Positive Commandment #326 of 613
Send the impure person from the Temple
Numbers 5:2 · Levites & Priests
Scripture
“"Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is unclean because of a dead person.”
— Numbers 5:2
Hebrew
ב צַו, אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וִישַׁלְּחוּ מִן-הַמַּחֲנֶה, כָּל-צָרוּעַ וְכָל-זָב; וְכֹל, טָמֵא לָנָפֶשׁ.
Greek (Septuagint)
2 Πρόσταξον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ισραηλ καὶ ἐξαποστειλάτωσαν ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς πάντα λεπρὸν καὶ πάντα γονορρυῆ καὶ πάντα ἀκάθαρτον ἐπὶ ψυχῇ·
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 5
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Naso
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #362
- Mishneh Torah
- ServiceEntry into the Temple
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#170: The high priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage
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#171: The high priest must marry a virgin maiden
Leviticus 21:13
#172: A priest must not marry a divorcee
Leviticus 21:7
#173: A priest must not marry a woman who has had a forbidden sexual relationship
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