The seven laws listed by the Talmud are<ref>[[Sanhedrin (tractate)|Sanhedrin]] 56</ref># Prohibition of [[IdolatryImperative of Legal System]]: - You shall not make for yourself an idolAn imperative to pursue social justice, and a prohibition of any miscarriage of justice.# Prohibition [[MurderProhibition of Blasphemy]]: - You shall not murderProhibits a curse directed at the Supreme Being.# [[Prohibition of [[TheftIdolatry]]: - You shall not stealProhibits the worship of idols and planets.# [[Prohibition of [[Promiscuity|Sexual PromiscuityImmorality]]: - You shall not commit Prohibits adultery, incest, homosexuality, and bestiality.# [[Prohibition of Homicide]]: - Prohibits murder and suicide.# [[BlasphemyProhibition of Theft]]: - You shall not blasphemeProhibits the wrongful taking of another's goods.# [[Prohibition of [[Cruelty to AnimalsLimb of a Living Creature]]: - Do not eat Prohibits the flesh eating of animal parts which were severed from a living animal(traditionally interpreted as a prohibition of cruelty towards animals) This is derived from verse "And the L-rd G-d commanded the man saying, of every tree of the garden you may freely eat" (Genesis 2:16):# And [He] commanded, refers to '''legal system''', and thus it is written, For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment.# Requirement The Lord — is [a prohibition against] '''blasphemy''', and thus it is written, and he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to have just death.# G-d — is [[Law]an injunction against]'''idolatry''', and thus it is written, Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.# The man — refers to '''homicide''', and thus it is written, Whoso sheddeth man's: - You blood, by man shall set up an effective government his blood be shed.# Saying — refers to '''sexual immorality''', and thus it is written, They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and became another man's.# Of every tree of the garden — but not of robbery.# Thou mayest freely eat — but not '''limb of a living creature'''.<ref>Sanhedrin 56. This is according to police Rabbi Johanan. Rabbi Isaac reverses the preceding six lawsfirst and third verses.</ref> Maimonides list them in this order (the order most commonly used)<ref>[[Maimonides' Law of Noahides#Laws of Kings and their Wars, Chapter 9|Mishneh Torah, Melachim 9:1]]</ref># Idolatry# Blasphemy# Homicide # Immorality# Theft# Limb of a Living Creature# Legal System
