This section is named במקום גדולים אל תעמוד.

Commandment 388 imposes the duty on the Priests and Levites to guard the Tabernacle and its courtyards, etc., by day and night. This is due to considerations of respect and reverence for its sacred nature, not because of fear of intruders. The Torah writes: "They shall discharge their duties towards the Tent of Appointment" (Numbers 18,4). The Sifri interprets the words "you and your sons with you in front of the Tent of Meeting," as instructing the Priests to perform this guard duty inside the structure, whereas the Levites were to mount guard outside of it and to walk around it (18,2).

Commandment 389 enjoins the Priests from performing the duties of the Levites, and vice versa. The Torah warns first in 18,1; and since the Torah writes concerning the Levites in 18,3: "but they must not approach the furnishings of the Ark nor the Altar lest both you and they die," it is clear that the warning includes even Priests who perform the duties of the Levites.

Commandment 390 prohibits all members of other tribes from performing sacrificial service in the Tabernacle (Temple). The Torah writes in 18,4: "Any stranger must not approach you."

Commandment 391 makes it a transgression to cancel the guard of honour of the Temple, since the Torah writes: "ושמרתם את משמרת הקדש," and whenever the verb שמר is used, it implies a negative commandment, i.e. culpability if that שמירה is neglected.

Commandment 392 deals with redeeming firstborn male human beings, since the Torah writes: אך פדה תפדה את בכור אדם, "But you must redeem the firstborn person" (18,15).

Commandment 393 prohibits redemption of firstborn pure animals, since the latter have to be offered as a sacrifice on the Altar. The Torah writes: "But you must not redeem the firstborn ox, sheep or goat, since they are holy" (18,17).

Commandment 394 requires the Levites to perform the daily service in the Sanctuary by singing and accompanying the sacrificial service with music (compare 18,23, ועבד הלוי הוא את עבודת אהל מועד, וכו'). The same commandment is repeated in different language in Deut. 18,7: "He shall perform service in the name of the Lord His G–d, just like all his brothers the Levites who stand there in the presence of the Lord." The Talmud in Erchin 11 says that the service referred to is singing.

Commandment 395 is the duty of the Israelites to give a tithe of ten per cent of their harvests to the Levites, since the Torah states: "For the tithe of the Israelites which they are to give as a gift to G–d, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; this is why I have said to them that they shall not inherit amongst the children of Israel" (18,24).

Commandment 396 is the duty of the Levites to give to the Priests ten per cent of the tithes they have received from the Israelites since the Torah says: "You shall elevate from it a gift to G–d, a tithe of the tithe" (18,26).