Classical Commandments

Maimonides' 613 Commandments

Maimonides (Rambam) compiled 613 commandments drawn from the Torah, traditionally categorized as 248 positive ("do") and 365 negative ("do not") commandments. Browse each commandment below, compare it with Meir of Rothenburg, Sefer HaChinuch, and Law of Messiah links, and retrieve the relevant Bible passages only when you need them.

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Showing 12 commandment(s)

RN106 Not to change a beast that has been consecrated as an offering
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 27:10
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 27:32-33
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN107 Not to change one's holy offering for another
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 27:26
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN110 Not to sell devoted property
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 27:28
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN111 Not to redeem devoted land without specific statement of purpose
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 27:21
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 27:28
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN226 Not to gather fruit in Jubilee year as in ordinary year
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
D19, G12
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 25:11
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN347 Not to have relations with another man's wife
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
C35
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
S3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 18:20
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 20:13
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RP87 Holiness of substituted offerings
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 27:10
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 27:33
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP114 Valuation of a person
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 27:2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 27:2-8
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP115 Valuation of beasts
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 27:9-13
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 27:11-12
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP116 Valuation of houses
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 27:14
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 27:14-15
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP117 Valuation of fields
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 27:16
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 27:16-24
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP145 Devoted thing to God and the Kohein
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 27:21
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 27:28
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.