So where did the 613 come from? Who gave it?
GOD; they can be found in the Bible.
The Law: All 613 Commandments!
(248 Positive Commandments and 365 Negative Commandments)
248 Positive Commandments
1. Believe in Yahweh as the Only Source of Power in the Universe. (Exo_20:2)
2. Submit to Yahweh as the Supreme Head, to be in unity with Yahweh. (Deu_6:4)
3. Love Yahweh with all your heart, soul, and might. (Deu_6:5)
4. Reverence Yahweh by Keeping His Laws. (Deu_6:12-13; Deu_6:25)
5. Serve Yahweh. (Exo_23:25)
6. Hold fast to Yahweh. (Deu_10:20)
7. Taking an oath by Yahweh's Name. (Deu_6:13)
8. Walk in Yahweh's ways. (Deu_28:9)
9. Sanctify Yahweh's Name. (Lev_22:32)
10. Read (study and meditate on) the Book of the Law. (Deu_6:7)
11. Teach the Book of the Law to our children. (Deu_6:7)
12. Bind the Law upon our hands. (Deu_6:8)
13. Bind (write) the Law upon our minds. (Deu_6:8)
14. Make tzitzit on the corners of the tallits. (Num_15:38-40)
15. Preach and publish Yahweh's Law. (Deu_6:9)
16. Gather for the reading of the Law every seventh year. (Deu_31:10-13)
17. A king must acquire and apply the Book of the Law. (Deu_17:18-20)
18. Acquire the Book of the Law. (Deu_31:19)
19. Be thankful to Yahweh in prayer, praise, and deed. (Deu_8:10)
The Temple and the Priests
20. Build the Holy sanctuary of Yahweh. (Exo_25:8-9)
21. We must reverence Yahweh in the sanctuary of Yahweh. (Lev_19:30)
22. Guard the sanctuary of Yahweh at all times. (Num_18:2; Num_18:4)
23. The priests and Levites shall do their appointed work in the sanctuary of Yahweh. (Num_18:23; Num_18:6-7)
24. The priests must wash their hands and feet. (Exo_30:17-21)
25. The priests must light the seven lamp lampstand. (Exo_27:20-21)
26. The priests must bless the people with the Name of Yahweh. (Num_6:23-27)
27. The priests must set the showbread and frankincense before the ark. (Exo_25:30)
28. The priests must burn the incense on the golden altar in the morning and between the evenings. (Exo_30:7-8)
29. The priests must keep the fire burning on the altar continuously. (Lev_6:12-13)
30. The priests must remove the ashes from the altar daily. (Lev_6:10-11)
31. The priests must keep the ritually unclean out of the inner court of the sanctuary of Yahweh. (Num_5:2-3)
32. The priests must be regarded as holy. (Lev_21:8)
33. The priests must dress in special priestly garments. (Exo_28:2-43)
34. The priests must bear the responsibility for the sanctuary of Yahweh. (Num_18:1; Num_18:5)
35. The priests must prepare the holy anointing oil according to its formula. (Exo_30:23-33)
36. The priests must perform their services at the sanctuary of Yahweh at the appointed time. (Deu_18:6-8)
37. The priests may become ritually unclean due to certain close relatives. (Lev_21:1-4)
38. The High Priest may marry only a virgin. (Lev_21:13-14)
Sacrifices
39. The continual burnt offering (Tamid sacrifice) must be offered twice daily. (Num_28:2-6)
40. The grain and drink offering must be offered twice daily. (Num_28:2-8)
41. An additional sacrifice must be offered every Sabbath. (Num_28:9-10)
42. An additional sacrifice must be offered on The New Moon. (Num_28:11-15)
43. An additional sacrifice must be offered every day of The Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover). (Num_28:18-24)
44. The Omer offering of the first barley must also be brought on the first day of The Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover) and must be waved by the priests on the second day of the Feast. (Lev_23:10-14)
45. An additional offering must be offered at The Feast of Weeks (Pentecost). (Num_28:26-30)
46. Two wave loaves of bread baked with salt must be offered on The Feast of Weeks (Pentecost). (Lev_23:17)
47. An additional sacrifice must be offered on The Feast of Trumpets. (Num_29:1-6)
48. An additional sacrifice must be offered on the Day of Atonement. (Num_29:7-8)
49. The Atonement Service must be performed on the Day of Atonement. (Lev_16:2-34)
50. An additional sacrifice must be offered every day of The Feast of Tabernacles. (Num_29:12-34)
51. An additional sacrifice must be offered on The Last Great Day. (Num_29:35-40)
52. Three times a year keep a Feast to Yahweh: at The Feast of Unleavened Bread, at The Feast of Weeks (Pentecost), and at The Feast of Tabernacles. (Exo_23:14-17)
53. The Feasts of Yahweh must be kept only at the Place Yahweh chooses, at the sanctuary of Yahweh. (Deu_12:5-7; Deu_12:14)
54. Every household must appear before Yahweh and rejoice at the Feasts. (Deu_16:14)
55. The Passover Lamb must be killed on the fourteenth day of Abib between the two evenings. (Num_28:16)
56. The Passover Lamb must be eaten on the night of the fifteenth of Abib.(Exo_12:8-11)
57. Those who are unclean from a dead body or away on a journey (stranded, detained, or imprisoned) must kill the Passover Lamb in the Second Moon. (Num_9:10-11)
58. The Passover in the Second Moon must be held according to all its ordinances. (Num_9:11-12)
59. The silver trumpets must be sounded at Feast times, New Moons, and also in times of tribulation, to call the congregation together. (Num_10:2; Num_10:9-10)
60. All animals to be sacrificed must be at least eight days old. (Lev_22:27)
61. All animals to be sacrificed must be without blemish. (Lev_22:21)
62. All offerings must be salted. (Lev_2:13)
63. The Law of the burnt offering. (Lev_1:2-17)
64. The Law of the sin offering. (Lev_6:25-30)
65. The Law of the trespass offering. (Lev_7:1-2; Lev_7:7)
66. The Law of the peace offering. (Lev_3:1-17)
67. The Law of the grain offering. (Lev_2:1-16)
68. If the congregation sins ignorantly, a sin offering must be brought. (Lev_4:13-21)
69. If a person sins ignorantly, a sin offering must be brought when he learns of his sin. (Lev_4:27-35)
70. If a person is in doubt as to whether he has sinned in regard to any of the holy things, a suspensive guilt offering must be brought. (Lev_5:15-19)
71. A sin offering must be brought for stealing, swearing falsely, and sins of a like nature. (Lev_6:1-7)
72. The sin offering must be according to one's means. (Lev_5:7-13)
73. We must confess our sins to Yahweh, repent for them, and be converted to the keeping of Yahweh's Laws. (Num_5:6-7)
74. A man who has an abnormal discharge (zab) must bring a sacrifice. (Lev_15:13-15)
75. A woman who has an abnormal discharge (zabah) must bring a sacrifice. (Lev_15:28-30)
76. A woman must bring a sacrifice after childbirth. (Lev_12:6-8)
77. A leper must bring a sacrifice after he has been cleansed. (Lev_14:1-32)
78. The First Tithe is holy, and belongs to Yahweh. (Lev_27:30-33)
79. The firstborn of clean animals are holy and belong to Yahweh. (Exo_13:2)
80. The firstborn sons belong to Yahweh, but may be redeemed. (Exo_34:19-20)
81. The firstling of a donkey must be redeemed. (Exo_34:20)
82. If the firstling of a donkey is not redeemed, its neck must be broken. (Exo_13:13)
83. All tithes and offerings must be brought to the sanctuary of Yahweh. (Deu_12:5-6)
84. The sanctuary of Yahweh is the only place Yahweh has chosen to receive tithes, sacrifices, and offerings. (Deu_12:13-14; Deu_12:26)
85. The blood of the sacrifices must be poured out on the altar of Yahweh for our atonement. (Deu_12:27)
86. Sanctified animals which have become blemished must be redeemed. (Deu_15:19-22)
87. Any animal exchanged for an offering is also holy. (Lev_27:10; Lev_27:33)
88. The priests are to eat the meat of the consecrated offerings. (Exo_29:33)
89. The priests are to eat the remainder of the grain offering. (Lev_10:12-13)
90. Consecrated meat of an offering which becomes ritually unclean must be burned. (Lev_7:19)
91. Consecrated meat of an offering not eaten within its appointed time must be burned. (Lev_7:17)
Vows
92. A Nazirite must let his hair grow during the period of separation. (Num_6:5)
93. A Nazirite must shave his head and bring the sacrifice when the period of separation is over. (Num_6:13-18)
94. Vows and oaths to Yahweh must be kept. (Deuteronomy 23:2123)
95. The Law of binding and loosing a vow. (Num_30:2-16)
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