Positive Commandment #445 of 613
Carry out the laws of the sprinkling water
Commandment #445 — a positive obligation from Numbers 19:21, classified under Ritual Purity and Impurity in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'So it shall be a perpetual statute for them. And he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.”
— Numbers 19:21
Hebrew
כא וְהָיְתָה לָהֶם, לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם; וּמַזֵּה מֵי-הַנִּדָּה, יְכַבֵּס בְּגָדָיו, וְהַנֹּגֵעַ בְּמֵי הַנִּדָּה, יִטְמָא עַד-הָעָרֶב.
Greek (Septuagint)
21 καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν νόμιμον αἰώνιον· καὶ ὁ περιρραίνων ὕδωρ ῥαντισμοῦ πλυνεῖ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ ἁπτόμενος τοῦ ὕδατος τοῦ ῥαντισμοῦ ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας·
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Ritual Purity and Impurity
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Chukat
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #399
- Mishneh Torah
- Ritual PurityThe Red Heifer
Related Commandments in “Ritual Purity and Impurity”
#443: Carry out the laws of impurity of the dead
Numbers 19:14
#444: Carry out the procedure of the Red Heifer
Numbers 19:2
#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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