Negative Commandment #397 of 613
An impure person must not eat from sacrifices
Commandment #397 — a prohibition from Leviticus 7:20, classified under Sacrifices and Offerings in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, in his uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from his people.”
— Leviticus 7:20
Hebrew
כ וְהַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר-תֹּאכַל בָּשָׂר, מִזֶּבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים אֲשֶׁר לַיהוָה, וְטֻמְאָתוֹ, עָלָיו--וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא, מֵעַמֶּיהָ.
Greek (Septuagint)
20 ἡ δὲ ψυχή, ἥτις ἐὰν φάγῃ ἀπὸ τῶν κρεῶν τῆς θυσίας τοῦ σωτηρίου, ὅ ἐστιν κυρίου, καὶ ἡ ἀκαθαρσία αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῦ, ἀπολεῖται ἡ ψυχὴ ἐκείνη ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτῆς.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Sacrifices and Offerings
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 7
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Tzav
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #167
- Mishneh Torah
- ServiceSacrifices Become Unfit
Related Commandments in “Sacrifices and Offerings”
#168: Do not offer to G-d any castrated male animals
Leviticus 22:24
#227: Estimate the value of people as determined by the Law
Leviticus 27:2
#228: Estimate the value of consecrated animals
Leviticus 27:12
#229: Estimate the value of consecrated houses
Leviticus 27:14
#230: Estimate the value of consecrated fields
Leviticus 27:16
#231: Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions
Leviticus 27:28
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