Positive Commandment #446 of 613
Follow the commandments of human leprosy as prescribed in the Law
Commandment #446 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 13:12, classified under Ritual Purity and Impurity in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"If the leprosy breaks out farther on the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of him who has the infection from his head even to his feet, as far as the priest can see,”
— Leviticus 13:12
Hebrew
יב וְאִם-פָּרוֹחַ תִּפְרַח הַצָּרַעַת, בָּעוֹר, וְכִסְּתָה הַצָּרַעַת אֵת כָּל-עוֹר הַנֶּגַע, מֵרֹאשׁוֹ וְעַד-רַגְלָיו--לְכָל-מַרְאֵה, עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן.
Greek (Septuagint)
12 ἐὰν δὲ ἐξανθοῦσα ἐξανθήσῃ ἡ λέπρα ἐν τῷ δέρματι, καὶ καλύψῃ ἡ λέπρα πᾶν τὸ δέρμα τῆς ἁφῆς ἀπὸ κεφαλῆς ἕως ποδῶν καθ᾿ ὅλην τὴν ὅρασιν τοῦ ἱερέως,
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Ritual Purity and Impurity
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 13
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Tazria
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #169
- Mishneh Torah
- Ritual PurityUncleanness from Leprosy
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
#445: Carry out the laws of the sprinkling water
Numbers 19:21
#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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