Negative Commandment #328 of 613
An impure person must not enter the Temple Mount area
Commandment #328 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 23:11, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"But it shall be when evening approaches, he shall bathe himself with water, and at sundown he may reenter the camp.”
— Deuteronomy 23:11
Hebrew
יב וְהָיָה לִפְנוֹת-עֶרֶב, יִרְחַץ בַּמָּיִם; וּכְבֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, יָבֹא אֶל-תּוֹךְ הַמַּחֲנֶה.
Greek (Septuagint)
(23:12) καὶ ἔσται τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέραν λούσεται τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ὕδατι καὶ δεδυκότος ἡλίου εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 23
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tetze
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #565
- 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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