Negative Commandment #323 of 613

A priest must not enter the Temple with torn clothes

Commandment #323a prohibition from Leviticus 10:6, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar,"Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, so that you will not die and that He will not become wrathful against all the congregation. But your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, shall bewail the burning which the LORD has brought about.

Leviticus 10:6

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־אַהֲרֹן וּלְאֶלְעָזָר וּלְאִיתָמָר בָּנָיו רָאשֵׁיכֶם אַל־תִּפְרָעוּ וּבִגְדֵיכֶם לֹא־תִפְרֹמוּ וְלֹא תָמֻתוּ וְעַל כָּל־הָעֵדָה יִקְצֹף וַאֲחֵיכֶם כָּל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל יִבְכּוּ אֶת־הַשְּׂרֵפָה אֲשֶׁר שָׂרַף יְהוָה׃ ‬

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ εἶπεν μωυσῆς πρὸς ααρων καὶ ελεαζαρ καὶ ιθαμαρ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ τοὺς καταλελειμμένους τὴν κεφαλὴν ὑμῶν οὐκ ἀποκιδαρώσετε καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια ὑμῶν οὐ διαρρήξετε ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνητε καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν συναγωγὴν ἔσται θυμός οἱ ἀδελφοὶ ὑμῶν πᾶς ὁ οἶκος ισραηλ κλαύσονται τὸν ἐμπυρισμόν ὃν ἐνεπυρίσθησαν ὑπὸ κυρίου

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Book
leviticus
Chapter
10

Scholarly References

Parashah
Shemini
Sefer HaChinuch
#150
Mishneh Torah
ServiceEntry into the Temple

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