613 Mitzvot
Idolatry, Idolaters and Idolatrous Practices
- Not to make a graven image; neither to make it oneself nor to have it made
by others (Ex. 20:4)
- Not to make any figures for ornament, even if they are not worshipped (Ex.
20:20)
- Not to make idols even for others (Ex. 34:17; Lev. 19:4)
- Not to use the ornament of any object of idolatrous worship (Deut. 7:25)
- Not to make use of an idol or its accessory objects, offerings, or
libations (Deut. 7:26)
- Not to drink wine of idolaters (Deut. 32:38)
- Not to worship an idol in the way in which it is usually worshipped (Ex.
20:5)
- Not to bow down to an idol, even if that is not its mode of worship (Ex.
20:5)
- Not to prophesy in the name of an idol (Ex. 23:13; Deut. 18:20)
- Not to hearken to one who prophesies in the name of an idol (Deut. 13:4)
- Not to lead the children of Israel astray to idolatry (Ex. 23:13)
- Not to entice an Israelite to idolatry (Deut. 13:12)
- To destroy idolatry and its appurtenances (Deut. 12:2-3) (affirmative).
- Not to love the enticer to idolatry (Deut. 13:9)
- Not to give up hating the enticer to idolatry (Deut. 13:9)
- Not to save the enticer from capital punishment, but to stand by at his
execution (Deut. 13:9) (negative).
- A person whom he attempted to entice to idolatry shall not urge pleas for
the acquittal of the enticer (Deut. 13:9)
- A person whom he attempted to entice shall not refrain from giving evidence
of the enticer's guilt, if he has such evidence (Deut. 13:9)
- Not to swear by an idol to its worshipers, nor cause them to swear by it
(Ex. 23:13)
- Not to turn one's attention to idolatry (Lev. 19:4)
- Not to adopt the institutions of idolaters nor their customs (Lev. 18:3;
Lev. 20:23)
- Not to pass a child through the fire to Molech (Lev. 18:21) (negative).
- Not to suffer any one practicing witchcraft to live (Ex. 22:17) (negative).
- Not to practice onein (observing times or seasons as favorable or
unfavorable, using astrology) (Lev. 19:26)
- Not to practice nachesh (doing things based on signs and portents; using
charms and incantations) (Lev. 19:26)
- Not to consult ovoth (ghosts) (Lev. 19:31)
- Not to consult yid'onim (wizards) (Lev. 19:31)
- Not to practice kisuf (magic using herbs, stones and objects that people
use) (Deut. 18:10)
- Not to practice kessem (a general term for magical practices) (Deut. 18:10)
- Not to practice the art of a chover chaver (casting spells over snakes and
scorpions) (Deut. 18:11)
- Not to enquire of an ob (a ghost) (Deut. 18:11)
- Not to seek the maytim (dead) (Deut. 18:11)
- Not to enquire of a yid'oni (wizard) (Deut. 18:11)
- Not to remove the entire beard, like the idolaters (Lev. 19:27)
- Not to round the corners of the head, as the idolatrous priests do (Lev.
19:27)
- Not to cut oneself or make incisions in one's flesh in grief, like the
idolaters (Lev. 19:28; Deut. 14:1)
- Not to tattoo the body like the idolaters (Lev. 19:28)
- Not to make a bald spot for the dead (Deut. 14:1)
- Not to plant a tree for worship (Deut. 16:21) (negative).
- Not to set up a pillar (for worship) (Deut. 16:22)
- Not to show favor to idolaters (Deut. 7:2)
- Not to make a covenant with the seven (Canaanite, idolatrous) nations (Ex.
23:32; Deut. 7:2) (negative).
- Not to settle idolaters in our land (Ex. 23:33) (negative)
- To slay the inhabitants of a city that has become idolatrous and burn that
city (Deut. 13:16-17) (affirmative).
- Not to rebuild a city that has been led astray to idolatry (Deut. 13:17)
(negative).
- Not to make use of the property of city that has been so led astray (Deut.
13:18) (negative).
