Negative Commandment #327 of 613
An impure person must not enter the Temple
Commandment #327 — a prohibition from Numbers 5:3, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall send away both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp so that they will not defile their camp where I dwell in their midst."”
— Numbers 5:3
Hebrew
ג מִזָּכָר עַד-נְקֵבָה תְּשַׁלֵּחוּ, אֶל-מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה תְּשַׁלְּחוּם; וְלֹא יְטַמְּאוּ אֶת-מַחֲנֵיהֶם, אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי שֹׁכֵן בְּתוֹכָם.
Greek (Septuagint)
3 ἀπὸ ἀρσενικοῦ ἕως θηλυκοῦ ἐξαποστείλατε ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς, καὶ οὐ μὴ μιανοῦσιν τὰς παρεμβολὰς αὐτῶν, ἐν οἷς ἐγὼ καταγίνομαι ἐν αὐτοῖς.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 5
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Naso
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #363
- Mishneh Torah
- ServiceEntry into the Temple
Related Commandments in “Levites & Priests”
#78: The priests must bless the Israelite nation daily
Numbers 6:23
#169: The high priest must not marry a widow
Leviticus 21:14
#170: The high priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage
Leviticus 21:15
#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
Leviticus 21:7
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