613 Mitzvot - Part XVII

Parts I : II : III : IV : V : VI : VII : VIII : IX : X : XI : XII : XIII : XIV : XV : XVI The Book of Judges: The judicial system, rabbinic and parental authority, mourning, kings, and wars (74 mitzvot) Section I: Laws Concerning the Sanhedrin and the penalties within Their Jurisdiction 540. Appoint judges (Deuteronomy 16:18) 541. Don't appoint a judge who does not know judicial procedure (Deuteronomy 1:17) 542. Rule according to the majority (when judges differ) (Exodus 23:2) 543. Don't execute the accused if there is only a bare majority for conviction (a majority of two necessary) (Exodus 23:2) 544. Don't (in capital cases) present argument for conviction if you have presented a plea for acquittal (Deuteronomy 23:2) 545. Put to death by stoning (Deuteronomy 22:24) 546. Put to death be burning (Leviticus 20:14) 547. Put to death by decapitation with sword (Exodus 21:20) 548. Put to death by strangling (Leviticus 20:10) 549. Hang (those stoned for blasphemy or idolatry) (Deuteronomy 21:22) 550. Bury the body on day of execution (Deuteronomy 21:23) 551. Don't let the body remain overnight (Deuteronomy 21:23) 552. Don't allow a sorcerer to live (Exodus 22:17) 553. Punish the wicked with stripes (for certain sins) (Exodus 25:2) 554. Don't exceed the number of (39) stripes in the Torah (Deuteronomy 25:3) 555. Don't put the innocent to death on presumptuous testimony (Exodus 23:7) 556. Don't punish one who committed sin under duress (Deuteronomy 22:26) 557. Don't show pity for one who slays another (Deuteronomy 19:13) 558. Don't show compassion at a trial to a person who is poor (Leviticus 19:15) 559. Don't show respect at a trial to a great man (Leviticus 19:15) 560. Don't decide the cause of a habitual transgressor unjustly (Exodus 23:6) 561. Don't pervert judgment (Leviticus 19:15) 562. Don't pervert the judgment of a stranger or an orphan (Deuteronomy 24:17) 563. Judge righteously (Leviticus 19:15) 564. Don't be afraid at a trial of a man who is violent (Deuteronomy 1:17) 565. Don't take a bribe (Exodus 23:8) 566. Don't receive a one-sided report (Exodus 23:1) 567. Don't curse judges (Exodus 22:27) 568. Don't curse prince (of state or Torah) (Exodus 22:27) 569. Don't curse any Jew who leads a worthy life (Leviticus 19:14) Section II: Laws of Testimony 570. Testify in court if you are in possession of evidence (Leviticus 5:1) 571. Carefully interrogate the witnesses (Deuteronomy 13:15) 572. Don't (in a capital case) act as a judge if you have given evidence (Deuteronomy 19:17) 573. Don't make any ruling based on the testimony of only one witness (Deuteronomy 19:15) 574. Don't accept a transgressor's testimony (Exodus 23:1) 575. Don't accept a relative's testimony (Deuteronomy 24:16) 576. Don't testify falsely (Exodus 20:13) 577. Do unto an exposed false witness as he has plotted to do to accused (Deuteronomy 19:19) Section III: Laws Concerning the Rebellious 578. Act in accordance with the law of the Torah as the High Court declares it (Deuteronomy 17:11) 579. Don't depart from rulings of this Court (Deuteronomy 17:11) 580. Don't add to the Torah (Written Law or Oral interpretation) (Deuteronomy 13:1) 581. Don't detract from the precepts (Deuteronomy 13:1) 582. Don't curse your father or mother (Exodus 21:17) 583. Don't strike you father or mother (Exodus 21:15) 584. Honor your father and mother (Exodus 21:12) 585. Revere your father and mother (Leviticus 19:3) 586. Don't rebel against the order of your father or mother (Deuteronomy 21:18) Section IV: Laws or Mourning 587. Mourn relatives (even Priest defiles himself for relatives) (Leviticus 10:19) 588. Don't (High Priest) defile yourself through contact with deceased, even relatives (Leviticus 21:11) 589. Don't (any Priest) be under same roof as deceased forbidden for contact (Leviticus 21:11) 590. Don't (Ordinary Priest) defile yourself for anyone except relatives (Leviticus 21:1) Section V: Laws of Sovereigns and their Wars 591. Appoint a King (Deuteronomy 17:15) 592. Don't appoint proselyte as king (Deuteronomy 17:15) 593. Don't (King) have too many wives (Deuteronomy 17:17) 594. Don't have too many horses (Deuteronomy 17:16) 595. Don't have too much gold and silver (Deuteronomy 17:17) 596. Destroy seven Canaanite nations (Deuteronomy 20:17) 597. Don't let any one to them live (Deuteronomy 20:16) 598. Blot out seed of Amalek (Deuteronomy 20:19) 599. Remember what Amalek did to us (Deuteronomy 25:17) 600. Don't forget his evil deeds (Deuteronomy 25:19) 601. Don't reside permanently in Egypt (Deuteronomy 17:16) 602. Offer terms of peace to inhabitants of besieged city (Deuteronomy 20:10) 603. Don't offer peace to Ammon and Moab (Deuteronomy 23:7) 604. Don't destroy fruit trees even during siege (Deuteronomy 20:19) 605. Prepare place outside camp where soldiers can relieve themselves (Deuteronomy 23:13) 606. Prepare a shovel to dig with (Deuteronomy 23:14) 607. Anoint priest to speak to men in wartime (Deuteronomy 20:2) 608. If a man takes a wife, builds a building, plants a vineyard - he should be deferred from service one year (Deuteronomy 24:5) 609. Don't draft them for any purpose (Deuteronomy 24:5) 610. Don't panic and retreat in battle (Deuteronomy 20:3) 611. Act according to law of beautiful women taken captive in war (Deuteronomy 21:11) 612. Don't sell this captive into slavery (Deuteronomy 21:14) 613. Don't retain her in servitude after having relations with her (Deuteronomy 21:14)