Mitzvah #168 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not offer to G-d any castrated male animals“
Scripture Reference: LEV 22:24 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Emor)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
Also anything with its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut, you shall not offer to the LORD, or sacrifice in your land,
Hebrew Text (Torah)
כד וּמָעוּךְ וְכָתוּת וְנָתוּק וְכָרוּת, לֹא תַקְרִיבוּ לַיהוָה; וּבְאַרְצְכֶם, לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
24 θλαδίαν καὶ ἐκτεθλιμμένον καὶ ἐκτομίαν καὶ ἀπεσπασμένον, οὐ προσάξεις αὐτὰ τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὑμῶν οὐ ποιήσετε.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Emor
Sefer HaChinuch Number #291
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Holiness (Buch 5)
Section: Forbidden Sexual Relations
Systematic Category (P119f) Sacrifices and Offerings