Positive Commandment #331 of 613
A priest must wash his hands and feet before service
Commandment #331 — a positive obligation from Exodus 30:19, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it;”
— Exodus 30:19
Hebrew
יט וְרָחֲצוּ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו, מִמֶּנּוּ, אֶת-יְדֵיהֶם, וְאֶת-רַגְלֵיהֶם.
Greek (Septuagint)
19 καὶ νίψεται Ααρων καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐξ αὐτοῦ τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τοὺς πόδας ὕδατι.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 30
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tisa
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #106
- 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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