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Negative Commandment #224 of 613
The nazarite must not be under the same roof as a corpse
Commandment #224 — a prohibition from Numbers 6:6, classified under Nazirites in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'All the days of his separation to the LORD he shall not go near to a dead person.”
— Numbers 6:6
Hebrew
ו כָּל-יְמֵי הַזִּירוֹ, לַיהוָה, עַל-נֶפֶשׁ מֵת, לֹא יָבֹא.
Greek (Septuagint)
6 πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς εὐχῆς κυρίῳ ἐπὶ πάσῃ ψυχῇ τετελευτηκυίᾳ οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται·
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Nazirites
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 6
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Naso
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #375
- Mishneh Torah
- PromisesNazarite
Related Commandments in “Nazirites”
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#217: The nazarite must let his hair grow
Numbers 6:5
#218: The nazarite must not cut his hair
Numbers 6:5
#219: The nazarite must not drink wine, wine mixtures, or wine vinegar
Numbers 6:3
#220: The nazarite must not eat fresh grapes
Numbers 6:3
#221: The nazarite must not eat raisins
Numbers 6:3
#222: The nazarite must not eat grape seeds
Numbers 6:4
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