows and offerings Deut 23:22 — “thou shalt not be slack to pay it”
- To offer all sacrifices on the altar Deut 12:27 — “thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar”
- Not to eat the flesh of the burnt offering Lev 6:23 — “it shall not be eaten”
- That the priest shall eat the sin offering (when permitted) Lev 6:19 — “the priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it”
- That the priest shall eat the guilt offering (when permitted) Lev 7:6 — “every male among the priests shall eat thereof”
- To follow the laws of the meal offerings Lev 6:7 — “this is the law of the meal-offering”
- To follow the laws of the sin offerings Lev 6:18 — “this is the law of the sin-offering”
100-199
100. To follow the laws of the guilt offerings Lev 7:1 — “this is the law of the guilt-offering”
101–120: Festivals and Pilgrimage (Beginning)
- To appear before God three times a year Exod 23:17 — “three times in the year all thy males shall appear”
- Not to appear empty-handed on the festivals Exod 23:15 — “none shall appear before Me empty”
- To rejoice on the festivals Deut 16:14 — “and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast”
- To keep the Sabbath day holy Exod 20:8 — “remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy”
- Not to do work on the Sabbath Exod 20:10 — “in it thou shalt not do any work”
- To rest on the Sabbath Exod 23:12 — “that thine ox and thine ass may have rest”
- Not to travel beyond the Sabbath boundary (rabbinic source anchored) Exod 16:29 — “let no man go out of his place on the seventh day”
- To sanctify the Sabbath with words (kiddush) Exod 20:8 — “remember the sabbath day”
- To remove leaven on the first day of Passover Exod 12:15 — “ye shall put away leaven out of your houses”
- Not to eat leaven on Passover Exod 13:3 — “there shall no leavened bread be eaten”
- Not to possess leaven on Passover Exod 13:7 — “there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee”
- To eat matzah on the first night of Passover Exod 12:18 — “in the first month… ye shall eat unleavened bread”
- To tell the story of the Exodus on that night Exod 13:8 — “thou shalt tell thy son in that day”
- To rest on the first day of Passover Exod 12:16 — “in the first day shall be a holy convocation”
- To rest on the seventh day of Passover Exod 12:16 — “in the seventh day shall be a holy convocation”
- To count the Omer from the day after the Sabbath Lev 23:15 — “ye shall count unto you… from the morrow after the sabbath”
- To observe the festival of Shavuot Exod 23:16 — “the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours”
- To rest on Shavuot Lev 23:21 — “ye shall do no servile work”
- To observe the festival of Rosh Hashanah Lev 23:24 — “a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation”
- To rest on Rosh Hashanah Lev 23:25 — “ye shall do no servile work”
121–140: Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Other Sacred Times
- To observe Yom Kippur as a day of atonement Lev 23:27 — “it shall be a day of atonement”
- To afflict oneself on Yom Kippur Lev 23:27 — “ye shall afflict your souls”
- Not to do work on Yom Kippur Lev 23:28 — “ye shall do no manner of work”
- To rest on Yom Kippur Lev 23:32 — “it shall be unto you a sabbath of solemn rest”
- To observe the festival of Sukkot Lev 23:34 — “the feast of tabernacles for seven days”
- To rest on the first day of Sukkot Lev 23:35 — “on the first day shall be a holy convocation”
- To rest on the eighth day (Shemini Atzeret) Lev 23:36 — “on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation”
- To dwell in booths during Sukkot Lev 23:42 — “ye shall dwell in booths seven days”
- To take the four species (lulav, etc.) Lev 23:40 — “ye shall take you… boughs of goodly trees”
- Not to do servile work on the first day of Sukkot Lev 23:35 — “ye shall do no servile work”
- Not to do servile work on the eighth day Lev 23:36 — “ye shall do no servile work”
- To sanctify the new month Exod 12:2 — “this month shall be unto you the beginning of months”
- To blow trumpets on special occasions Num 10:10 — “ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings”
- Not to do work on the first day of the seventh month Lev 23:25 — “ye shall do no servile work”
- To sanctify the Jubilee year Lev 25:10 — “ye shall hallow the fiftieth year”
- To sound the shofar in the Jubilee year Lev 25:9 — “then shalt thou make proclamation with the horn”
- To free Hebrew slaves in the Jubilee year Lev 25:10 — “and ye shall return every man unto his possession”
- Not to work the land in the Jubilee year Lev 25:11 — “ye shall not sow, neither reap”
- To let the land rest in the Sabbatical year Lev 25:4 — “in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land”
- Not to sow the field in the Sabbatical year Lev 25:4 — “thou shalt neither sow thy field”
141–160: Sabbatical Year, Loans, and Charity
- Not to prune the vineyard in the Sabbatical year Lev 25:4 — “nor prune thy vineyard”
- Not to reap self-grown produce as a regular harvest Lev 25:5 — “that which groweth of itself… thou shalt not reap”
- Not to gather the grapes of the undressed vine Lev 25:5 — “the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather”
- To treat Sabbatical produce as ownerless and free to all Exod 23:11 — “the poor of thy people may eat”
- To release debts in the Sabbatical year Deut 15:2 — “every creditor shall release that which he hath lent”
- Not to demand payment of debts after the release Deut 15:2 — “he shall not exact it of his neighbour”
- Not to refrain from lending before the Sabbatical year Deut 15:9 — “beware that there be not a base thought in thine heart”
- To give charity to the poor Deut 15:8 — “thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him”
- Not to harden the heart against the poor Deut 15:7 — “thou shalt not harden thine heart”
- Not to shut the hand from the poor Deut 15:7 — “nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother”
- To lend to the poor Exod 22:24 — “if thou lend money to any of My people that is poor”
- Not to press the poor for repayment when unable Exod 22:24 — “thou shalt not be to him as a creditor”
- Not to demand collateral from a poor widow Deut 24:17 — “thou shalt not take a widow’s raiment to pledge”
- To return a poor man’s pledge at night Deut 24:13 — “thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down”
- Not to take a mill or upper millstone as pledge Deut 24:6 — “no man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge”
- Not to enter the borrower’s house to take a pledge Deut 24:10 — “thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge”
- To leave the pledge outside for the borrower to bring Deut 24:11 — “thou shalt stand without”
- Not to withhold wages of a hired worker overnight Lev 19:13 — “the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night”
- To pay wages on time Deut 24:15 — “in his day thou shalt give him his hire”
- Not to oppress the hired worker Deut 24:14 — “thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy”
161–180: Love, Social Ethics, and Speech
- To love one’s fellow as oneself Lev 19:18 — “thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself”
- Not to hate one’s brother in the heart Lev 19:17 — “thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart”
- To rebuke one’s fellow when necessary Lev 19:17 — “thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbour”
- Not to bear sin because of him (by failing to rebuke) Lev 19:17 — “and not bear sin because of him”
- Not to take revenge Lev 19:18 — “thou shalt not take vengeance”
- Not to bear a grudge Lev 19:18 — “nor bear any grudge”
- Not to put a stumbling block before the blind Lev 19:14 — “thou shalt not put a stumbling-block before the blind”
- To honor the wise and the aged Lev 19:32 — “thou shalt rise up before the hoary head”
- Not to wrong one another in business Lev 25:14 — “ye shall not wrong one another”
- Not to wrong a convert with words Exod 22:20 — “ye shall not wrong a stranger”
- Not to wrong a convert financially Exod 22:20 — “nor oppress him”
- To love the convert Deut 10:19 — “love ye therefore the stranger”
- Not to gossip (talebearing) Lev 19:16 — “thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer”
- Not to stand idly by the blood of one’s neighbor Lev 19:16 — “neither shalt thou stand idly by the blood of thy neighbour”
- Not to curse the deaf Lev 19:14 — “thou shalt not curse the deaf”
- Not to curse any Israelite Exod 22:27 — “thou shalt not curse a ruler of thy people”
- Not to embarrass or shame another Lev 19:17 — “thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart”
- Not to speak false witness Exod 20:13 — “thou shalt not bear false witness”
- Not to flatter in a way that deceives Ps 12:3 — “with flattering lip” (rabbinic anchoring; you can omit if you prefer only Torah verses)
- Not to spread an evil report Exod 23:1 — “thou shalt not utter a false report”
181–200: Courts, Judges, and Justice
- To appoint judges and officers in all your gates Deut 16:18 — “judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates”
- Not to appoint judges who are unfit Deut 1:17 — “ye shall not respect persons in judgment”
- To judge with righteousness Lev 19:15 — “in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour”
- Not to pervert justice Deut 16:19 — “thou shalt not wrest judgment”
- Not to show favoritism in judgment Lev 19:15 — “thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty”
- Not to take a bribe Exod 23:8 — “thou shalt take no gift”
- Not to fear a man in judgment Deut 1:17 — “ye shall not be afraid of the face of man”
- To decide according to majority in disputes Exod 23:2 — “after the many to decide”
- Not to follow a majority to do evil Exod 23:2 — “thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil”
- To testify in court when one has relevant testimony Lev 5:1 — “if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity”
- Not to testify falsely Exod 20:13 — “thou shalt not bear false witness”
- To examine witnesses thoroughly Deut 13:15 — “then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently”
- To do as the High Court instructs Deut 17:10 — “according to the sentence… thou shalt do”
- Not to deviate from their word right or left Deut 17:11 — “thou shalt not turn aside… to the right hand, nor to the left”
- To establish cities of refuge Deut 19:3 — “thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders… into three parts”
- To provide roads to the cities of refuge Deut 19:3 — “thou shalt prepare thee the way”
- Not to accept ransom for a murderer Num 35:31 — “ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer”
- Not to pity a murderer Deut 19:13 — “thine eye shall not pity him”
- To judge cases of injury and damages Exod 21–22 — “if men strive together… if an ox gore” (anchoring to Exod 21:18, 21:28)
200 to 299
- 200. To judge cases of theft Ex 22:6 — “if the thief be found”
201–220: Kings, War, and National Leadership
- 201. To appoint a king over Israel (when appropriate) Deut 17:15 — “thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee”
- 202. Not to appoint a foreigner as king Deut 17:15 — “thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee”
- 203. Not to multiply horses for the king Deut 17:16 — “he shall not multiply horses to himself”
- 204. Not to cause the people to return to Egypt Deut 17:16 — “ye shall henceforth return no more that way”
- 205. Not to multiply wives for the king Deut 17:17 — “neither shall he multiply wives to himself”
- 206. Not to greatly multiply silver and gold (king) Deut 17:17 — “neither shall he greatly multiply… silver and gold”
- 207. That the king shall write a Torah scroll Deut 17:18 — “he shall write him a copy of this law”
- 208. That the king shall read the Torah all his days Deut 17:19 — “he shall read therein all the days of his life”
- 209. To obey the king’s lawful commands Deut 17:15 — “him shalt thou set king over thee” (rabbinic derivation)”
- 210. To wipe out the seed of Amalek Deut 25:19 — “thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek”
- 211. Not to forget what Amalek did Deut 25:19 — “thou shalt not forget”
- 212. To remember what Amalek did Deut 25:17 — “remember what Amalek did unto thee”
- 213. To prepare for war with proper procedures Deut 20:2–4 — “the priest shall approach and speak unto the people”
- 214. Not to fear in battle Deut 20:3 — “let not your heart faint, fear not”
- 215. To offer peace before besieging a city Deut 20:10 — “when thou drawest nigh unto a city… then proclaim peace unto it”
- 216. Not to destroy fruit trees in war Deut 20:19 — “thou shalt not destroy the trees… for thou mayest eat of them”
- 217. To set up a guard rail on a roof Deut 22:8 — “thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof”
- 218. Not to leave a stumbling danger in one’s house Deut 22:8 — “that thou bring not blood upon thy house”
- 219. To designate a place outside the camp for needs Deut 23:13 — “thou shalt have a place also without the camp”
- 220. To have a tool to cover excrement Deut 23:14 — “thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon”
221–240: Ritual Purity, Impurity, and Bodily Emissions
- To send the impure out of the camp Num 5:2 — “put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue”
- Not to enter the sanctuary while impure Num 5:3 — “that they defile not their camp”
- To purify from corpse impurity with the red heifer water Num 19:12 — “he shall purify himself with it on the third day”
- Not to enter the sanctuary after corpse impurity before purification Num 19:13 — “whosoever… purifieth not himself… defileth the tabernacle”
- Not to touch a corpse if one is a Nazirite Num 6:6 — “he shall come at no dead body”
- To shave after purification from corpse impurity (Nazirite) Num 6:9 — “he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing”
- To follow the laws of impurity from a corpse Num 19:14 — “this is the law: when a man dieth in a tent”
- To follow the laws of impurity from a zav Lev 15:2 — “when any man hath an issue”
- To follow the laws of impurity from a zavah Lev 15:25 — “if a woman have an issue of her blood many days”
- To follow the laws of impurity from a menstruant Lev 15:19 — “if a woman have an issue… she shall be in her impurity”
- To follow the laws of impurity from childbirth Lev 12:2 — “if a woman conceive, and bear a man-child”
- To follow the laws of impurity from leprosy Lev 13:2 — “when a man shall have in the skin… a rising”
- To follow the laws of impurity from leprous garments Lev 13:47 — “the garment also… hath the plague”
- To follow the laws of impurity from leprous houses Lev 14:34 — “when ye be come… and I put the plague of leprosy in a house”
- To follow the laws of impurity from seminal emission Lev 15:16 — “if the seed of copulation go out from a man”
- To immerse in water to remove impurity Lev 15:16 — “he shall bathe all his flesh in water”
- To wait until evening after immersion Lev 15:16 — “and be unclean until the even”
- To follow the laws of impurity from creeping things Lev 11:29 — “these shall be unclean unto you”
- Not to eat creeping things Lev 11:41 — “every creeping thing… shall not be eaten”
- Not to eat flying insects Lev 11:20 — “all winged swarming things… shall be an abomination”
241–260: Forbidden Foods, Slaughter, and Dietary Laws
- Not to eat unclean animals Lev 11:4 — “these shall ye not eat”
- Not to eat unclean fish Lev 11:11 — “they shall be an abomination unto you”
- Not to eat unclean birds Lev 11:13 — “these ye shall have in abomination among the birds”
- Not to eat swarming creatures on the ground Lev 11:41 — “every creeping thing… shall not be eaten”
- Not to eat swarming creatures in water Lev 11:10 — “all that have not fins and scales… they shall be an abomination”
- Not to eat blood Lev 7:26 — “ye shall eat no manner of blood”
- Not to eat forbidden fat Lev 7:23 — “ye shall eat no fat”
- Not to eat an animal that died of itself Deut 14:21 — “ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself”
- Not to eat an animal torn in the field Exod 22:30 — “flesh that is torn of beasts… ye shall cast it to the dogs”
- Not to eat meat cooked with milk Exod 23:19 — “thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk”
- Not to eat the sinew of the thigh Gen 32:33 — “the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip”
- To cover the blood of wild animals and birds Lev 17:13 — “he shall pour out the blood… and cover it with dust”
- Not to eat offerings outside their permitted time Lev 19:6–7 — “if it be eaten at all on the third day… it is an abomination”
- Not to eat offerings outside their permitted place Deut 12:17 — “thou mayest not eat within thy gates”
- Not to eat the Passover offering raw or boiled Exod 12:9 — “eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water”
- Not to break a bone of the Passover offering Exod 12:46 — “neither shall ye break a bone thereof”
- Not to leave the Passover offering until morning Exod 12:10 — “let nothing of it remain until the morning”
- Not to eat the Passover offering if uncircumcised Exod 12:48 — “no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof”
- Not to eat the Passover offering outside the house Exod 12:46 — “thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad”
- To slaughter animals according to the laws of shechitah Deut 12:21 — “thou shalt kill… as I have commanded thee”
261–280: Marriage, Family, Forbidden Relations
- To marry a wife with proper betrothal Deut 24:1 — “when a man taketh a wife”
- Not to have relations with one’s mother Lev 18:7 — “the nakedness of thy mother shalt thou not uncover”
- Not to have relations with one’s father’s wife Lev 18:8 — “the nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover”
- Not to have relations with one’s sister Lev 18:9 — “the nakedness of thy sister… shalt thou not uncover”
- Not to have relations with one’s granddaughter Lev 18:10 — “the nakedness of thy son’s daughter”
- Not to have relations with one’s daughter (derived) Lev 18:6 — “none of you shall approach to any that is near of kin”
- Not to have relations with one’s aunt (father’s sister) Lev 18:12 — “the nakedness of thy father’s sister”
- Not to have relations with one’s aunt (mother’s sister) Lev 18:13 — “the nakedness of thy mother’s sister”
- Not to have relations with one’s uncle’s wife Lev 18:14 — “thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother”
- Not to have relations with one’s daughter‑in‑law Lev 18:15 — “the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law”
- Not to have relations with one’s brother’s wife (except yibbum) Lev 18:16 — “the nakedness of thy brother’s wife”
- Not to have relations with a woman and her daughter Lev 18:17 — “the nakedness of a woman and her daughter”
- Not to have relations with a woman and her granddaughter Lev 18:17 — “her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter”
- Not to have relations with two sisters Lev 18:18 — “neither shalt thou take a woman to her sister”
- Not to have relations with a menstruant Lev 18:19 — “thou shalt not approach unto a woman… in her impurity”
- Not to have relations with another man’s wife Lev 18:20 — “thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife”
- Not to have relations with a man (male lying with male) Lev 18:22 — “thou shalt not lie with mankind”
- Not to have relations with an animal Lev 18:23 — “neither shalt thou lie with any beast”
- Not to allow a woman to lie with an animal Lev 18:23 — “neither shall any woman stand before a beast”
- Not to marry forbidden relatives Lev 18:6 — “none of you shall approach… to uncover nakedness”
281–299: Divorce, Yibbum, Rape, Seduction, and Family Law
- To give a bill of divorce when required Deut 24:1 — “then let him write her a bill of divorcement”
- Not to remarry one’s divorced wife after she married another Deut 24:4 — “her former husband… may not take her again”
- To perform yibbum (levirate marriage) Deut 25:5 — “her husband’s brother shall go in unto her”
- To perform chalitzah when not doing yibbum Deut 25:9 — “then shall his brother’s wife loose his shoe”
- Not to marry a woman forbidden to a priest Lev 21:7 — “they shall not take a woman that is a harlot”
- Not to divorce a woman without a proper bill Deut 24:1 — “write her a bill of divorcement”
- To fine a seducer of a virgin Exod 22:16 — “he shall surely pay a dowry for her”
- Not to withhold the fine of a seducer Exod 22:17 — “he shall pay money according to the dowry”
- To marry the woman he seduced (if she consents) Exod 22:16 — “he shall surely pay a dowry… to be his wife”
- Not to divorce the woman he raped Deut 22:29 — “he may not put her away all his days”
- To pay the fine for rape Deut 22:29 — “then the man… shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels”
- Not to slander a wife’s virginity Deut 22:19 — “because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin”
- To punish a slanderer of virginity Deut 22:19 — “they shall chastise him”
- Not to take a woman in marriage without proper betrothal Deut 24:1 — “when a man taketh a wife”
- Not to withhold marital rights Exod 21:10 — “her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage shall he not diminish”
- Not to sell a Hebrew maidservant Exod 21:8 — “to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power”
- To redeem a Hebrew maidservant Exod 21:8 — “if she please not her master… then shall he let her be redeemed”
- To allow a Hebrew maidservant to marry the master or his son Exod 21:9 — “if he espouse her to his son”
- Not to diminish the rights of a Hebrew maidservant Exod 21:10 — “her food, her raiment, and her duty… shall he not diminish”
300-320: Property, Damages, Theft, and Lost Objects
- Not to take a pledge from a widow Deut 24:17 — “thou shalt not take a widow’s raiment to pledge”
- To free a Hebrew slave in the seventh year Exod 21:2 — “in the seventh he shall go out free”
- Not to send him away empty‑handed Deut 15:13 — “thou shalt not let him go away empty”
- To give gifts to a freed Hebrew slave Deut 15:14 — “thou shalt furnish him liberally”
- Not to oppress a Hebrew slave Lev 25:43 — “thou shalt not rule over him with rigor”
- Not to return an escaped slave to his master Deut 23:16 — “thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant”
- To allow an escaped slave to dwell freely Deut 23:17 — “he shall dwell with thee… thou shalt not oppress him”
- Not to work a slave ruthlessly Lev 25:46 — “ye shall not rule over him with rigor”
- To treat a purchased slave according to the law Lev 25:46 — “of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondwomen”
- Not to sell a Hebrew maidservant Exod 21:8 — “to sell her… he shall have no power”
- To redeem a Hebrew maidservant Exod 21:8 — “then shall he let her be redeemed”
- To allow her marriage to the master’s son Exod 21:9 — “if he espouse her to his son”
- Not to diminish her rights Exod 21:10 — “her food, her raiment… shall he not diminish”
- To free a slave injured by his master Exod 21:26 — “if a man smite the eye of his servant… he shall let him go free”
- To free a slave whose tooth is knocked out Exod 21:27 — “if he smite out his manservant’s tooth”
- Not to oppress a stranger or sojourner Exod 22:20 — “ye shall not wrong a stranger”
- Not to oppress the poor Exod 22:24 — “thou shalt not be to him as a creditor”
- Not to delay paying wages Lev 19:13 — “the wages… shall not abide with thee all night”
300–320: Property, Damages, Theft, and Lost Objects
- To pay wages on time Deut 24:15 — “in his day thou shalt give him his hire”
- Not to oppress a hired worker Deut 24:14 — “thou shalt not oppress a hired servant”
- Not to muzzle an ox while it treads grain Deut 25:4 — “thou shalt not muzzle the ox”
- 341–360: Agriculture, Land, First‑Fruits, and Tithes
- To leave the corners of the field for the poor Lev 19:9 — “thou shalt not wholly reap the corners”
- To leave gleanings for the poor Lev 19:9 — “neither shalt thou gather the gleanings”
- To leave the forgotten sheaf Deut 24:19 — “thou shalt not go again to fetch it”
- To leave the gleanings of the vineyard Lev 19:10 — “neither shalt thou gather the fallen grapes”
- Not to gather the fallen grapes Lev 19:10 — “thou shalt leave them for the poor”
- To bring first‑fruits to the sanctuary Exod 23:19 — “the first of the first‑fruits… thou shalt bring”
- To recite the declaration over first‑fruits Deut 26:5 — “thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God”
- To separate terumah (heave‑offering) Num 18:8 — “I have given thee the charge of My heave‑offerings”
- To give the Levite his tithe Num 18:24 — “the tithes… I have given to the Levites”
- To tithe the produce yearly Deut 14:22 — “thou shalt surely tithe all the increase”
- To eat the second tithe in Jerusalem Deut 14:23 — “thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God”
- To redeem the second tithe when distant Deut 14:24–25 — “then shalt thou turn it into money”
- To give the poor tithe in the third and sixth years Deut 14:28 — “at the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe”
- To make the tithe declaration Deut 26:13 — “then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God”
- Not to eat second tithe while impure Deut 26:14 — “I have not eaten thereof in my mourning”
- Not to use second tithe for the dead Deut 26:14 — “neither have I given thereof for the dead”
- Not to eat first‑fruits outside Jerusalem Deut 12:17 — “thou mayest not eat within thy gates”
- Not to delay bringing offerings and tithes Deut 23:22 — “thou shalt not be slack to pay it”
- To separate challah from dough Num 15:20 — “ye shall set apart a cake”
- Not to eat untithed produce Lev 22:15 — “they shall not profane the holy things”
- To fulfill what one vows Deut 23:24 — “that which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep”
- Not to delay fulfilling vows Deut 23:22 — “thou shalt not be slack to pay it”
- Not to vow offerings from stolen goods Lev 1:2 — “of your own voluntary will”
- To judge valuations (arachin) Lev 27:2 — “when a man shall make a singular vow”
- Not to change holy things from one type to another Lev 27:10 — “he shall not alter it, nor change it”
- Not to redeem the firstborn of clean animals Num 18:17 — “the firstling of a cow… thou shalt not redeem”
- To redeem the firstborn of man Num 18:15 — “the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem”
- To redeem the firstborn of an unclean animal Exod 13:13 — “every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem”
- Not to work with consecrated animals Deut 15:19 — “thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thine ox”
- Not to shear consecrated animals Deut 15:19 — “nor shear the firstling of thy sheep”
- To bring vowed offerings to the sanctuary Deut 12:11 — “all your choice vows which ye vow”
- To bring freewill offerings to the sanctuary Deut 12:11 — “all your freewill offerings”
- Not to eat offerings while impure Lev 7:20 — “the soul that eateth… having his uncleanness”
- Not to eat piggul Lev 7:18 — “it shall be an abomination”
- Not to eat notar Lev 19:6–7 — “if it be eaten… on the third day… it is an abomination”
321-340: Slaves, Servants, and Employment
- To burn leftover sacrificial flesh Lev 7:17 — “that which remaineth… shall be burnt”
- To follow the laws of the Nazirite Num 6:2 — “when either man or woman shall vow a vow of a Nazirite”
- Not to drink wine as a Nazirite Num 6:3 — “he shall separate himself from wine”
- Not to eat grapes or grape products as a Nazirite Num 6:3 — “nor eat moist grapes or dried”
- Not to cut the Nazirite’s hair Num 6:5 — “no razor shall come upon his head”
- 381–399: Nazirites (continued), Priests, and Temple Service
- Not to become impure for the dead as a Nazirite Num 6:6 — “he shall come at no dead body”
- To shave after completing Nazirite days Num 6:18 — “the Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation”
- To bring the Nazirite offerings Num 6:14 — “this is the law of the Nazirite”
- To bless Israel with the priestly blessing Num 6:23 — “thus shall ye bless the children of Israel”
- To serve in the sanctuary only in priestly garments Exod 28:43 — “they shall be upon Aaron and his sons… when they go into the tent”
- Not to tear the priestly garments Exod 28:32 — “that it be not rent”
- Not to leave the sanctuary during service Lev 10:7 — “ye shall not go out from the door of the tent”
- Not to drink wine before entering the sanctuary Lev 10:9 — “do not drink wine nor strong drink”
- To distinguish between holy and common Lev 10:10 — “that ye may put difference between the holy and the common”
- To teach Israel all the statutes Lev 10:11 — “that ye may teach the children of Israel”
- Not to defile oneself for the dead (priests) Lev 21:1 — “there shall none defile himself for the dead”
- Not to shave bald patches on the head (priests) Lev 21:5 — “they shall not make baldness upon their head”
- Not to shave the corners of the beard (priests) Lev 21:5 — “neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard”
- Not to cut the flesh (priests) Lev 21:5 — “nor make any cuttings in their flesh”
- To be holy to God (priests) Lev 21:6 — “they shall be holy unto their God”
- Not to marry a widow (High Priest) Lev 21:14 — “a widow… these shall he not take”
- To marry only a virgin (High Priest) Lev 21:13 — “he shall take a wife in her virginity”
- Not to enter the sanctuary with a blemish (priests) Lev 21:17 — “no man… that hath a blemish shall approach”
- Not to serve with a blemish (priests) Lev 21:21 — “no man… that hath a blemish shall come nigh to offer”
- Not to profane the sanctuary by serving while impure Lev 22:2 — “that they separate themselves from the holy things”
- Not to eat holy things while impure Lev 22:4 — “the soul… shall not eat of the holy things”
- To burn the remainder of impure holy food Lev 7:19 — “the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall be burnt”
- To follow the laws of priestly portions Num 18:8 — “I have given thee the charge of My heave‑offerings”
- To eat the most holy things in a holy place Num 18:10 — “in the most holy place shalt thou eat it”
- Not to eat holy things as a non‑priest Num 18:4 — “a stranger shall not come nigh unto you”
- To guard the sanctuary Num 18:5 — “ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary”
- To guard the altar Num 18:5 — “and the charge of the altar”
- Not to allow wrath to come upon Israel Num 18:5 — “that there be no wrath any more”
- To light the menorah daily Exod 27:20 — “they shall light the lamps continually”
- To set the showbread on the table Lev 24:8 — “every sabbath he shall set it in order”
- To burn incense daily Exod 30:7 — “Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices”
- Not to offer strange incense Exod 30:9 — “ye shall offer no strange incense thereon”
- Not to offer a blemished incense mixture Exod 30:34–38 — “ye shall not make unto yourselves according to the composition”
- Not to make the anointing oil for personal use Exod 30:32 — “upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured”
- Not to make incense for personal use Exod 30:38 — “whosoever shall make like unto that… shall be cut off”
- To anoint the High Priest and sacred vessels Exod 30:30 — “thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons”
- 421–440: Sacrifices, Offerings, and Temple Procedures
- To offer the daily burnt offering Num 28:3 — “two lambs… day by day continually”
- To offer the additional Sabbath offering Num 28:9 — “on the sabbath day two lambs”
- To offer the additional New Moon offering Num 28:11 — “in the beginnings of your months”
- To offer the Passover additional offerings Num 28:19 — “ye shall offer an offering made by fire”
- To offer the Shavuot additional offerings Num 28:26 — “in the day of the first‑fruits”
- To offer the Rosh Hashanah additional offerings Num 29:1–2 — “ye shall offer a burnt offering”
- To offer the Yom Kippur additional offerings Num 29:7–8 — “ye shall offer a burnt offering”
- To offer the Sukkot additional offerings Num 29:12 — “ye shall keep a feast… and offer”
- To offer the Shemini Atzeret additional offerings Num 29:35–36 — “on the eighth day… ye shall offer”
- To bring all offerings to the sanctuary Deut 12:5–6 — “thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings”
- Not to slaughter offerings outside the sanctuary Lev 17:3–4 — “and bringeth it not unto the door of the tent”
- Not to eat offerings before sprinkling the blood Deut 12:17 — “thou mayest not eat… the blood”
- To perform semichah (laying hands) on offerings Lev 1:4 — “he shall lay his hand upon the head”
- To slaughter offerings Lev 1:5 — “and he shall kill the bullock”
- To sprinkle the blood Lev 1:5 — “and the priests shall sprinkle the blood”
- To burn the fat on the altar Lev 3:5 — “the priest shall burn them upon the altar”
- To wave certain offerings Lev 7:30 — “his own hands shall bring the offerings… the breast to wave”
- To heave certain offerings Lev 7:32 — “ye shall give the right thigh for a heave offering”
- To salt all offerings Lev 2:13 — “with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt”
- Not to omit salt from offerings Lev 2:13 — “thou shalt not suffer the salt… to be lacking”
- 441–460: Sacrificial Disqualifications, Blemishes, and Conditions
- Not to offer leaven on the altar Lev 2:11 — “no meal‑offering… shall be made with leaven”
- Not to offer honey on the altar Lev 2:11 — “nor any honey”
- Not to offer blemished animals Lev 22:20 — “whatsoever hath a blemish… shall ye not offer”
- Not to consecrate a blemished animal Lev 22:22 — “ye shall not offer these unto the LORD”
- Not to slaughter a blemished animal Lev 22:22 — “of them shall ye not make an offering”
- Not to sprinkle the blood of a blemished animal Lev 22:24 — “neither shall ye make any offering thereof”
- Not to burn the fat of a blemished animal Lev 22:25 — “their corruption is in them”
- Not to offer an animal with a temporary blemish Lev 22:21 — “without blemish… there shall be no blemish therein”
- Not to offer an animal with missing limbs Lev 22:22 — “blind, or broken, or maimed”
- Not to offer an animal with extra limbs Lev 22:23 — “too long or too short”
- Not to offer an animal with crushed testicles Lev 22:24 — “bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut”
- Not to offer an animal bought with harlot’s wages Deut 23:19 — “thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot”
- Not to offer an animal bought with dog’s price Deut 23:19 — “or the price of a dog”
- Not to offer an animal before eight days old Lev 22:27 — “from the eighth day… it shall be accepted”
- Not to slaughter parent and offspring on the same day Lev 22:28 — “ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day”
- Not to redeem the firstborn of clean animals Num 18:17 — “thou shalt not redeem”
- To burn the remainder of sacrificial flesh Lev 7:17 — “that which remaineth… shall be burnt”
- Not to leave sacrificial flesh overnight Lev 7:15 — “he shall not leave any of it until the morning”
- Not to eat sacrificial meat while impure Lev 7:20 — “the soul… having his uncleanness”
- Not to eat sacrificial fat Lev 7:23 — “ye shall eat no fat”
- 461–480: Blood, Offerings, Priestly Gifts, and Temple Maintenance
- Not to eat blood Lev 7:26 — “ye shall eat no manner of blood”
- To cover the blood of wild animals and birds Lev 17:13 — “cover it with dust”
- Not to eat the flesh of the burnt offering Lev 6:23 — “it shall not be eaten”
- To eat the sin offering (when permitted) Lev 6:19 — “the priest… shall eat it”
- To eat the guilt offering (when permitted) Lev 7:6 — “every male among the priests shall eat thereof”
- To follow the laws of the meal offering Lev 6:7 — “this is the law of the meal‑offering”
- To follow the laws of the sin offering Lev 6:18 — “this is the law of the sin‑offering”
- To follow the laws of the guilt offering Lev 7:1 — “this is the law of the guilt‑offering”
- To follow the laws of the peace offering Lev 7:11 — “this is the law of the sacrifice of peace‑offerings”
- To bring all vows and freewill offerings Deut 12:11 — “all your vows… and freewill offerings”
- Not to delay fulfilling vows Deut 23:22 — “thou shalt not be slack to pay it”
- To redeem dedicated property Lev 27:14 — “if a man shall sanctify his house”
- Not to change dedicated property Lev 27:10 — “he shall not alter it”
- To follow the laws of cherem (devoted things) Lev 27:28 — “no devoted thing… shall be sold or redeemed”
- To give the shoulder, cheeks, and maw to the priest Deut 18:3 — “the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw”
- To give the first of the fleece Deut 18:4 — “the first of the fleece… shalt thou give him”
- To give terumah to the priest Num 18:8 — “I have given thee the charge of My heave‑offerings”
- Not to eat terumah as a non‑priest Num 18:4 — “a stranger shall not come nigh”
- Not to eat terumah while impure Lev 22:4 — “the soul… shall not eat of the holy things”
- To add a fifth when a non‑priest eats terumah unwittingly Lev 22:14 — “he shall put the fifth part thereto”
- 481–499: Temple Vessels, Sanctity, and Miscellaneous Laws
- Not to enter the sanctuary at will Lev 16:2 — “come not at all times into the holy place”
- To revere the sanctuary Lev 19:30 — “reverence My sanctuary”
- Not to remove the poles from the Ark Exod 25:15 — “the staves shall not be taken from it”
- Not to tear the priestly garments Exod 28:32 — “that it be not rent”
- Not to go up by steps to the altar Exod 20:26 — “neither shalt thou go up by steps unto Mine altar”
- To build a railing around the altar Exod 27:2 — “and thou shalt make horns upon the four corners” (rabbinic anchoring)
- Not to extinguish the altar fire Lev 6:6 — “the fire… shall not go out”
- To remove the ashes from the altar Lev 6:3 — “he shall take up the ashes”
- To keep fire burning on the altar continually Lev 6:6 — “a perpetual fire… shall not go out”
- Not to offer anything blemished on the altar Lev 22:20 — “whatsoever hath a blemish… shall ye not offer”
- Not to eat holy things outside the permitted area Deut 12:17 — “thou mayest not eat within thy gates”
- Not to eat second tithe outside Jerusalem Deut 12:17 — “thou mayest not eat within thy gates”
- Not to eat first‑fruits outside Jerusalem Deut 12:17 — “thou mayest not eat within thy gates”
- To redeem second tithe when distant Deut 14:24–25 — “turn it into money”
- To rejoice before the LORD with offerings Deut 12:7 — “ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God”
- Not to appoint a foreigner as king Deut 17:15 — “thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee”
- Not to multiply horses for the king Deut 17:16 — “he shall not multiply horses to himself”
- Not to cause the people to return to Egypt Deut 17:16 — “ye shall henceforth return no more that way”
- Not to multiply wives for the king Deut 17:17 — “neither shall he multiply wives to himself”
- Not to greatly multiply silver and gold (king) Deut 17:17 — “neither shall he greatly multiply… silver and gold”
- That the king shall write a Torah scroll Deut 17:18 — “he shall write him a copy of this law”
- That the king shall read the Torah all his days Deut 17:19 — “he shall read therein all the days of his life”
- To obey the High Court Deut 17:10 — “according to the sentence… thou shalt do”
- Not to deviate from their ruling Deut 17:11 — “thou shalt not turn aside… right or left”
- To appoint judges and officers Deut 16:18 — “judges and officers shalt thou make”
- Not to pervert justice Deut 16:19 — “thou shalt not wrest judgment”
- Not to show favoritism in judgment Deut 16:19 — “thou shalt not respect persons”
- Not to take a bribe Deut 16:19 — “thou shalt not take a gift”
- To judge with righteousness Lev 19:15 — “in righteousness shalt thou judge”
- Not to convict on the testimony of one witness Deut 19:15 — “one witness shall not rise up”
- To investigate witnesses thoroughly Deut 13:15 — “thou shalt inquire, and make search, and ask diligently”
- To punish false witnesses Deut 19:19 — “then shall ye do unto him as he had purposed”
- Not to fear a man in judgment Deut 1:17 — “ye shall not be afraid of the face of man”
- To follow the majority in judgment Exod 23:2 — “after the many to decide”
- Not to follow a majority to do evil Exod 23:2 — “thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil”
- Not to accept ransom for a murderer Num 35:31 — “ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer”
- 521–540: Warfare, Amalek, Captives, and National Purity
- Not to pity a murderer Deut 19:13 — “thine eye shall not pity him”
- To prepare for war properly Deut 20:2–4 — “the priest shall approach and speak unto the people”
- Not to fear in battle Deut 20:3 — “let not your heart faint”
- To offer peace before besieging a city Deut 20:10 — “proclaim peace unto it”
- Not to destroy fruit trees in war Deut 20:19 — “thou shalt not destroy the trees”
- To designate a place outside the camp Deut 23:13 — “thou shalt have a place also without the camp”
- To carry a tool to cover excrement Deut 23:14 — “thou shalt have a paddle”
- To remember what Amalek did Deut 25:17 — “remember what Amalek did”
- To wipe out Amalek Deut 25:19 — “thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek”
- Not to forget Amalek Deut 25:19 — “thou shalt not forget”
- To follow the laws of a captive woman Deut 21:10–13 — “thou mayest take her to thee to wife”
- Not to sell a captive woman Deut 21:14 — “thou shalt not sell her at all for money”
- Not to treat her as a slave Deut 21:14 — “thou shalt not deal with her as a slave”
- Not to allow abominations in the camp Deut 23:15 — “the LORD thy God walketh in the midst… therefore shall thy camp be holy”
- Not to return an escaped slave Deut 23:16 — “thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant”
- To allow him to dwell freely Deut 23:17 — “he shall dwell with thee… thou shalt not oppress him”
- Not to bring the hire of a harlot into the sanctuary Deut 23:19 — “thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot”
- Not to bring the price of a dog into the sanctuary Deut 23:19 — “or the price of a dog”
- Not to abhor an Edomite Deut 23:8 — “thou shalt not abhor an Edomite”
- Not to abhor an Egyptian Deut 23:8 — “thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian”
- 541–560: Business Ethics, Weights, Measures, and Honesty
- To have honest weights Lev 19:36 — “just balances, just weights”
- To have honest measures Lev 19:36 — “a just ephah, and a just hin”
- Not to possess false weights Deut 25:13 — “thou shalt not have… divers weights”
- Not to possess false measures Deut 25:14 — “thou shalt not have… divers measures”
- Not to cheat in weights and measures Lev 19:35 — “ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment”
- Not to move a boundary marker Deut 19:14 — “thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark”
- Not to steal Exod 20:15 — “thou shalt not steal”
- Not to rob Lev 19:13 — “ye shall not rob”
- Not to oppress Lev 19:13 — “thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour”
- Not to covet Exod 20:17 — “thou shalt not covet”
- Not to desire what belongs to another Deut 5:18 — “neither shalt thou desire”
- Not to withhold wages Lev 19:13 — “shall not abide with thee all night”
- To pay wages on time Deut 24:15 — “in his day thou shalt give him his hire”
- Not to cheat a convert Exod 22:20 — “ye shall not wrong a stranger”
- Not to cheat an orphan Exod 22:21 — “ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child”
- Not to cheat a widow Exod 22:21 — “ye shall not afflict any widow”
- Not to lend with interest to an Israelite Lev 25:37 — “thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest”
- Not to borrow with interest Deut 23:20 — “thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother” (derived)
- Not to demand interest Exod 22:24 — “thou shalt not be to him as a creditor”
- Not to take collateral from a widow Deut 24:17 — “thou shalt not take a widow’s raiment to pledge”
- 561–580: Speech, Oaths, Vows, and Personal Conduct
- Not to swear falsely Lev 19:12 — “ye shall not swear by My name falsely”
- Not to take God’s name in vain Exod 20:7 — “thou shalt not take the name… in vain”
- To fulfill vows Deut 23:24 — “that which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep”
- Not to delay fulfilling vows Deut 23:22 — “thou shalt not be slack to pay it”
- Not to profane one’s word Num 30:3 — “he shall not break his word”
- To judge vows of a woman (father/husband) Num 30:4–9 — “her father shall disallow her”
- Not to break an oath Lev 5:4 — “if a soul swear… and it be hid from him”
- Not to curse the deaf Lev 19:14 — “thou shalt not curse the deaf”
- Not to curse a ruler Exod 22:27 — “thou shalt not curse a ruler of thy people”
- Not to curse any Israelite Lev 19:14 — “thou shalt not curse” (general)
- Not to gossip Lev 19:16 — “thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer”
- Not to stand idly by the blood of one’s neighbor Lev 19:16 — “neither shalt thou stand idly by”
- Not to embarrass another Lev 19:17 — “thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart” (derived)
- To rebuke one’s fellow Lev 19:17 — “thou shalt surely rebuke”
- Not to bear sin because of him Lev 19:17 — “and not bear sin because of him”
- Not to take revenge Lev 19:18 — “thou shalt not take vengeance”
- Not to bear a grudge Lev 19:18 — “nor bear any grudge”
- To love one’s fellow as oneself Lev 19:18 — “thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself”
- To love the convert Deut 10:19 — “love ye therefore the stranger”
- Not to wrong a convert with words Exod 22:20 — “ye shall not wrong a stranger”
- 581–599: Miscellaneous Civil, Social, and Ethical Laws
- Not to wrong a convert financially Exod 22:20 — “nor oppress him”
- To honor the elderly Lev 19:32 — “thou shalt rise up before the hoary head”
- Not to mistreat the vulnerable Exod 22:21 — “ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child”
- Not to leave stumbling dangers Deut 22:8 — “that thou bring not blood upon thy house”
- To build a guardrail on a roof Deut 22:8 — “thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof”
- Not to sow mixed seeds Lev 19:19 — “thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed”
- Not to plow with an ox and donkey together Deut 22:10 — “thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together”
- Not to wear garments of mixed wool and linen Deut 22:11 — “thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff”
- To wear fringes (tzitzit) Num 15:38 — “they shall make them fringes”
- Not to turn to sorcery Lev 19:31 — “turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits”
- Not to practice divination Lev 19:26 — “ye shall not… use enchantments”
- Not to practice soothsaying Lev 19:26 — “nor observe times”
- Not to consult mediums Lev 19:31 — “neither seek after wizards”
- Not to cut the flesh for the dead Deut 14:1 — “ye shall not cut yourselves”
- Not to make baldness for the dead Deut 14:1 — “nor make any baldness”
- Not to practice divination Deut 18:10 — “there shall not be found among you… one that divineth”
- Not to practice soothsaying Deut 18:10 — “an observer of times”
- Not to practice enchantment Deut 18:10 — “or an enchanter”
- Not to practice witchcraft Deut 18:10 — “or a witch”
- Not to practice sorcery Deut 18:11 — “or a charmer”
- Not to consult ghosts Deut 18:11 — “or a consulter with familiar spirits”
- Not to consult spirits of the dead Deut 18:11 — “or a wizard, or a necromancer”
- Not to cut oneself for the dead Deut 14:1 — “ye shall not cut yourselves”
- Not to make baldness for the dead Deut 14:1 — “nor make any baldness”
- Not to eat the produce of a tree during its first three years Lev 19:23 — “three years shall it be as forbidden”
- To sanctify the fruit of the fourth year Lev 19:24 — “in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy”
- Not to redeem the fruit of the fourth year Lev 19:24 — “shall be holy for giving praise” (anchoring the requirement)
- Not to sow a field with mixed seed Deut 22:9 — “thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds”
- Not to crossbreed animals Lev 19:19 — “thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind”
00–320: Property, Damages, Theft, and Lost Objects
- To judge cases of a borrower Exod 22:13 — “if it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness”
- To judge cases of a paid guardian Exod 22:10 — “if a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass… to keep”
- To judge cases of an unpaid guardian Exod 22:7 — “if a man deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep”
- To judge cases of a renter Exod 22:14 — “if a man borrow ought of his neighbour”
- Not to steal Exod 20:15 — “thou shalt not steal”
- Not to rob Lev 19:13 — “ye shall not rob”
- Not to kidnap Exod 21:16 — “he that stealeth a man”
- To return stolen property Lev 5:23 — “he shall restore that which he took violently away”
- Not to deny a claim or lie about entrusted property Lev 5:21 — “if he lie unto his neighbour… in a thing delivered him to keep”
- To return lost property Deut 22:1 — “thou shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother”
- Not to ignore lost property Deut 22:3 — “thou mayest not hide thyself”
- Not to covet Exod 20:17 — “thou shalt not covet”
- Not to desire what belongs to another Deut 5:18 — “neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife”
- Not to move a boundary marker Deut 19:14 — “thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark”
- Not to cheat with weights and measures Lev 19:35 — “ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight”
- To have honest weights and measures Lev 19:36 — “just balances, just weights”
- Not to possess false weights Deut 25:13 — “thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights”
- Not to possess false measures Deut 25:14 — “thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures”
- Not to wrong others in business Lev 25:14 — “ye shall not wrong one another”
- To return collateral at the proper time Deut 24:13 — “thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge”
- Not to take a pledge from a widow Deut 24:17 — “thou shalt not take a widow’s raiment to pledge”
321–340: Slaves, Servants, and Employment Law
- To free a Hebrew slave in the seventh year Exod 21:2 — “in the seventh he shall go out free”
- Not to send him away empty‑handed Deut 15:13 — “thou shalt not let him go away empty”
- To give gifts to a freed Hebrew slave Deut 15:14 — “thou shalt furnish him liberally”
- Not to oppress a Hebrew slave Lev 25:43 — “thou shalt not rule over him with rigor”
- Not to return an escaped slave to his master Deut 23:16 — “thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant”
- To allow an escaped slave to dwell freely Deut 23:17 — “he shall dwell with thee… thou shalt not oppress him”
- Not to work a slave ruthlessly Lev 25:46 — “ye shall not rule over him with rigor”
- To treat a purchased slave according to the law Lev 25:46 — “of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondwomen”
- Not to sell a Hebrew maidservant Exod 21:8 — “to sell her… he shall have no power”
- To redeem a Hebrew maidservant Exod 21:8 — “then shall he let her be redeemed”
- To allow her marriage to the master’s son Exod 21:9 — “if he espouse her to his son”
- Not to diminish her rights Exod 21:10 — “her food, her raiment… shall he not diminish”
- To free a slave injured by his master Exod 21:26 — “if a man smite the eye of his servant… he shall let him go free”
- To free a slave whose tooth is knocked out Exod 21:27 — “if he smite out his manservant’s tooth”
- Not to oppress a stranger or sojourner Exod 22:20 — “ye shall not wrong a stranger”
- Not to oppress the poor Exod 22:24 — “thou shalt not be to him as a creditor”
- Not to delay paying wages Lev 19:13 — “the wages… shall not abide with thee all night”
- To pay wages on time Deut 24:15 — “in his day thou shalt give him his hire”
- Not to oppress a hired worker Deut 24:14 — “thou shalt not oppress a hired servant”
- Not to muzzle an ox while it treads grain Deut 25:4 — “thou shalt not muzzle the ox”
341–360: Agriculture, Land, First‑Fruits, and Tithes
- To leave the corners of the field for the poor Lev 19:9 — “thou shalt not wholly reap the corners”
- To leave gleanings for the poor Lev 19:9 — “neither shalt thou gather the gleanings”
- To leave the forgotten sheaf Deut 24:19 — “thou shalt not go again to fetch it”
- To leave the gleanings of the vineyard Lev 19:10 — “neither shalt thou gather the fallen grapes”
- Not to gather the fallen grapes Lev 19:10 — “thou shalt leave them for the poor”
- To bring first‑fruits to the sanctuary Exod 23:19 — “the first of the first‑fruits… thou shalt bring”
- To recite the declaration over first‑fruits Deut 26:5 — “thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God”
- To separate terumah (heave‑offering) Num 18:8 — “I have given thee the charge of My heave‑offerings”
- To give the Levite his tithe Num 18:24 — “the tithes… I have given to the Levites”
- To tithe the produce yearly Deut 14:22 — “thou shalt surely tithe all the increase”
- To eat the second tithe in Jerusalem Deut 14:23 — “thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God”
- To redeem the second tithe when distant Deut 14:24–25 — “then shalt thou turn it into money”
- To give the poor tithe in the third and sixth years Deut 14:28 — “at the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe”
- To make the tithe declaration Deut 26:13 — “then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God”
- Not to eat second tithe while impure Deut 26:14 — “I have not eaten thereof in my mourning”
- Not to use second tithe for the dead Deut 26:14 — “neither have I given thereof for the dead”
- Not to eat first‑fruits outside Jerusalem Deut 12:17 — “thou mayest not eat within thy gates”
- Not to delay bringing offerings and tithes Deut 23:22 — “thou shalt not be slack to pay it”
- To separate challah from dough Num 15:20 — “ye shall set apart a cake”
- Not to eat untithed produce Lev 22:15 — “they shall not profane the holy things”
361–380: Vows, Oaths, Nazirites, and Sacred Things
- To fulfill what one vows Deut 23:24 — “that which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep”
- Not to delay fulfilling vows Deut 23:22 — “thou shalt not be slack to pay it”
- Not to vow offerings from stolen goods Lev 1:2 — “of your own voluntary will”
- To judge valuations (arachin) Lev 27:2 — “when a man shall make a singular vow”
- Not to change holy things from one type to another Lev 27:10 — “he shall not alter it, nor change it”
- Not to redeem the firstborn of clean animals Num 18:17 — “the firstling of a cow… thou shalt not redeem”
- To redeem the firstborn of man Num 18:15 — “the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem”
- To redeem the firstborn of an unclean animal Exod 13:13 — “every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem”
- Not to work with consecrated animals Deut 15:19 — “thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thine ox”
- Not to shear consecrated animals Deut 15:19 — “nor shear the firstling of thy sheep”
- To bring vowed offerings to the sanctuary Deut 12:11 — “all your choice vows which ye vow”
- To bring freewill offerings to the sanctuary Deut 12:11 — “all your freewill offerings”
- Not to eat offerings while impure Lev 7:20 — “the soul that eateth… having his uncleanness”
- Not to eat piggul Lev 7:18 — “it shall be an abomination”
- Not to eat notar Lev 19:6–7 — “if it be eaten… on the third day… it is an abomination”
- To burn leftover sacrificial flesh Lev 7:17 — “that which remaineth… shall be burnt”
- To follow the laws of the Nazirite Num 6:2 — “when either man or woman shall vow a vow of a Nazirite”
- Not to drink wine as a Nazirite Num 6:3 — “he shall separate himself from wine”
- Not to eat grapes or grape products as a Nazirite Num 6:3 — “nor eat moist grapes or dried”
- Not to cut the Nazirite’s hair Num 6:5 — “no razor shall come upon his head”
381–399: Nazirites (continued), Priests, and Temple Service
- Not to become impure for the dead as a Nazirite Num 6:6 — “he shall come at no dead body”
- To shave after completing Nazirite days Num 6:18 — “the Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation”
- To bring the Nazirite offerings Num 6:14 — “this is the law of the Nazirite”
- To bless Israel with the priestly blessing Num 6:23 — “thus shall ye bless the children of Israel”
- To serve in the sanctuary only in priestly garments Exod 28:43 — “they shall be upon Aaron and his sons… when they go into the tent”
- Not to tear the priestly garments Exod 28:32 — “that it be not rent”
- Not to leave the sanctuary during service Lev 10:7 — “ye shall not go out from the door of the tent”
- Not to drink wine before entering the sanctuary Lev 10:9 — “do not drink wine nor strong drink”
- To distinguish between holy and common Lev 10:10 — “that ye may put difference between the holy and the common”
- To teach Israel all the statutes Lev 10:11 — “that ye may teach the children of Israel”
- Not to defile oneself for the dead (priests) Lev 21:1 — “there shall none defile himself for the dead”
- Not to shave bald patches on the head (priests) Lev 21:5 — “they shall not make baldness upon their head”
- Not to shave the corners of the beard (priests) Lev 21:5 — “neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard”
- Not to cut the flesh (priests) Lev 21:5 — “nor make any cuttings in their flesh”
- To be holy to God (priests) Lev 21:6 — “they shall be holy unto their God”
- Not to profane God’s name (priests) Lev 21:6 — “and not profane the name of their God”
- Not to marry a harlot (priests) Lev 21:7 — “they shall not take a woman that is a harlot”
- Not to marry a profaned woman (priests) Lev 21:7 — “nor a woman profaned”
- Not to marry a divorced woman (priests) Lev 21:7 — “neither shall they take a woman put away”
- Not to marry a widow (High Priest) Lev 21:14 — “a widow… these shall he not take”
- To marry only a virgin (High Priest) Lev 21:13 — “he shall take a wife in her virginity”
- Not to enter the sanctuary with a blemish (priests) Lev 21:17 — “no man… that hath a blemish shall approach”
- Not to serve with a blemish (priests) Lev 21:21 — “no man… that hath a blemish shall come nigh to offer”
- Not to profane the sanctuary by serving while impure Lev 22:2 — “that they separate themselves from the holy things”
- Not to eat holy things while impure Lev 22:4 — “the soul… shall not eat of the holy things”
- To burn the remainder of impure holy food Lev 7:19 — “the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall be burnt”
- To follow the laws of priestly portions Num 18:8 — “I have given thee the charge of My heave‑offerings”
- To eat the most holy things in a holy place Num 18:10 — “in the most holy place shalt thou eat it”
- Not to eat holy things as a non‑priest Num 18:4 — “a stranger shall not come nigh unto you”
- To guard the sanctuary Num 18:5 — “ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary”
- To guard the altar Num 18:5 — “and the charge of the altar”
- Not to allow wrath to come upon Israel Num 18:5 — “that there be no wrath any more”
- To light the menorah daily Exod 27:20 — “they shall light the lamps continually”
- To set the showbread on the table Lev 24:8 — “every sabbath he shall set it in order”
- To burn incense daily Exod 30:7 — “Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices”
- Not to offer strange incense Exod 30:9 — “ye shall offer no strange incense thereon”
- Not to offer a blemished incense mixture Exod 30:34–38 — “ye shall not make unto yourselves according to the composition”
- Not to make the anointing oil for personal use Exod 30:32 — “upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured”
- Not to make incense for personal use Exod 30:38 — “whosoever shall make like unto that… shall be cut off”
- To anoint the High Priest and sacred vessels Exod 30:30 — “thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons”
421–440: Sacrifices, Offerings, and Temple Procedures
- To offer the daily burnt offering Num 28:3 — “two lambs… day by day continually”
- To offer the additional Sabbath offering Num 28:9 — “on the sabbath day two lambs”
- To offer the additional New Moon offering Num 28:11 — “in the beginnings of your months”
- To offer the Passover additional offerings Num 28:19 — “ye shall offer an offering made by fire”
- To offer the Shavuot additional offerings Num 28:26 — “in the day of the first‑fruits”
- To offer the Rosh Hashanah additional offerings Num 29:1–2 — “ye shall offer a burnt offering”
- To offer the Yom Kippur additional offerings Num 29:7–8 — “ye shall offer a burnt offering”
- To offer the Sukkot additional offerings Num 29:12 — “ye shall keep a feast… and offer”
- To offer the Shemini Atzeret additional offerings Num 29:35–36 — “on the eighth day… ye shall offer”
- To bring all offerings to the sanctuary Deut 12:5–6 — “thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings”
- Not to slaughter offerings outside the sanctuary Lev 17:3–4 — “and bringeth it not unto the door of the tent”
- Not to eat offerings before sprinkling the blood Deut 12:17 — “thou mayest not eat… the blood”
- To perform semichah (laying hands) on offerings Lev 1:4 — “he shall lay his hand upon the head”
- To slaughter offerings Lev 1:5 — “and he shall kill the bullock”
- To sprinkle the blood Lev 1:5 — “and the priests shall sprinkle the blood”
- To burn the fat on the altar Lev 3:5 — “the priest shall burn them upon the altar”
- To wave certain offerings Lev 7:30 — “his own hands shall bring the offerings… the breast to wave”
- To heave certain offerings Lev 7:32 — “ye shall give the right thigh for a heave offering”
- To salt all offerings Lev 2:13 — “with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt”
- Not to omit salt from offerings Lev 2:13 — “thou shalt not suffer the salt… to be lacking”
441–460: Sacrificial Disqualifications, Blemishes, and Conditions
- Not to offer leaven on the altar Lev 2:11 — “no meal‑offering… shall be made with leaven”
- Not to offer honey on the altar Lev 2:11 — “nor any honey”
- Not to offer blemished animals Lev 22:20 — “whatsoever hath a blemish… shall ye not offer”
- Not to consecrate a blemished animal Lev 22:22 — “ye shall not offer these unto the LORD”
- Not to slaughter a blemished animal Lev 22:22 — “of them shall ye not make an offering”
- Not to sprinkle the blood of a blemished animal Lev 22:24 — “neither shall ye make any offering thereof”
- Not to burn the fat of a blemished animal Lev 22:25 — “their corruption is in them”
- Not to offer an animal with a temporary blemish Lev 22:21 — “without blemish… there shall be no blemish therein”
- Not to offer an animal with missing limbs Lev 22:22 — “blind, or broken, or maimed”
- Not to offer an animal with extra limbs Lev 22:23 — “too long or too short”
- Not to offer an animal with crushed testicles Lev 22:24 — “bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut”
- Not to offer an animal bought with harlot’s wages Deut 23:19 — “thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot”
- Not to offer an animal bought with dog’s price Deut 23:19 — “or the price of a dog”
- Not to offer an animal before eight days old Lev 22:27 — “from the eighth day… it shall be accepted”
- Not to slaughter parent and offspring on the same day Lev 22:28 — “ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day”
- Not to redeem the firstborn of clean animals Num 18:17 — “thou shalt not redeem”
- To burn the remainder of sacrificial flesh Lev 7:17 — “that which remaineth… shall be burnt”
- Not to leave sacrificial flesh overnight Lev 7:15 — “he shall not leave any of it until the morning”
- Not to eat sacrificial meat while impure Lev 7:20 — “the soul… having his uncleanness”
- Not to eat sacrificial fat Lev 7:23 — “ye shall eat no fat”
461–480: Blood, Offerings, Priestly Gifts, and Temple Maintenance
- Not to eat blood Lev 7:26 — “ye shall eat no manner of blood”
- To cover the blood of wild animals and birds Lev 17:13 — “cover it with dust”
- Not to eat the flesh of the burnt offering Lev 6:23 — “it shall not be eaten”
- To eat the sin offering (when permitted) Lev 6:19 — “the priest… shall eat it”
- To eat the guilt offering (when permitted) Lev 7:6 — “every male among the priests shall eat thereof”
- To follow the laws of the meal offering Lev 6:7 — “this is the law of the meal‑offering”
- To follow the laws of the sin offering Lev 6:18 — “this is the law of the sin‑offering”
- To follow the laws of the guilt offering Lev 7:1 — “this is the law of the guilt‑offering”
- To follow the laws of the peace offering Lev 7:11 — “this is the law of the sacrifice of peace‑offerings”
- To bring all vows and freewill offerings Deut 12:11 — “all your vows… and freewill offerings”
- Not to delay fulfilling vows Deut 23:22 — “thou shalt not be slack to pay it”
- To redeem dedicated property Lev 27:14 — “if a man shall sanctify his house”
- Not to change dedicated property Lev 27:10 — “he shall not alter it”
- To follow the laws of cherem (devoted things) Lev 27:28 — “no devoted thing… shall be sold or redeemed”
- To give the shoulder, cheeks, and maw to the priest Deut 18:3 — “the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw”
- To give the first of the fleece Deut 18:4 — “the first of the fleece… shalt thou give him”
- To give terumah to the priest Num 18:8 — “I have given thee the charge of My heave‑offerings”
- Not to eat terumah as a non‑priest Num 18:4 — “a stranger shall not come nigh”
- Not to eat terumah while impure Lev 22:4 — “the soul… shall not eat of the holy things”
- To add a fifth when a non‑priest eats terumah unwittingly Lev 22:14 — “he shall put the fifth part thereto”
481–499: Temple Vessels, Sanctity, and Miscellaneous Laws
- Not to enter the sanctuary at will Lev 16:2 — “come not at all times into the holy place”
- To revere the sanctuary Lev 19:30 — “reverence My sanctuary”
- Not to remove the poles from the Ark Exod 25:15 — “the staves shall not be taken from it”
- Not to tear the priestly garments Exod 28:32 — “that it be not rent”
- Not to go up by steps to the altar Exod 20:26 — “neither shalt thou go up by steps unto Mine altar”
- To build a railing around the altar Exod 27:2 — “and thou shalt make horns upon the four corners” (rabbinic anchoring)
- Not to extinguish the altar fire Lev 6:6 — “the fire… shall not go out”
- To remove the ashes from the altar Lev 6:3 — “he shall take up the ashes”
- To keep fire burning on the altar continually Lev 6:6 — “a perpetual fire… shall not go out”
- Not to offer anything blemished on the altar Lev 22:20 — “whatsoever hath a blemish… shall ye not offer”
- Not to eat holy things outside the permitted area Deut 12:17 — “thou mayest not eat within thy gates”
- Not to eat second tithe outside Jerusalem Deut 12:17 — “thou mayest not eat within thy gates”
- Not to eat first‑fruits outside Jerusalem Deut 12:17 — “thou mayest not eat within thy gates”
- To redeem second tithe when distant Deut 14:24–25 — “turn it into money”
- To rejoice before the LORD with offerings Deut 12:7 — “ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God”
- Not to eat offerings while mourning Deut 26:14 — “I have not eaten thereof in my mourning”
- Not to use offerings for the dead Deut 26:14 — “neither have I given thereof for the dead”
- To bring all offerings to the chosen place Deut 12:5–6 — “thither ye shall bring your offerings”
- Not to offer sacrifices outside the chosen place Deut 12:13 — “offer not thy burnt offerings in every place”
Joseph, 400–499 are now complete.
When you’re ready, say:
“Continue with 500–599.”
“Continue with 500–599.”
Absolutely, Joseph — here is 500–599, clean, impersonal, and in the exact same verse‑fragment format as the previous blocks.
No commentary. No paraphrase. Just law‑units with verse anchors.
500–520: Kings, Judges, Testimony, and National Conduct
- Not to appoint a foreigner as king Deut 17:15 — “thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee”
- Not to multiply horses for the king Deut 17:16 — “he shall not multiply horses to himself”
- Not to cause the people to return to Egypt Deut 17:16 — “ye shall henceforth return no more that way”
- Not to multiply wives for the king Deut 17:17 — “neither shall he multiply wives to himself”
- Not to greatly multiply silver and gold (king) Deut 17:17 — “neither shall he greatly multiply… silver and gold”
- That the king shall write a Torah scroll Deut 17:18 — “he shall write him a copy of this law”
- That the king shall read the Torah all his days Deut 17:19 — “he shall read therein all the days of his life”
- To obey the High Court Deut 17:10 — “according to the sentence… thou shalt do”
- Not to deviate from their ruling Deut 17:11 — “thou shalt not turn aside… right or left”
- To appoint judges and officers Deut 16:18 — “judges and officers shalt thou make”
- Not to pervert justice Deut 16:19 — “thou shalt not wrest judgment”
- Not to show favoritism in judgment Deut 16:19 — “thou shalt not respect persons”
- Not to take a bribe Deut 16:19 — “thou shalt not take a gift”
- To judge with righteousness Lev 19:15 — “in righteousness shalt thou judge”
- Not to convict on the testimony of one witness Deut 19:15 — “one witness shall not rise up”
- To investigate witnesses thoroughly Deut 13:15 — “thou shalt inquire, and make search, and ask diligently”
- To punish false witnesses Deut 19:19 — “then shall ye do unto him as he had purposed”
- Not to fear a man in judgment Deut 1:17 — “ye shall not be afraid of the face of man”
- To follow the majority in judgment Exod 23:2 — “after the many to decide”
- Not to follow a majority to do evil Exod 23:2 — “thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil”
- Not to accept ransom for a murderer Num 35:31 — “ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer”
521–540: Warfare, Amalek, Captives, and National Purity
- Not to pity a murderer Deut 19:13 — “thine eye shall not pity him”
- To prepare for war properly Deut 20:2–4 — “the priest shall approach and speak unto the people”
- Not to fear in battle Deut 20:3 — “let not your heart faint”
- To offer peace before besieging a city Deut 20:10 — “proclaim peace unto it”
- Not to destroy fruit trees in war Deut 20:19 — “thou shalt not destroy the trees”
- To designate a place outside the camp Deut 23:13 — “thou shalt have a place also without the camp”
- To carry a tool to cover excrement Deut 23:14 — “thou shalt have a paddle”
- To remember what Amalek did Deut 25:17 — “remember what Amalek did”
- To wipe out Amalek Deut 25:19 — “thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek”
- Not to forget Amalek Deut 25:19 — “thou shalt not forget”
- To follow the laws of a captive woman Deut 21:10–13 — “thou mayest take her to thee to wife”
- Not to sell a captive woman Deut 21:14 — “thou shalt not sell her at all for money”
- Not to treat her as a slave Deut 21:14 — “thou shalt not deal with her as a slave”
- Not to allow abominations in the camp Deut 23:15 — “the LORD thy God walketh in the midst… therefore shall thy camp be holy”
- Not to return an escaped slave Deut 23:16 — “thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant”
- To allow him to dwell freely Deut 23:17 — “he shall dwell with thee… thou shalt not oppress him”
- Not to bring the hire of a harlot into the sanctuary Deut 23:19 — “thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot”
- Not to bring the price of a dog into the sanctuary Deut 23:19 — “or the price of a dog”
- Not to abhor an Edomite Deut 23:8 — “thou shalt not abhor an Edomite”
- Not to abhor an Egyptian Deut 23:8 — “thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian”
- o have honest weights Lev 19:36 — “just balances, just weights”
- To have honest measures Lev 19:36 — “a just ephah, and a just hin”
- Not to possess false weights Deut 25:13 — “thou shalt not have… divers weights”
- Not to possess false measures Deut 25:14 — “thou shalt not have… divers measures”
- Not to cheat in weights and measures Lev 19:35 — “ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment”
- Not to move a boundary marker Deut 19:14 — “thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark”
- Not to steal Exod 20:15 — “thou shalt not steal”
- Not to rob Lev 19:13 — “ye shall not rob”
- Not to oppress Lev 19:13 — “thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour”
- Not to covet Exod 20:17 — “thou shalt not covet”
- Not to desire what belongs to another Deut 5:18 — “neither shalt thou desire”
- Not to withhold wages Lev 19:13 — “shall not abide with thee all night”
- To pay wages on time Deut 24:15 — “in his day thou shalt give him his hire”
- Not to cheat a convert Exod 22:20 — “ye shall not wrong a stranger”
- Not to cheat an orphan Exod 22:21 — “ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child”
- Not to cheat a widow Exod 22:21 — “ye shall not afflict any widow”
- Not to lend with interest to an Israelite Lev 25:37 — “thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest”
- Not to borrow with interest Deut 23:20 — “thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother” (derived)
- Not to demand interest Exod 22:24 — “thou shalt not be to him as a creditor”
- Not to take collateral from a widow Deut 24:17 — “thou shalt not take a widow’s raiment to pledge”
- 561–580: Speech, Oaths, Vows, and Personal Conduct
- Not to swear falsely Lev 19:12 — “ye shall not swear by My name falsely”
- Not to take God’s name in vain Exod 20:7 — “thou shalt not take the name… in vain”
- To fulfill vows Deut 23:24 — “that which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep”
- Not to delay fulfilling vows Deut 23:22 — “thou shalt not be slack to pay it”
- Not to profane one’s word Num 30:3 — “he shall not break his word”
- To judge vows of a woman (father/husband) Num 30:4–9 — “her father shall disallow her”
- Not to break an oath Lev 5:4 — “if a soul swear… and it be hid from him”
- Not to curse the deaf Lev 19:14 — “thou shalt not curse the deaf”
- Not to curse a ruler Exod 22:27 — “thou shalt not curse a ruler of thy people”
- Not to curse any Israelite Lev 19:14 — “thou shalt not curse” (general)
- Not to gossip Lev 19:16 — “thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer”
- Not to stand idly by the blood of one’s neighbor Lev 19:16 — “neither shalt thou stand idly by”
- Not to embarrass another Lev 19:17 — “thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart” (derived)
- To rebuke one’s fellow Lev 19:17 — “thou shalt surely rebuke”
- Not to bear sin because of him Lev 19:17 — “and not bear sin because of him”
- Not to take revenge Lev 19:18 — “thou shalt not take vengeance”
- Not to bear a grudge Lev 19:18 — “nor bear any grudge”
- To love one’s fellow as oneself Lev 19:18 — “thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself”
- To love the convert Deut 10:19 — “love ye therefore the stranger”
- Not to wrong a convert with words Exod 22:20 — “ye shall not wrong a stranger”
- 581–599: Miscellaneous Civil, Social, and Ethical Laws
- Not to wrong a convert financially Exod 22:20 — “nor oppress him”
- To honor the elderly Lev 19:32 — “thou shalt rise up before the hoary head”
- Not to mistreat the vulnerable Exod 22:21 — “ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child”
- Not to leave stumbling dangers Deut 22:8 — “that thou bring not blood upon thy house”
- To build a guardrail on a roof Deut 22:8 — “thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof”
- Not to sow mixed seeds Lev 19:19 — “thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed”
- Not to plow with an ox and donkey together Deut 22:10 — “thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together”
- Not to wear garments of mixed wool and linen Deut 22:11 — “thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff”
- To wear fringes (tzitzit) Num 15:38 — “they shall make them fringes”
- Not to turn to sorcery Lev 19:31 — “turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits”
- Not to practice divination Lev 19:26 — “ye shall not… use enchantments”
- Not to practice soothsaying Lev 19:26 — “nor observe times”
- Not to consult mediums Lev 19:31 — “neither seek after wizards”
- Not to cut the flesh for the dead Deut 14:1 — “ye shall not cut yourselves”
- Not to make baldness for the dead Deut 14:1 — “nor make any baldness”
- Not to tattoo Lev 19:28 — “nor print any marks upon you”
- Not to eat over blood Lev 19:26 — “ye shall not eat over the blood”
- Not to practice witchcraft Exod 22:17 — “thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live”
- Not to allow witchcraft in the land Deut 18:10 — “there shall not be found among you… a witch”
- Joseph, 500–599 are now complete.
- When you’re ready, say:
- “Continue with 600–613.”
- “Continue with 600–613.”
- Here it is, Joseph — the final block of the 613, delivered cleanly, impersonal, and in the exact same verse‑fragment format as the previous sections.
- No commentary. No paraphrase. Just law‑units with verse anchors.
- This completes 600–613.
- 600–613: Final Laws — Idolatry, Sorcery, Mourning, Agriculture, and Covenant Identity
- Not to practice divination Deut 18:10 — “there shall not be found among you… one that divineth”
- Not to practice soothsaying Deut 18:10 — “an observer of times”
- Not to practice enchantment Deut 18:10 — “or an enchanter”
- Not to practice witchcraft Deut 18:10 — “or a witch”
- Not to practice sorcery Deut 18:11 — “or a charmer”
- Not to consult ghosts Deut 18:11 — “or a consulter with familiar spirits”
- Not to consult spirits of the dead Deut 18:11 — “or a wizard, or a necromancer”
- Not to cut oneself for the dead Deut 14:1 — “ye shall not cut yourselves”
- Not to make baldness for the dead Deut 14:1 — “nor make any baldness”
- Not to eat the produce of a tree during its first three years Lev 19:23 — “three years shall it be as forbidden”
- To sanctify the fruit of the fourth year Lev 19:24 — “in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy”
- Not to redeem the fruit of the fourth year Lev 19:24 — “shall be holy for giving praise” (anchoring the requirement)
- Not to sow a field with mixed seed Deut 22:9 — “thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds”
- Not to crossbreed animals Lev 19:19 — “thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind”
