Negative Commandment #325 of 613

A priest must not leave the Temple during service

Commandment #325a prohibition from Leviticus 10:7, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

"You shall not even go out from the doorway of the tent of meeting, or you will die; for the LORD'S anointing oil is upon you." So they did according to the word of Moses.

Leviticus 10:7

Hebrew

ז וּמִפֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לֹא תֵצְאוּ, פֶּן-תָּמֻתוּ--כִּי-שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת יְהוָה, עֲלֵיכֶם; וַיַּעֲשׂוּ, כִּדְבַר מֹשֶׁה. {פ}

Greek (Septuagint)

7 καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου οὐκ ἐξελεύσεσθε, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνητε· τὸ γὰρ ἔλαιον τῆς χρίσεως τὸ παρὰ κυρίου ἐφ᾿ ὑμῖν. καὶ ἐποίησαν κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα Μωυσῆ.

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Book
leviticus
Chapter
10

Scholarly References

Parashah
Shemini
Sefer HaChinuch
#151
Mishneh Torah
ServiceEntry into the Temple

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