The 613 Commandments

The Jewish philosopher Rabbi Maimonides made a list of the 613 commandments he found in the Jewish Bible, and they have since become a standard list of what God requires of Jews. The 613 mitzvot are listed below, with their biblical references.

To know there is a God Ex. 20:2
Not to entertain thoughts of other gods besides Him Ex. 20:3
To know that He is one Deut. 6:4
To love Him Deut. 6:5
To fear Him Deut. 10:20
To sanctify His Name Lev. 22:32
Not to profane His Name Lev. 22:32
Not to destroy objects associated with His Name Deut. 12:4
To listen to the prophet speaking in His Name Deut. 18:15
Not to test the prophet unduly Deut. 6:16
To emulate His ways Deut. 28:9
To cleave to those who know Him Deut. 10:20
To love other Jews Lev. 19:18
To love converts Deut. 10:19
Not to hate fellow Jews Lev. 19:17
To reprove a sinner Lev. 19:17
Not to embarrass others Lev. 19:17
Not to oppress the weak Ex. 21:22
Not to speak derogatorily of others Lev. 19:16
Not to take revenge Lev. 19:18
Not to bear a grudge Lev. 19:18
To learn Torah Deut. 6:7
To honor those who teach and know Torah Lev. 19:32
Not to inquire into idolatry Lev. 19:4
Not to follow the whims of your heart or what your eyes see Num. 15:39
Not to blaspheme Ex. 22:27
Not to worship idols in the manner they are worshiped Ex. 20:5
Not to worship idols in the four ways we worship God Ex. 20:5
Not to make an idol for yourself Ex. 20:4
Not to make an idol for others Lev. 19:4
Not to make human forms even for decorative purposes Ex. 20:20
Not to turn a city to idolatry Ex. 23:13
To burn a city that has turned to idol worship Deut. 13:17
Not to rebuild it as a city Deut. 13:17
Not to derive benefit from it Deut. 13:18
Not to missionize an individual to idol worship Deut. 13:12
Not to love the missionary Deut. 13:9
Not to cease hating the missionary Deut. 13:9
Not to save the missionary Deut. 13:9
Not to say anything in his defense Deut. 13:9
Not to refrain from incriminating him Deut. 13:9
Not to prophesize in the name of idolatry Deut. 13:14
Not to listen to a false prophet Deut. 13:4
Not to prophesize falsely in the name of God Deut. 18:20
Not to be afraid of killing the false prophet Deut. 18:22
Not to swear in the name of an idol Ex. 23:13
Not to perform ov (medium) Lev. 19:31
Not to perform yidoni ("magical seer") Lev. 19:31
Not to pass your children through the fire to Molech Lev. 18:21
Not to erect a column in a public place of worship Deut. 16:22
Not to bow down on smooth stone Lev. 26:1
Not to plant a tree in the Temple courtyard Deut. 16:21
To destroy idols and their accessories Deut. 12:2
Not to derive benefit from idols and their accessories Deut. 7:26
Not to derive benefit from ornaments of idols Deut. 7:25
Not to make a covenant with idolaters Deut. 7:2
Not to show favor to them Deut. 7:2
Not to let them dwell in the land of Israel Ex. 23:33
Not to imitate them in customs and clothing Lev. 20:23
Not to be superstitious Lev. 19:26
Not to go into a trance to foresee events, etc. Deut. 18:10
Not to engage in astrology Lev. 19:26
Not to mutter incantations Deut. 18:11
Not to attempt to contact the dead Deut. 18:11
Not to consult the ov Deut. 18:11
Not to consult the yidoni Deut. 18:11
Not to perform acts of magic Deut. 18:10
Men must not shave the hair off the sides of their head Lev. 19:27
Men must not shave their beards with a razor Lev. 19:27
Men must not wear women's clothing Deut. 22:5
Women must not wear men's clothing Deut. 22:5
Not to tattoo the skin Lev. 19:28
Not to tear the skin in mourning Deut. 14:1
Not to make a bald spot in mourning Deut. 14:1
To repent and confess wrongdoings Num. 5:7
To say the Shema twice daily Deut. 6:7
To serve the Almighty with prayer daily Ex. 23:25
The Kohanim must bless the Jewish nation daily Num. 6:23
To wear tefillin on the head Deut. 6:8
To bind tefillin on the arm Deut. 6:8
To put a mezuzah on each door post Deut. 6:9
Each male must write a Torah scroll Deut. 31:19
The king must have a separate Sefer Torah for himself Deut. 17:18
To have tzitzit on four-cornered garments Num. 15:38
To bless the Almighty after eating Deut. 8:10
To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth Lev. 12:3
To rest on the seventh day Ex. 23:12
Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day Ex. 20:10
The court must not inflict punishment on Shabbat Ex. 35:3
Not to walk outside the city boundary on Shabbat Ex. 16:29
To sanctify the day with Kiddush and Havdalah Ex. 20:8
To rest from prohibited labor Lev. 23:32
Not to do prohibited labor on Yom Kippur Lev. 23:32
To afflict yourself on Yom Kippur Lev. 16:29
Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur Lev. 23:29
To rest on the first day of Passover Lev. 23:7
Not to do prohibited labor on the first day of Passover Lev. 23:8
To rest on the seventh day of Passover Lev. 23:8
Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day of Passover Lev. 23:8
To rest on Shavuot Lev. 23:21
Not to do prohibited labor on Shavuot Lev. 23:21
To rest on Rosh Hashana Lev. 23:24
Not to do prohibited labor on Rosh Hashana Lev. 23:25
To rest on Sukkot Lev. 23:35
Not to do prohibited labor on Sukkot Lev. 23:35
To rest on Shmini Atzeret Lev. 23:36
Not to do prohibited labor on Shmini Atzeret Lev. 23:36
Not to eat chametz on the afternoon of the 14th day of Nisan Deut. 16:3
To destroy all chametz on 14th day of Nissan Ex. 12:15
Not to eat chametz all seven days of Passover Ex. 13:3
Not to eat mixtures containing chametz all seven days of Passover Ex. 12:20
Not to see chametz in your domain seven days Ex. 13:7
Not to find chametz in your domain seven days Ex. 12:19
To eat matzah on the first night of Passover Ex. 12:18
To relate the Exodus from Egypt on that night Ex. 13:8
To hear the Shofar on the first day of Tishrei (Rosh Hashana) Num. 9:1
To dwell in a Sukkah for the seven days of Sukkot Lev. 23:42
To take up a Lulav and Etrog all seven days Lev. 23:40
Each man must give a half shekel annually Ex. 30:13
Courts must calculate to determine when a new month begins Ex. 12:2
To afflict and cry out before God in times of catastrophe Num. 10:9
To marry a wife by means of ketubah and kiddushin Deut. 22:13
Not to have sexual relations with women not thus married Deut. 23:18
Not to withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife Ex. 21:10
To have children with one's wife Gen 1:28 HE
To issue a divorce by means of a Get document Deut. 24:1
A man must not remarry his wife after she has married someone else Deut. 24:4
To do yibbum (marry the widow of one's childless brother) Deut. 25:5
To do chalitzah (free the widow of one's childless brother from yibbum) Deut. 25:9
The widow must not remarry until the ties with her brother-in-law are removed Deut. 25:5
The court must fine one who sexually seduces a maiden Ex. 22:15-16
The rapist must marry the maiden (if she chooses) Deut. 22:29
He is never allowed to divorce her Deut. 22:29
The slanderer must remain married to his wife Deut. 22:19
He must not divorce her Deut. 22:19
To fulfill the laws of the Sotah Num. 5:30
Not to put oil on her meal offering Num. 5:15
Not to put frankincense on her meal offering Num. 5:15
Not to have sexual relations with your mother Lev. 18:7
Not to have sexual relations with your father's wife Lev. 18:8
Not to have sexual relations with your sister Lev. 18:9
Not to have sexual relations with your father's wife's daughter Lev. 18:11
Not to have sexual relations with your son's daughter Lev. 18:10
Not to have sexual relations with your daughter Lev. 18:10
Not to have sexual relations with your daughter's daughter Lev. 18:10
Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter Lev. 18:17
Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her son's daughter Lev. 18:17
Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter's daughter Lev. 18:17
Not to have sexual relations with your father's sister Lev. 18:12
Not to have sexual relations with your mother's sister Lev. 18:13
Not to have sexual relations with your father's brother's wife Lev. 18:14
Not to have sexual relations with your son's wife Lev. 18:15
Not to have sexual relations with your brother's wife Lev. 18:16
Not to have sexual relations with your wife's sister Lev. 18:18
A man must not have sexual relations with a beast Lev. 18:23
A woman must not have sexual relations with a beast Lev. 18:23
Not to have homosexual sexual relations Lev. 18:22
Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father Lev. 18:7
Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father's brother Lev. 18:14
Not to have sexual relations with someone else's wife Lev. 18:20
Not to have sexual relations with a menstrually impure woman Lev. 18:19
Not to marry non-Jews Deut. 7:3
Not to let Moabite and Ammonite males marry into the Jewish people Deut. 23:4
Don't keep a third-generation Egyptian convert from marrying into the Jewish people Deut. 23:8-9
Not to refrain from marrying a third generation Edomite convert Deut. 23:8-9
Not to let a mamzer (a child born to an adulterous married woman) marry into the Jewish people Deut. 23:3
Not to let a eunuch marry into the Jewish people Deut. 23:2
Not to offer to God any castrated male animals Lev. 22:24
The High Priest must not marry a widow Lev. 21:14
The High Priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage Lev. 21:15
The High Priest must marry a virgin maiden Lev. 21:13
A Kohen must not marry a divorcee Lev. 21:7
A Kohen must not marry a zonah (a woman who has had a forbidden sexual relationship) Lev. 21:7
A priest must not marry a chalalah ("a desecrated person") (party to or product of 169-172) Lev. 21:7
Not to make pleasurable (sexual) contact with any forbidden woman Lev. 18:6
To examine the signs of animals to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Lev. 11:2
To examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Deut. 14:11
To examine the signs of fish to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Lev. 11:9
To examine the signs of locusts to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Lev. 11:21
Not to eat non-kosher animals Lev. 11:4
Not to eat non-kosher fowl Lev. 11:13
Not to eat non-kosher fish Lev. 11:11
Not to eat non-kosher flying insects Deut. 14:19
Not to eat non-kosher creatures that crawl on land Lev. 11:41
Not to eat non-kosher maggots Lev. 11:44
Not to eat worms found in fruit on the ground Lev. 11:42
Not to eat creatures that live in water other than (kosher) fish Lev. 11:43
Not to eat the meat of an animal that died without ritual slaughter Deut. 14:21
Not to benefit from an ox condemned to be stoned Ex. 21:28
Not to eat meat of an animal that was mortally wounded Ex. 22:30
Not to eat a limb torn off a living creature Deut.
Not to eat blood Lev. 3:17
Not to eat certain fats of clean animals Lev. 3:17
Not to eat the sinew of the thigh Gen. 32:33
Not to eat meat and milk cooked together Ex. 23:19
Not to cook meat and milk together Ex. 34:26
Not to eat bread from new grain before the Omer Lev. 23:14
Not to eat parched grains from new grain before the Omer Lev. 23:14
Not to eat ripened grains from new grain before the Omer Lev. 23:14
Not to eat fruit of a tree during its first three years Lev. 19:23
Not to eat diverse seeds planted in a vineyard Deut. 22:9
Not to eat untithed fruits Lev. 22:15
Not to drink wine poured in service to idols Deut. 32:38
To ritually slaughter an animal before eating it Deut. 12:21
Not to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day Lev. 22:28
To cover the blood (of a slaughtered beast or fowl) with earth Lev. 17:13
Not to take the mother bird from her children Deut. 22:6
To release the mother bird if she was taken from the nest Deut. 22:7
Not to swear falsely in God's Name Lev. 19:12
Not to take God's Name in vain Ex. 20:6
Not to deny possession of something entrusted to you Lev. 19:11
Not to swear in denial of a monetary claim Lev. 19:11
To swear in God's Name to confirm the truth when deemed necessary by court Deut. 10:20
To fulfill what was uttered and to do what was avowed Deut. 23:24
Not to break oaths or vows Num. 30:3
For oaths and vows annulled, there are the laws of annulling vows explicit in the Torah Num. 30:3
The Nazir must let his hair grow Num. 6:5
He must not cut his hair Num. 6:5
He must not drink wine, wine mixtures, or wine vinegar Num. 6:3
He must not eat fresh grapes Num. 6:3
He must not eat raisins Num. 6:3
He must not eat grape seeds Num. 6:4
He must not eat grape skins Num. 6:4
He must not be under the same roof as a corpse Num. 6:6
He must not come into contact with the dead Num. 6:7
He must shave after bringing sacrifices upon completion of his Nazirite period Num. 6:9
To estimate the value of people as determined by the Torah Lev. 27:2
To estimate the value of consecrated animals Lev. 27:12-13
To estimate the value of consecrated houses Lev. 27:14
To estimate the value of consecrated fields Lev. 27:16
Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions (cherem) Lev. 27:28
Not to sell the cherem Lev. 27:28
Not to redeem the cherem Lev. 27:28
Not to plant diverse seeds together Lev. 19:19
Not to plant grains or greens in a vineyard Deut. 22:9
Not to crossbreed animals Lev. 19:19
Not to work different animals together Deut. 22:10
Not to wear shatnez, a cloth woven of wool and linen Deut. 22:11
To leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor Lev. 19:10
Not to reap that corner Lev. 19:9
To leave gleanings Lev. 19:9
Not to gather the gleanings Lev. 19:9
To leave the gleanings of a vineyard Lev. 19:10
Not to gather the gleanings of a vineyard Lev. 19:10
To leave the unformed clusters of grapes Lev. 19:10
Not to pick the unformed clusters of grapes Lev. 19:10
To leave the forgotten sheaves in the field Deut. 24:19
Not to retrieve them Deut. 24:19
To separate the tithe for the poor Deut. 14:28
To give charity Deut. 15:8
Not to withhold charity from the poor Deut. 15:7
To set aside Terumah Gedolah (tithe for the Kohen) Deut. 18:4
The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe Num. 18:26
Not to preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order Ex. 22:28
A non-Kohen must not eat Terumah Lev. 22:10
A hired worker or a Jewish bondsman of a Kohen must not eat Terumah Lev. 22:10
An uncircumcised Kohen must not eat Terumah Ex. 12:48
An impure Kohen must not eat Terumah Lev. 22:4
A chalalah must not eat Terumah Lev. 22:12
To set aside Ma'aser (tithe) each planting year and give it to a Levite Num. 18:24
To set aside the second tithe (Ma'aser Sheni) Deut. 14:22
Not to spend its redemption money on anything but food, drink, or ointment Deut. 26:14
Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni while impure Deut. 26:14
A mourner on the first day after death must not eat Ma'aser Sheni Deut. 26:14
Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni grains outside Jerusalem Deut. 12:17
Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni wine products outside Jerusalem Deut. 12:17
Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni oil outside Jerusalem Deut. 12:17
The fourth year crops must be totally for holy purposes like Ma'aser Sheni Lev. 19:24
To read the confession of tithes every fourth and seventh year Deut. 26:13
To set aside the first fruits and bring them to the Temple Ex. 23:19
The Kohanim must not eat the first fruits outside Jerusalem Deut. 12:17
To read the Torah portion pertaining to their presentation Deut. 26:5
To set aside a portion of dough for a Kohen Num. 15:20
To give the shoulder, two cheeks, and stomach of slaughtered animals to a Kohen Deut. 18:3
To give the first sheering of sheep to a Kohen Deut. 18:4
To redeem the firstborn sons and give the money to a Kohen Num. 18:15
To redeem the firstborn donkey by giving a lamb to a Kohen Ex. 13:13
To break the neck of the donkey if the owner does not intend to redeem it Ex. 13:13
To rest the land during the seventh year by not doing any work which enhances growth Ex. 34:21
Not to work the land during the seventh year Lev. 25:4
Not to work with trees to produce fruit during that year Lev. 25:4
Not to reap crops that grow wild that year in the normal manner Lev. 25:5
Not to gather grapes which grow wild that year in the normal way Lev. 25:5
To leave free all produce which grew in that year Ex. 23:11
To release all loans during the seventh year Deut. 15:2
Not to pressure or claim from the borrower Deut. 15:2
Not to refrain from lending immediately before the release of the loans for fear of monetary loss Deut. 15:9
The Sanhedrin must count seven groups of seven years Lev. 25:8
The Sanhedrin must sanctify the fiftieth year Lev. 25:10
To blow the Shofar on the tenth of Tishrei to free the slaves Lev. 25:9
Not to work the soil during the fiftieth year (Jubilee) Lev. 25:11
Not to reap in the normal manner that which grows wild in the fiftieth year Lev. 25:11
Not to pick grapes which grew wild in the normal manner in the fiftieth year Lev. 25:11
Carry out the laws of sold family properties Lev. 25:24
Not to sell the land in Israel indefinitely Lev. 25:23
Carry out the laws of houses in walled cities Lev. 25:29
The Tribe of Levi must not be given a portion of the land in Israel, rather they are given cities to dwell in Deut. 18:1
The Levites must not take a share in the spoils of war Deut. 18:1
To give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fields Num. 35:2
Not to sell the fields but they shall remain the Levites' before and after the Jubilee year Lev. 25:34
To build a Sanctuary Ex. 25:8
Not to build the altar with stones hewn by metal Ex. 20:23
Not to climb steps to the altar Ex. 20:26
To show reverence to the Temple Lev. 19:30
To guard the Temple area Num. 18:2
Not to leave the Temple unguarded Num. 18:5
To prepare the anointing oil Ex. 30:31
Not to reproduce the anointing oil Ex. 30:32
Not to anoint with anointing oil Ex. 30:32
Not to reproduce the incense formula Ex. 30:37
Not to burn anything on the Golden Altar besides incense Ex. 30:9
The Levites must transport the ark on their shoulders Num. 7:9
Not to remove the staves from the ark Ex. 25:15
The Levites must work in the Temple Num. 18:23
No Levite must do another's work of either a Kohen or a Levite Num. 18:3
To dedicate the Kohen for service Lev. 21:8
The work of the Kohanim 's shifts must be equal during holidays Deut. 18:6-8
The Kohanim must wear their priestly garments during service Ex. 28:2
Not to tear the priestly garments Ex. 28:32
The Kohen Gadol 's breastplate must not be loosened from the Efod Ex. 28:28
A Kohen must not enter the Temple intoxicated Lev. 10:9
A Kohen must not enter the Temple with long hair Lev. 10:6
A Kohen must not enter the Temple with torn clothes Lev. 10:6
A Kohen must not enter the Temple indiscriminately Lev. 16:2
A Kohen must not leave the Temple during service Lev. 10:7
To send the impure from the Temple Num. 5:2
Impure people must not enter the Temple Num. 5:3
Impure people must not enter the Temple Mount area Deut. 23:11
Impure Kohanim must not do service in the temple Lev. 22:2
An impure Kohen, following immersion, must wait until after sundown before returning to service Lev. 22:7
A Kohen must wash his hands and feet before service Ex. 30:19
A Kohen with a physical blemish must not enter the sanctuary or approach the altar Lev. 21:23
A Kohen with a physical blemish must not serve Lev. 21:17
A Kohen with a temporary blemish must not serve Lev. 21:17
One who is not a Kohen must not serve Num. 18:4
To offer only unblemished animals Lev. 22:21
Not to dedicate a blemished animal for the altar Lev. 22:20
Not to slaughter it Lev. 22:22
Not to sprinkle its blood Lev. 22:24
Not to burn its fat Lev. 22:22
Not to offer a temporarily blemished animal Deut. 17:1
Not to sacrifice blemished animals even if offered by non-Jews Lev. 22:25
Not to inflict wounds upon dedicated animals Lev. 22:21
To redeem dedicated animals which have become disqualified Deut. 12:15
To offer only animals which are at least eight days old Lev. 22:27
Not to offer animals bought with the wages of a harlot or the animal exchanged for a dog Deut. 23:19
Not to burn honey or yeast on the altar Lev. 2:11
To salt all sacrifices Lev. 2:13
Not to omit the salt from sacrifices Lev. 2:13
Carry out the procedure of the burnt offering as prescribed in the Torah Lev. 1:3
Not to eat its meat Deut. 12:17
Carry out the procedure of the sin offering Lev. 6:18
Not to eat the meat of the inner sin offering Lev. 6:23
Not to decapitate a fowl brought as a sin offering Lev. 5:8
Carry out the procedure of the guilt offering Lev. 7:1
The Kohanim must eat the sacrificial meat in the Temple Ex. 29:33
The Kohanim must not eat the meat outside the Temple courtyard Deut. 12:17
A non-Kohen must not eat sacrificial meat Ex. 29:33
To follow the procedure of the peace offering Lev. 7:11
Not to eat the meat of minor sacrifices before sprinkling the blood Deut. 12:17
To bring meal offerings as prescribed in the Torah Lev. 2:1
Not to put oil on the meal offerings of wrongdoers Lev. 5:11
Not to put frankincense on the meal offerings of wrongdoers Lev. 3:11
Not to eat the meal offering of the High Priest Lev. 6:16
Not to bake a meal offering as leavened bread Lev. 6:10
The Kohanim must eat the remains of the meal offerings Lev. 6:9
To bring all avowed and freewill offerings to the Temple on the first subsequent festival Deut. 12:5-6
Not to withhold payment incurred by any vow Deut. 23:22
To offer all sacrifices in the Temple Deut. 12:11
To bring all sacrifices from outside Israel to the Temple Deut. 12:26
Not to slaughter sacrifices outside the courtyard Lev. 17:4
Not to offer any sacrifices outside the courtyard Deut. 12:13
To offer two lambs every day Num. 28:3
To light a fire on the altar every day Lev. 6:6
Not to extinguish this fire Lev. 6:6
To remove the ashes from the altar every day Lev. 6:3
To burn incense every day Ex. 30:7
To light the Menorah every day Ex. 27:21
The Kohen Gadol ("High Priest") must bring a meal offering every day Lev. 6:13
To bring two additional lambs as burnt offerings on Shabbat Num 28:9 HE
To make the show bread Ex. 25:30
To bring additional offerings on Rosh Chodesh (" The New Month") Num. 28:11
To bring additional offerings on Passover Num. 28:19
To offer the wave offering from the meal of the new wheat Lev. 23:10
Each man must count the Omer - seven weeks from the day the new wheat offering was brought Lev. 23:15
To bring additional offerings on Shavuot Num. 28:26
To bring two leaves to accompany the above sacrifice Lev. 23:17
To bring additional offerings on Rosh Hashana Num. 29:2
To bring additional offerings on Yom Kippur Num. 29:8
To bring additional offerings on Sukkot Num. 29:13
To bring additional offerings on Shmini Atzeret Num. 29:35
Not to eat sacrifices which have become unfit or blemished Deut. 14.3
Not to eat from sacrifices offered with improper intentions Lev. 7:18
Not to leave sacrifices past the time allowed for eating them Lev. 22:30
Not to eat from that which was left over Lev. 19:8
Not to eat from sacrifices which became impure Lev. 7:19
An impure person must not eat from sacrifices Lev. 7:20
To burn the leftover sacrifices Lev. 7:17
To burn all impure sacrifices Lev. 7:19
To follow the procedure of Yom Kippur in the sequence prescribed in Parshat Acharei Mot ("After the death of Aaron's sons...") Lev. 16:3
One who profaned property must repay what he profaned plus a fifth and bring a sacrifice Lev. 5:16
Not to work consecrated animals Deut. 15:19
Not to shear the fleece of consecrated animals Deut. 15:19
To slaughter the paschal sacrifice at the specified time Ex. 12:6
Not to slaughter it while in possession of leaven Ex. 23:18
Not to leave the fat overnig