Mitzvah #62 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not engage in astrology“
Scripture Reference: LEV 19:26 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Kedoshim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination or soothsaying.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
לֹא תֹאכְלוּ עַל־הַדָּם לֹא תְנַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹא תְעוֹנֵנוּ׃
Greek Text (Septuagint)
μὴ ἔσθετε ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων καὶ οὐκ οἰωνιεῖσθε οὐδὲ ὀρνιθοσκοπήσεσθε
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Kedoshim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #249
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Knowledge (Buch 1)
Section: Idolatry and Gentile Customs
Systematic Category (P119f) Idolatry
