Mitzvah #23 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Honor the wise and the aged (who know and teach G-d's Law)“
Scripture Reference: LEV 19:32 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Kedoshim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
לב מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם, וְהָדַרְתָּ פְּנֵי זָקֵן; וְיָרֵאתָ מֵּאֱלֹהֶיךָ, אֲנִי יְהוָה. {ס}
Greek Text (Septuagint)
32 ἀπὸ προσώπου πολιοῦ ἐξαναστήσῃ καὶ τιμήσεις πρόσωπον πρεσβυτέρου καὶ φοβηθήσῃ τὸν θεόν σου· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Kedoshim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #257
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Knowledge (Buch 1)
Section: Torah Study
Systematic Category (P119f) Torah
