613 Commandments in the Old Testament or the Torah

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Ariel82

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#1
http://www.friendsofsabbath.org/Further_Research/Law of God/THE 613 LAWS of the OLD TESTAMENT.pdf

Someone mentioned that the OT is really called the TORAH or the book of LAW and this Sunday our pastor mentioned that there are 603 more commandments in the OT besides the 10 most people talk about, making it 613 commandments.

It made me wonder what the other commandments were and if those who claim to follow the OT laws concerning the Sabbath actually follow all 613 of the other commandments especially those that do NOT concern sacrifice. Also if they don't follow some of them WHY NOT?

GOD


1.To know that
God exists (Ex. 20:2; Deut. 5:6)



2.Not to entertain the idea that there is any god but the Eternal (Ex.
20:3)



3.Not to blaspheme (Ex. 22:27
-
28 ) Cf Lev 24:16


4.To hallow God's name (Lev. 22:32)



5.Not to profane God's name (Lev. 22:32


6.To know that
God is One, a complete Unity (Deut. 6:4)



7.To love God (Deut. 6:5)



8.To fear Him reverently (Deut. 6:13; 10:20)




9.Not to put the word of God to the test (Deut. 6:16)



10.To imitate His good and upright ways (Deut. 28:9)
 
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Ariel82

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The Law


11.To honor the
old and the wise (Lev. 19:32)



12.To learn Torah and to teach it (Deut. 6:7)



13.To cleave to those who know Him (Deut. 10:20)



14.Not to add to the commandments of the Torah.(Deut.13:1)



15.Not to take away from the commandments of the Torah (Deut.13
:1)



16.That every person shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself (Deut.

31:19)

 
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Ariel82

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#3
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS


17.To circumcise the male offspring (Gen. 17:12; Lev. 12:3)


18.To put fringes on the corners of clothing (Num. 15:38)


19.To bind God's Word on t
he head (Deut. 6:8)



20.To bind God's Word on the arm (Deut. 6:8)



21.To affix the mezuzah to the door posts and gates of your house (Deut.
6:9)


 
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Ariel82

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#4
Prayer and Blessing


22.To pray to God (Ex. 23:25; Deut. 6:13)



23.To read the
Shema
[lit:The Hearing] in
the morning and at night


(Deut. 6:7)



24.To recite grace after meals (Deut. 8:10)



25.Not to lay down a stone for worship (Lev. 26:1)




Love and Brotherhood


26.To love all human beings who are of the covenant (Lev. 19:18)


27.Not to stand by idly whe
n a human life is in danger (Lev. 19:16)


28.Not to wrong any one in speech (Lev. 25:17)



29.Not to carry tales (Lev. 19:16)



30.Not to cherish hatred in one's heart (Lev. 19:17)



31.Not to take revenge (Lev. 19:18)



32.Not to bear a grudge (Lev. 19:18
)



33.Not to put any Jew to shame (Lev. 19:17)



34.Not to curse any other Israelite (Lev. 19:14)



35.Not to give occasion to the simple
-
minded to stumble on the road (Lev.
19:14)


(this includes doing anything that will cause another to sin)



36.To reb
uke the sinner (Lev. 19:17)



37.To relieve a neighbor of his burden and help to unload his beast

(Ex.
23:5)



38.To assist in replacing the load upon a neighbor's beast (Deut.22:4)



39.Not to leave a beast, that has fallen down beneath its burden, unaid
ed
(Deut. 22:4)


 
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Ariel82

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#5
The Poor and Unfortunate

40.Not to afflict an orphan or a widow (Ex. 22:21)



41.Not to reap the entire field (Lev. 19:9; Lev. 23:22)



42.To leave the unreaped corners of the field or orchard for the poor

(Lev.

19:9)



43.Not to gather
gleanings (the ears that have fallen to the ground while
reaping)


(Lev. 19:9)



44.To leave the gleanings for the poor (Lev. 19:9)


45.Not to gather
ol'loth
(the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard (Lev.
19:10)



46.To leave ol'loth (the imperfect cluste
rs) of the vineyard for the
poor

(Lev. 19:10; Deut. 24:21)



47.Not to gather the single grapes that have fallen to the ground (Lev.
19:10)



48.To leave the single grapes of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10)



49.Not to return to take a forgotten she
af (Deut. 24:19)

This applies to
all fruit trees (Deut. 24:20)



50.To leave the forgotten sheaves for the poor (Deut. 24:19
-
20)


51.Not to refrain from maintaining a poor man and giving him what he
needs (Deut. 15:7)



52.To give charity according to one
's means (Deut. 15:11)
 
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Ariel82

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#6
Treatment of the Gentiles

53.To love the stranger (Deut. 10:19) (CCA61).



54.Not to wrong the stranger in speech (Ex. 22:20)



55.Not to wrong the stranger in buying or selling (Ex. 22:20)

.


56.Not to intermarry with gentiles (D
eut. 7:3)



57.To exact the debt of an alien (Deut. 15:3)



58.To lend to an alien at interest (Deut. 23:21)




Marriage, Divorce and Family

59.To honor father and mother (Ex. 20:12)



60.Not to smite a father or a mother (Ex. 21:15)



61.Not to curse a fa
ther or mother (Ex. 21:17)



62.To reverently fear father and mother (Lev. 19:3)



63.To be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 1:28)



64.That a eunuch shall not marry a daughter of Israel (Deut. 23:2)


65.That a bastard [Heb.mamzer = illegitimate son] shall not

marry the
daughter of a Jew (Deut.23:3)



66.That an Ammonite or Moabite shall never marry the daughter of an
Israelite

(Deut. 23:4)



67.Not to exclude a descendant of Esau from the community of Israel for
three generations (Deut. 23:8
-
9)



68.Not to exc
lude an Egyptian from the community of Israel for three
generations

(Deut. 23:8
-
9)


69.That there shall be no harlot (in Israel); that is, that there shall be no
intercourse with a woman, without previous marriage with a deed of
marriage and formal declar
ation of marriage (Deut.23:18)



70.To take a wife by the sacrament of marriage (Deut.24:1)



71.That the newly married husband shall (be free) for one year to rejoice
with his wife (Deut. 24:5)



72.That a bridegroom shall be exempt for a whole year from
taking part in



any public labor, such as military service, guarding the wall and similar
duties (Deut. 24:5)



73.Not to withhold food, clothing or conjugal rights from a wife (Ex.
21:10)



74.That the woman suspected of adultery shall be dealt with as pre
scribed
in the Torah (Num. 5:30)



75.That one who defames his wife's honor (by falsely accusing her of
unchastity before marriage) must live with her all his lifetime

(Deut.
22:19)



76.That a man may not divorce his wife concerning whom he has
published
an evil report (about her unchastity before marriage) (Deut.
22:19)



77.To divorce by a formal written document (Deut. 24:1)


78.That one who divorced his wife shall not remarry her, if after the
divorce she had been married to another man (Deut. 24:4)


79.That a widow whose husband died childless must not be married to
anyone but her deceased husband's brother (Deut. 25:5) (this is only in
effect insofar as it requires the procedure of release below).



80.To marry the widow of a brother who has died chi
ldless (Deut.25:5)


(this is only in effect insofar as it requires the procedure of release below
)



81.That the widow formally release the brother
-
in
-
law (if he refuses to
marry her)

(Deut. 25:7
-
9)
 
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Ariel82

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Forbidden Sexual Relations



82.Not to indulge in fa
miliarities with relatives, such as sensual kissing,
carnal embracing, or provocative winking which may lead to
incest

(Lev.18:6)



83.Not to commit incest with one's mother (Lev. 18:7)



84.Not to commit sodomy with one's father (Lev. 18:7)



85.Not to co
mmit incest with one's father's wife (Lev. 18:8)


86.Not to commit incest with one's sister (Lev. 18:9)



87.Not to commit incest with one's father's wife's daughter (Lev.18:9)



88.Not to commit incest with one's son's daughter (Lev. 18:10)
89.Not to com
mit incest with one's daughter's daughter (Lev.18:10)


90.Not to commit incest with one's daughter (this is not explicitly in the
Torah but is inferred from other explicit commands that would include it)



91.Not to commit incest with one's fathers sister
(Lev. 18:12)


92.Not to commit incest with one's mother's sister (Lev. 18:13)


93.Not to commit incest with one's father's brothers wife (Lev.18:14)


94.Not to commit sodomy with one's father's brother (Lev. 18:14)


95.Not to commit incest with one's son's
wife (Lev. 18:15)


96.Not to commit incest with one's brother's wife (Lev. 18:16)


97.Not to commit incest with one's wife's daughter (Lev. 18:17)


98.Not to commit incest with the daughter of one's wife's son (Lev.18:17)


99.Not to commit incest with the
daughter of one's wife's daughter (Lev.
18:17)



100.Not to commit incest with one's wife's sister (Lev. 18:18)


101.Not to have intercourse with a woman, in her menstrual period (Lev.
18:19)



102.Not to have intercourse with another man's wife (Lev. 18:
20)


103.Not to commit sodomy with a male (Lev. 18:22)



104.Not to have intercourse with a beast (Lev. 18:23)



105.That a woman shall not have intercourse with a beast (Lev.18:23)


106.Not to castrate the male of any species; neither a man, nor a
domestic or wild beast, nor a fowl (Lev. 22:24)



 
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Grey

Guest
#8
Something to do with witch execution as well along the lines
 
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Ariel82

Guest
#9
Have you ever seen warning signs on products. like electrical hair dryers that say "do not use in bath" or something like that?

you kind of know that the warning sign is one there because someone actually did it.

these laws remind me of that. Sometimes you ask yourself "who in the WORLD would do such a thing?!?"

then you think, if God had to tell them NOT to then some folks were doing it.

anyway you can read the rest from the attached link. I might post some that I know people don't follow or would like someone to explain what is meant by them but right now I've got to clean my house.
 
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Grey

Guest
#11
Eventually yes I think Leviticus
 
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RachelBibleStudent

Guest
#12
It made me wonder what the other commandments were and if those who claim to follow the OT laws concerning the Sabbath actually follow all 613 of the other commandments especially those that do NOT concern sacrifice. Also if they don't follow some of them WHY NOT?
because taking a day off is easy...the other old testament laws require actual effort...
 
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Ariel82

Guest
#14
and breaking modern laws
yeah the whole stoning an adulterer to death might not be looked upon as law abiding in these modern times.....
 
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nathan3

Guest
#15
I think its a good post overall, thanks for posting all those scriptures.
 

john832

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May 31, 2013
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Have you ever seen warning signs on products. like electrical hair dryers that say "do not use in bath" or something like that?

you kind of know that the warning sign is one there because someone actually did it.

these laws remind me of that. Sometimes you ask yourself "who in the WORLD would do such a thing?!?"

then you think, if God had to tell them NOT to then some folks were doing it.
Uh, they are are still doing those things today.
 
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Ariel82

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I'm waiting for the remaining 507 :)
I posted a link :)

its a PDF of all 613

http://www.friendsofsabbath.org/Further_Research/Law of God/THE 613 LAWS of the OLD TESTAMENT.pdf

Most of them I think were just signs and reminders for the Israelite people, which they needed since they refused to listen to God directly and wanted a mediator instead.

I'd like to go through and see what God really meant for people to learn from those scriptures.

For example the reason behind NOT marrying a gentile was so they would not lead you or your children to worship other gods.

However, Ruth was a Moabite and listed in Jesus lineage via King David. The difference was that she renounced other gods. Therefore the prohibition is not against PHYSICALLY or genetically mixing between cultures but against SPIRITUALLY adopted the other people's belief system and worship of other gods.

Moses wife, Zipporah, circumcised her sons because of a dream God sent her even though her father was a priest of Midian.

I found this study about Midian interesting: http://www.doctrinalstudies.com/pdf/D041016.pdf

LOL. I'll post the other laws after reading through looking up the first hundred Bible verses :)
 
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Ariel82

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9.Not to put the word of God to the test (Deut. 6:16)
Now this one I see people do a lot and I probably do quite often myself.

My pastor gave the example of "God if you will do this for me, then I will ____________."

Or "God show me a sign!"

Or

Matthew 4
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, [SUP]6 [/SUP]and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:
‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’

and,
‘In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’”[SUP][b][/SUP]

[SUP]7 [/SUP]Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”[SUP][c]

[/SUP]
[SUP]

if you didn't pick it up, Jesus is quoting Deut 6:16

just one of those WOW moments of conviction right there.

[/SUP]
 
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Ariel82

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#20
The Law


11.To honor the
old and the wise (Lev. 19:32)



12.To learn Torah and to teach it (Deut. 6:7)



13.To cleave to those who know Him (Deut. 10:20)



14.Not to add to the commandments of the Torah.(Deut.13:1)



15.Not to take away from the commandments of the Torah (Deut.13
:1)



16.That every person shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself (Deut.

31:19)

Just to make it clear, the Torah typically refers to the first five books in the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Deut, Leviticus and Numbers.

I'm just wondering how many people today have hand copied those books and if every Jewish man actually had their own scroll of the Torah?

I think it would be a fun project to do, with illustrations along the margins or before each story.