EJAT Positive commandments

Every Jot and Tittle:
All the commandments in the Bible.

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All the commandments (in biblical order with first occurence)

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248 Positive Mitzvot

E Links are to corresponding EJAT commandments, and the others to the source verse(s) in context

Believe in God. ( Ex 20:2 )
Exodus 20:2 says "I am the Lord your God." It is a statement, not a command.
Unity of God. E ( Dt 6:4 )
Love God E ( Dt 6:5 )
Fear God. E ( Dt 6:13 )
Worship God. E ( Ex 23:25 )
Cleave to God. E ( Dt 10:20 )
Take an oath by God's name. E ( Dt 6:13 )
Walk in God's ways E ( Dt 28:9 )
Sanctify God's name E ( Lev 22:32 )
Read the Shema E ( Dt 6:7 )
Study the Torah. E ( Dt 6:7 )
The phylactery of the head ( E ( Dt 6:8 )
The phylactery of the arm ( E ( Dt 6:8 )
The fringes E ( Num 15:38 )
The mezuzah E ( Dt 6:9 )
The assembly during the Feast of Tabernacles E ( Dt 31:12 )
The king must write a scroll of law E ( Dt 17:18 )
Aquire a scroll of law E ( Dt 31:19 )
Grace after meals E ( Dt 8:10 )
Build the sanctuary E ( Ex 25:8 )
Revere the sanctuary E ( Lev 19:30 )
Guard the sanctuary E ( Num 18:4 )
Levitical services in the Sanctuary E ( Num 18:23 )
Ablutions of the priests E ( Ex 30:19 )
Priests must kindle the lamps E ( Ex 27:21 )
Priests must bless Israel E ( Num 6:23-24 )
The showbread E ( Ex 25:30 )
Burn incense E ( Ex 30:7 )
Keep a perptual fire on the altar E ( Lev 6:6 )
Remove the ashes from the altar E ( Lev 6:3 )
Remove the unclean E ( Num 5:2-3 )
Honor priests E ( Lev 21:8 )
The priestly garments E ( Ex 28:2 )
Priests must bear the ark E ( Num 7:9 )
The oil of anointment E ( Ex 30:31 )
Priests must minister in courses E ( Dt 18:6-8 )
Priests may defile themselves for deceased relatives E ( Lev 21:2-3 )
The high priest must marry only a virgin E ( Lev 21:13-14 )
The daily burnt offering E ( Ex 29:38-39 )
The high priest's daily meal offering E ( Lev 6:13 )
The Sabbath additional offering E ( Num 28:9-10 )
The new moon additional offering E ( Num 28:11-15 )
The Passover additional offering E ( Num 28:16-25 )
The meal offering of new barley E ( Lev 23:10 )
The Shevuoth additional offering E ( Num 28:26-31 )
Bring two loaves on Shevuoth E ( Lev 23:17 )
The new year additional offering E ( Num 29:1-6 )
The tenth day of Tishri additional offering E ( Lev 16:1-34 )
The service of the Day of Atonement E ( Lev 16:1-34 )
The Feast of Tabernacles additional offering E ( Num 29:12-34 )
The Shemini Atzereth additional offering E ( Num 29:35-38 )
The three annual pilgrimages E ( Ex 23:14 )
Appear before the Lord during the festivals E ( Ex 34:23 )
Rejoice on the festivals E ( Dt 16:14 )
Slaughter the Passover offering E ( Ex 12:6 )
Eat the Passover offering E ( Ex 12:8 )
Slaughtering the second Passover offering E ( Num 9:10-12 )
Eating the second Passover Offering E ( Num 9:10-12 )
Blow the trumpets in the Sanctuary E ( Num 10:10 )
Offer cattle of a minimum age E ( Ex 22:29 )
Offer only unblemished sacrifices E ( Lev 22:21 )
Bring salt with every offering E ( Lev 2:13 )
The burnt offering E ( Lev 1:1-17 )
The sin offering E ( Lev 4:1 - 5:13 )
The guilt offering E ( Lev 5:14-26 )
The peace offering E ( Lev 3:1-17 )
The meal offering E ( Lev 2:1-16 )
Offering of a court that has erred E ( Lev 4:13 )
The fixed sin offering E ( Lev 4:27-35 )
The suspensive guilt offering E ( Lev 5:17-19 )
The unconditional guilt offering E ( Lev 5:15-16 )
The offering of a higher or lower value E ( Lev 5:1-4 )
Make a confession E ( Num 5:6-7 )
Offering brought by zav E ( Lev 15:13-15 )
Offering brought by a zavah E ( Lev 15:29-30 )
The offering after childbirth E ( Lev 12:6 )
Offering brought by a leper E ( Lev 14:10 )
The tithe of cattle E ( Lev 27:32 )
Sanctify the firstborn E ( Ex 13:2 )
Redeem the firstborn E ( Ex 22:28 )
Redeem the firstling of an ass E ( Ex 13:13 )
Break the neck of the firstling of an ass E ( Ex 13:13 )
Bring due offerings on the first festival E ( Dt 12:5-6 )
Bring all offerings to the sanctuary E ( Dt 12:14 )
Bring all offerings from outside Israel to the sanctuary E ( Dt 12:26 )
Redeem blemished offerings E ( Dt 12:15 )
Holiness of a substituted offering E ( Lev 27:10 )
Priests must eat the residue of the meal offerings E ( Lev 8:9 )
Priests must eat the meat of consecrated offerings E ( Ex 29:33 )
Burn consecrated offerings that have become unclean E ( Lev 7:19 )
Burn the remnant of consecrated offerings E ( Lev 7:17 )
A Nazirite must let his hair grow E ( Num 6:5 )
Nazirite obligations on completion of vow E ( Num 6:13-21 )
Fulfill all oral commitments E ( Dt 23:24 )
Revocation of vows E ( Num 30:3 )
Defilement through carcasses of animals E ( Lev 11:24 )
Defilement through carcasses of certain creeping creatures E ( Lev 11:29-30 )
Defilement of food and drink E ( Lev 11:34 )
The menstruant E ( Lev 15:19-24 )
After childbirth E ( Lev 12:2-8 )
The leper E ( Lev 13:3 )
Garments contaminated by leprosy E ( Lev 13:47-59 )
A leprous house E ( Lev 14:33-53 )
The zav E ( Lev 15:2 )
Semen E ( Lev 15:16 )
The zavah E ( Lev 15:25-28 )
Uncleanness of a corpse E ( Num 19:14 )
Law of the water of sprinkling E ( Num 19:1-22 )
Immersing in a ritual bath E ( Lev 15:16 )
Cleansing from leprosy E ( Lev 14:1-7 )
A leper must shave his head E ( Lev 14:9 )
The leper must be made distinguishable E ( Lev 13:45 )
The ashes of the red heifer E ( Num 19:1-22 )
Valuation of a person E ( Lev 27:2-8 )
Valuation of beasts E ( Lev 27:9-13 )
Valuation of houses E ( Lev 27:14-15 )
Valuation of fields E ( Lev 27:16-25 )
Restitution for sacrilege E ( Lev 5:16, 22:14 )
The fruits of fourth-year plantings E ( year plantings - L )
Peah for the poor E ( Lev 19:9 )
Leave gleanings for the poor E ( Lev 19:9 )
The forgotten sheaf for the poor E ( Dt 24:19 )
Defective grape clusters for the poor E ( Lev 19:10 )
Grape gleanings for the poor E ( Lev 19:10 )
Bring first fruits to the sanctuary E ( Ex 23:19 )
The great heave offering E ( Dt 18:4 )
The first tithe E ( Num 18:21 )
The second tithe E ( Dt 14:22 )
The Levites' tithe for the priests E ( Num 18:26 )
The poor man's tithe E ( Dt 14:28 )
The avowal of the tithe E ( Dt 26:13-15 )
Recital on bringing the first fruits E ( Dt 26:5-10 )
The dough offering E ( Num 15:20 )
Renounce as ownerless produce of the Sabbatical year E ( Ex 23:11 )
Rest the land during the Sabbatical year E ( Ex 34:21, Lev 25:2, 4 )
Sanctify the Jubilee year E ( Lev 25:10 )
Blow the shofar on the tenth day of Tishri in the Jubilee year E ( Lev 25:9 )
Reversion of the land in the Jubilee year E ( Lev 25:13, 24 )
Redemption of property in a walled city E ( Lev 25:29-30 )
Count the years till the Jubilee year E ( Lev 25:8 )
Cancel claims in the Sabbatical year E ( Dt 15:2 )
Exact debts from idolaters E ( Dt 15:3 )
The priest's due in the slaughter of every clean animal E ( Dt 18:3 )
Give the first of the fleece to the priest E ( 18:4 )
Devoted things E ( Lev 27:21 )
Shechitah ( Dt 12:21 )
Shechitah is the Kosher method of slaughter. It is not found in Dt 12:21 or anywhere else the Torah.
Cover the blood of slain birds and animals E ( Lev 17:13 )
Release a dam when taking its nest E ( Dt 22:7 )
Search for the prescribed tokens in cattle and animals E ( Lev 11:2 )
Searching for the prescribed tokens in birds E ( Dt 14:11 )
Search for the prescribed token in grasshoppers E ( Lev 11:21 )
Searching for the prescribed tokens in fishes E ( Lev 11:9 )
Determine the New Moon E ( Ex 12:2 )
Rest on the Sabbath E ( Ex 23:12, 34:21 )
Proclaiming the sanctity of the Sabbath E ( Ex 20:8 )
Remove leaven E ( Ex 13:8 )
Recount the departure from Egypt E ( Ex 13:8 )
Eat unleaven bread on the eve of the fifteenth day of Nisan E ( Ex 12:18 )
Rest on the first day of Pesach E ( Lev 23:7 )
Rest on the seventh day of Pesach E ( Lev 23:8 )
Count the Omer E ( Lev 23:15-16 )
Rest on Shevouth E ( Lev 23:21 )
Rest on Rosh Hashana E ( Lev 23:24 )
Fast on Yom Kippur E ( Lev 16:29 )
Rest on Yom Kippur E ( Lev 16:31 )
Rest on the first day of Sukkoth E ( Lev 23:35 )
Rest on Shemini Atzereth E ( Lev 23:36 )
Dwell in a booth for seven days during Sukkoth E ( Lev 23:42 )
Take a lulab on Sukkoth E ( Lev 23:40 )
Hear a shofar on Rosh Hashana E ( Num 29:1 )
Give half a shekel annually E ( Ex 30:13 )
Heed the prophets E ( Dt 18:15 )
Appoint a king E ( Dt 17:15 )
Obey the Great Court E ( Dt 17:11 )
Abide by a majority decision E ( Ex 23:2 )
Appoint judges and officers of the court E ( Dt 16:18 )
Treat litigants equally before the law E ( Lev 19:15 )
Testify in court E ( Lev 5:1 )
Inquire into the testimony of witnesses E ( Dt 13:15 )
Condemn witnesses who testify falsely E ( Dt 19:19 )
Eglah Arufah E ( Dt 21:4 )
Establish six cities of refuge E ( Dt 19:2-3 )
Assign cities to the Levites E ( Num 35:7 )
Remove sources of danger from your habitation E ( Dt 22:8 )
Destroy all idol worship E ( Ex 34:13; Dt 7:5, 12:2 )
The law of the apostate city E ( Dt 13:17 )
The law of the seven nations E ( Dt 20:17 )
The extinction of Amalek E ( Dt 25:19 )
Remember the nefarious deeds of Amalek E ( Dt 25:17 )
The law of the non-obligatory war E ( obligatory war - D )
Appoint a priest for war E ( Dt 20:2 )
Prepare a place beyond the camp E ( Dt 23:13 )
Include a paddle among war implements E ( Dt 23:14 )
A robber must restore the stolen article E ( Lev 5:23 )
Charity E ( Lev 24:35, Dt 15:11 )
Lavish gifts on a Hebrew bondman on his freedom E ( Dt 15:14 )
Lend money to the poor E ( Ex 22:24 )
Interest E ( Dt 21:21 )
Restore a pledge to a needy owner E ( Ex 22:25, Dt 24:13 )
Pay wages on time E ( Lev 9:13, Dt 24:15 )
An employee may eat the produce among which he is working E ( Dt 23:25-26 )
Unload a tired animal E ( Ex 23:5 )
Assist the owner in lifting up his burden E ( Dt 22:4 )
Returning E ( lost property to its owner< )
Rebuke the sinner E ( Lev 19:17 )
Love your neighbor E ( Lev 19:18 )
Love the stranger E ( Dt 10:19 )
The law of weights and measures E ( Lev 19:36 )
Lev 19:32 E ( Stand in the presence of o )
Honor parents E ( Ex 20:12 )
Respect parents E ( Lev 19:3 )
Be fruitful and multiply E ( Gen 1:28 )
The law of marriage E ( Dt 24:1 )
(This is a law of divorce, not of marriage. A man may divorce his wife if he finds some "uncleanness" in her.)
The bridegroom must devote himself to his wife for one year E ( Dt 24:5 )
Get circumcised E ( circumcise your son when he )
The law of the Levirite Marriage E ( Dt 25:5 )
Chalitzah E ( Dt 25:9 )
The law of Chalitzah: If a man refuses to "go in unto" his dead brother's wife, she shall loosen his shoe and spit in his face.
A violator must marry the maiden he has violated E ( Dt 22:29 )
The law of the defamer of a bride E ( Dt 22:19 )
The law of the seducer E ( Ex 22:15-16 )
The law of the captive woman E ( Dt 21:11 )
The law of divorce E ( Dt 24:1 )
The law of a suspected adulteress E ( Num 5:12-13 )
Whip the transgressors of certain commandments E ( Dt 25:2 )
The law of manslaughter E ( Num 35:24 )
Behead the transgressors of certain commandments E ( Ex 21:20 )
Ex 21:20 says a man who beats his slave to death shall be punished. The rabbis decided he should be beheaded.
Strangle transgressors of certain commandments E ( Lev 20:10 )
Lev 20:10 says adulterers should be killed. The rabbis said they should be strangled.
Burn the transgressors of certain commandments E ( Lev 20:14 )
In Lev 20:14, the transgressors to be burned are a man, his wife, and his mother
Stone the transgressors of certain commandments E ( Dt 22:24 )
In Dt 22:24, the transgressor to be stoned is an urban rape victim who didn't scream loud enough.
Hang the bodies of the transgressors of certain commandments after execution E ( Dt 21:22 )
Dt 21:22 says that all executed people must be hung on trees.
The law of burial E ( Dt 21:23 )
The law of a Hebrew bondman E ( Ex 21:2 )
A Hebrew bondmaid must be married by her master or his son E ( Ex 21:8 )
Redemption of a Hebrew bondmaid E ( Ex 21:8 )
The law of a Canaanite bondman E ( Lev 25:46 )
(They are your possessions, will be inherited by your children, and must be slaves forever.)
Penalty for inflicting injury E ( Ex 21:18-19 )
The law of injuries caused by an ox E ( Ex 21:28 )
(The ox is stoned, its flesh isn't eaten, but its owner isn't punished.)
The law of injuries caused by an pit E ( Ex 21:33 )
The law of theft E ( Ex 22:3 )
(If a thief is too poor to pay for his theft, he is to be sold as a slave.)
The law of damage caused by a beast E ( Ex 22:4 )
The law of damage caused by a fire E ( Ex 22:5 )
The law of an unpaid bailee E ( Ex 22:6 )
The law of a paid bailee E ( Ex 22:9 )
The law of a borrower E ( Ex 22:13 )
The law of buying and selling E ( Lev 25:14 )
The law of litigants E ( Ex 22:8 )
Saving the life of the pursued E ( Dt 25:12 )
(Cut off a woman's hand if she touches a man's genitals.)
The law of inheritance E ( Num 27:8-11 )

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