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)

RN66 Not leaving the body of an executed criminal hanging overnight
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
M9
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Numbers 5:30
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 21:23

RN263 Not selling a captive woman
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 21:14
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN264 Not enslaving a captive woman
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 21:14
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN269 Not ignoring lost property
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
M4
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Deuteronomy 22:1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 22:3
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN309 Not ploughing a valley where Eglah Arufah (heifer's neck broken) was done
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 21:4
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP181 Eglah Arufah (beheading of a heifer)
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 21:1
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP204 Returning lost property to its owner
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A4, G13, M4
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 22:1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 23:4

RP221 The law of the captive woman
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
D18, F2, G12
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 21:11

RP230 Hanging after execution, transgressors of certain commandments
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 21:22
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP231 Burial on the day of execution
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 21:23
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP238 The law of injuries caused by a pit
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
C53
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
J3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 21:33
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