Negative Commandment #225 of 613

The nazarite must not come into contact with the dead

Commandment #225a prohibition from Numbers 6:7, classified under Nazirites in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

'He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head.

Numbers 6:7

Hebrew

ז לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ, לְאָחִיו וּלְאַחֹתוֹ--לֹא-יִטַּמָּא לָהֶם, בְּמֹתָם: כִּי נֵזֶר אֱלֹהָיו, עַל-רֹאשׁוֹ.

Greek (Septuagint)

7 ἐπὶ πατρὶ καὶ ἐπὶ μητρὶ καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἀδελφῷ καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἀδελφῇ, οὐ μιανθήσεται ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς ἀποθανόντων αὐτῶν, ὅτι εὐχὴ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ ἐπὶ κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ·

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Category
Nazirites
Book
numbers
Chapter
6

Scholarly References

Parashah
Naso
Sefer HaChinuch
#376
Mishneh Torah
PromisesNazarite

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