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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #82 of 613

Not to offer any [undesired] incense offering or any sacrifices on the golden altar

שלא להקטיר ולהקריב במזבח הזהב

Parashat Tetzaveh תצוה · Sefer HaChinuch #104

The verse · Shemot 30:9

לֹא־תַעֲלוּ עָלָיו קְטֹרֶת זָרָה וְעֹלָה וּמִנְחָה וְנֵסֶךְ לֹא תִסְּכוּ עָלָיו

“You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meal offering; neither shall you pour drink offering upon it.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to offer any [undesired] incense offering or any sacrifices on the golden altar, as [Exodus 30:9] states: "Do not offer any unauthorized incense upon it."

שלא להקטיר ולהקריב במזבח הזהב, שנאמר "לא תעלו עליו קטורת זרה" (שמות ל,ט).

Who & when

“And this commandment to only bring incense on the gold altar is practiced at the time of the [Temple] by priests.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Vessels of the Sanctuary and Those Who Serve Therein הלכות כלי המקדש והעובדין בו

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