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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
Code of Hammurabi 1:142
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Numbers 5:24
Surpu II
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Leviticus 11:2
Emar Saharsubbu
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Leviticus 14:3
Exodus 23:19
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Onkelos Exodus 23:19
Leviticus 11:13
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Onkelos Leviticus 11:13
Leviticus 11:17
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LXX Leviticus 11:17
Leviticus 11:19
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LXX Leviticus 11:19
Leviticus 11:29
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Letter of Aristeas 1:144
Leviticus 11:43
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Onkelos Leviticus 11:43
Leviticus 12:2
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Onkelos Leviticus 12:2
Leviticus 14:34
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Onkelos Leviticus 14:34
Leviticus 15:33
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Onkelos Leviticus 15:33
Leviticus 16:8
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LXX Leviticus 16:8
Leviticus 16:8
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Samaritan Leviticus 16:8
Leviticus 16:8
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Barnabas 7:8
Leviticus 16:8
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Onkelos Leviticus 16:8
Leviticus 16:10
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1 Enoch 10:4
Leviticus 16:10
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1 Enoch 54:5
Leviticus 16:10
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Pseudo Jonathan Leviticus 16:10
Leviticus 16:12
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Onkelos Leviticus 16:12
Leviticus 16:22
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Pseudo Jonathan Leviticus 16:22
Leviticus 16:31
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Onkelos Leviticus 16:31
Leviticus 17:7
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Samaritan Leviticus 17:7
Leviticus 22:28
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Pseudo Jonathan Leviticus 22:28
Numbers 5:11
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Protoevangelium of James 16
Numbers 19:2
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Pseudo Jonathan Numbers 19:2
Numbers 19:9
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Barnabas 8:1
Numbers 19:9
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Pseudo Jonathan Numbers 19:9
About This Tag
Chukkim are the commandments of the Torah that must be obeyed even if their purpose cannot be explained. This term was used by Rabbinic tradition to distinguish these from the mishpatim, the rules that are reasonable and explainable. Tradition assigned to the chukkim the commandments concerning the red heifer, the scapegoat, mixed fibers, and dietary laws. Other traditions, including the Greek Septuagint translation, the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Aramaic Targums, and early Christian traditions similarly struggled with these obscure commands in the Torah and tried to find some reason or rationale why they are in it. Historically, the underlying reasons for these commands were lost over time, leaving interpreters to make their own meaning out of them.
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