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)

RN49 Not to spare the life of the Seven Nations
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
I8
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 20:16
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN57 Not destroying fruit trees in time of siege
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
H3, M10
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 20:19

RN58 Not fearing heretics in time of war
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A8, I6, M10
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 3:22
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 7:21
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 20:3
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 20:8
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    1 Samuel 25:28
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Jeremiah 48:10

RN188 Not to eat the flesh of a stoned ox
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
C52
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 21:28
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN246 Not fraudulently altering land boundaries
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
M3, M6
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 19:14

RN279 A Judge not to pity one who has killed or caused loss of limb
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
J2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 19:13
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 19:21
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN288 Not convicting on the testimony of a single witness
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
J2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 19:15
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RP180 Condemning witnesses who testify falsely
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
J2, M3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 19:19

RP182 Establishing Six Cities of Refuge
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 19:3
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP190 The law of the non-obligatory war
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
M10
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 20:10
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Deuteronomy 20:11-12
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Numbers 31:7
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RP191 Appoint a Kohein to speak to the people going to war and send back any man unfit for battle
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
M10
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Deuteronomy 20:2-9
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 20:5-8
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.