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55 of the traditional 613 commandments is found in this parashah:
- 109- To destroy idols and their accessories - Deuteronomy 12:2
- 22- Do not destroy objects associated with His Name - Deuteronomy 12:4
- 340- To bring all avowed and freewill offerings to the Temple on the first subsequent festival - Deuteronomy 12:5-6
- 342- To offer all sacrifices in the Temple - Deuteronomy 12:11
- 345- Do not offer any sacrifices outside the courtyard - Deuteronomy 12:13
- 317- Animal slaughter does not have to occur at the Temple - Deuteronomy 12:15
(Traditionally: redeem dedicated animals which have become disqualified) - 324- Do not eat the meat of an offering away from the Temple - Deuteronomy 12:17-18
- 330- The kohanim must not eat the meat outside the Temple courtyard - Deuteronomy 12:17-18-18
- 333- Do not eat the meat of minor sacrifices before sprinkling the blood - Deuteronomy 12:15-16
- 387- The kohanim must not eat unblemished firstborn animals outside Jerusalem - Deuteronomy 12:17-18
- 432- Do not eat ma'aser sheni grains outside Jerusalem - Deuteronomy 12:17-18
- 433- Do not eat ma'aser sheni wine products outside Jerusalem - Deuteronomy 12:17-18
- 434- Do not eat ma'aser sheni oil outside Jerusalem - Deuteronomy 12:17-18
- 438- The kohanim must not eat the first fruits outside Jerusalem - Deuteronomy 12:17-18
- 197- Do not refrain from rejoicing with, and giving gifts to, the Levites - Deuteronomy 12:19
- 278- To ritually slaughter an animal before eating it - Deuteronomy 12:21
- 266- Do not eat terefah (a limb torn off a living creature) - Deuteronomy 12:23
- 343- To bring all sacrifices from outside Israel to the Temple - Deuteronomy 12:26
- 75- Do not add to the Torah commandments - Deuteronomy 12:32
- 76- Do not diminish from the Torah any commandments, in whole or in part - Deuteronomy 12:3
- 268- Do not listen to a false prophet - Deuteronomy 13:4
- 97- Do not love those who entice others into idolatry - Deuteronomy 13:9
- 98- Do not cease hating an idolater - Deuteronomy 13:9
- 99- Do not save an idolater from execution - Deuteronomy 13:9
- 100- Do not say anything in an idolater's defense - Deuteronomy 13:9
- 101- Do not refrain from incriminating an idolater - Deuteronomy 13:9
- 96- Do not entice an individual to idol worship - Deuteronomy 13:12-15
- 102- Do not prophesize in the name of idolatry - Deuteronomy 13:14
- 553- Carefully interrogate the witness - Deuteronomy 13:15
- 93- To burn a city that has turned to idol worship - Deuteronomy 13:17
- 94- Do not rebuild an idolatrous city that has been burned - Deuteronomy 13:17
- 95- Do not derive benefit from an idolatrous city - Deuteronomy 13:18
- 140- Do not tear or cut the skin in mourning - Deuteronomy 14:1
- 141- Do not make a bald spot in mourning - Deuteronomy 14:1
- 359- Do not eat sacrifices which have become unfit or blemished - Deuteronomy 14:3
- 252- To examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher - Deuteronomy 14:11
- 258- Do not eat non-kosher flying insects - Deuteronomy 14:19
- 263- Do not eat of an animal that dies of natural causes - Deuteronomy 14:21
(Traditionally: do not eat the meat of an animal that died without ritual slaughter) - 428- To set aside the second tithe (ma'aser sheni) - Deuteronomy 14:22
- 416- To separate the "tithe for the poor" - Deuteronomy 14:28
- 454- To release all loans during the seventh year - Deuteronomy 15:2
- 455- Do not pressure or claim from the borrower during the seventh year - Deuteronomy 15:2
- 586- Press the idolater for payment of a loan - Deuteronomy 15:3
- 418- Do not withhold charity from the poor - Deuteronomy 15:7
- 417- To give charity - Deuteronomy 15:8
- 456- Do not refrain from lending immediately before the release of the loans for fear of monetary loss - Deuteronomy 15:9
- 571- Do not send a Hebrew (slave) away empty-handed - Deuteronomy 15:13
- 570- Give a Hebrew (slave) gifts when he goes free - Deuteronomy 15:14
- 368- Do not work consecrated animals - Deuteronomy 15:19
- 369- Do not shear the fleece of consecrated animals - Deuteronomy 15:19
- 180- Do not eat chametz on the afternoon of the 14th day of Nisan - Deuteronomy 16:3
- 385- Do not leave the meat of the holiday offering of the 14th until the 16th - Deuteronomy 16:4
- 195- To rejoice on these three Festivals (bring a peace offering) - Deuteronomy 16:14
- 193- To be seen at the Temple on Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot - Deuteronomy 16:16
- 196- Do not appear at the Temple (during the three Festivals) without offerings - Deuteronomy 16:16