All 613 Commandments in the Old Testament Law of Moses
A lot of these rules cover worship, but many are about how to run society. Here are just a few:
COMMUNITY
171 Exodus 30:12 - On every male giving half a shekel annually to Temple.
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
172 Deuteronomy 18:15 - On heeding the Prophets.
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
173 Deuteronomy 17:15 - On appointing a king.
Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
174 Deuteronomy 17:11 - On obeying the Great Court (Sanhedrin).
According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
175 Exodus 23:2 - On in case of division, abiding by a majority decision.
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
176 Deuteronomy 16:18 - Appointing Judges and Officers of the Court in every town.
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
177 Leviticus 19:15 - Treating litigants equally / impartially before the law.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
178 Leviticus 5:1 - Anyone aware of evidence must come to court to testify.
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
179 Deuteronomy 13:14 - The testimony of witnesses shall be examined thoroughly.
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
180 Deuteronomy 19:19 - False witnesses punished, as they intended upon accused.
Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
181 Deuteronomy 21:4 - On Eglah Arufah, on the heifer when murderer unknown.
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
182 Deuteronomy 19:3 - On establishing Six Cities of Refuge.
Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.
183 Numbers 35:2 - Give cities to Levites - who've no ancestral land share.
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
184 Deuteronomy 22:8 - Build fence on roof, remove potential hazards from home.
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
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