Positive Commandment #443 of 613
Carry out the laws of impurity of the dead
Commandment #443 — a positive obligation from Numbers 19:14, classified under Ritual Purity and Impurity in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean for seven days.”
— Numbers 19:14
Hebrew
יד זֹאת, הַתּוֹרָה, אָדָם, כִּי-יָמוּת בְּאֹהֶל: כָּל-הַבָּא אֶל-הָאֹהֶל וְכָל-אֲשֶׁר בָּאֹהֶל, יִטְמָא שִׁבְעַת יָמִים.
Greek (Septuagint)
14 Καὶ οὗτος ὁ νόμος· ἄνθρωπος ἐὰν ἀποθάνῃ ἐν οἰκίᾳ, πᾶς ὁ εἰσπορευόμενος εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ ὅσα ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, ἀκάθαρτα ἔσται ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας·
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Ritual Purity and Impurity
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Chukat
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #398
- Mishneh Torah
- Ritual PurityUncleanness from a Corpse
Related Commandments in “Ritual Purity and Impurity”
#444: Carry out the procedure of the Red Heifer
Numbers 19:2
#445: Carry out the laws of the sprinkling water
Numbers 19:21
#446: Follow the commandments of human leprosy as prescribed in the Law
Leviticus 13:12
#447: The unclean person must not remove his signs of impurity
Deuteronomy 24:8
#448: The leprous person must not shave signs of impurity in his hair
Leviticus 13:33
#449: The leprous person must publicize his condition by tearing his garments, allowing his hair to grow and covering his lips
Leviticus 13:45
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