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 11 commandment(s)

RN46 Not settling in the land of Egypt
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
I7
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 7:16
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 14:13
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Deuteronomy 17:16
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 28:68

RN169 Levites may not take a share of the land
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 18:1
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN170 Levites may not share in the spoil on conquest of the Land
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 14:1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 18:1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:27-28
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 21:5
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN364 A king not taking many wives
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
F2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 17:17
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN365 A king not amassing great personal wealth
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
H6
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Deuteronomy 17:16-17
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 17:17
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RP17 A king should write a Torah
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
E1, I5
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 17:18

RP36 Kohanim ministering in watches
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
I2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 18:6-8
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RP143 The Kohein 's due in the slaughter of every clean animal
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 18:3
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP144 The first of the fleece to be given to the Kohein
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 18:4
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP226 Beheading transgressors of certain commandments
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
C50
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
D19, G12
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 21:20