The total number of the biblical commandments (precepts and prohibitions) is given in rabbinic tradition as 613. It is held that all 613 were revealed to Moses at Mt. Sinai, and that they fall into two classifications.

1. Mandatory laws – 248 in number, corresponding to limbs of the human body (divided into eighteen sections).
2. Prohibition laws – 365 in number, equal to the solar days in a year (divided into thirteen sections).

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