Negative Commandment #447 of 613
The unclean person must not remove his signs of impurity
Commandment #447 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 24:8, classified under Ritual Purity and Impurity in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Be careful against an infection of leprosy, that you diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you; as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.”
— Deuteronomy 24:8
Hebrew
ח הִשָּׁמֶר בְּנֶגַע-הַצָּרַעַת לִשְׁמֹר מְאֹד, וְלַעֲשׂוֹת: כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר-יוֹרוּ אֶתְכֶם הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם, כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִם--תִּשְׁמְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת.
Greek (Septuagint)
8 Πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ ἐν τῇ ἁφῇ τῆς λέπρας· φυλάξῃ σφόδρα ποιεῖν κατὰ πάντα τὸν νόμον, ὃν ἐὰν ἀναγγείλωσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ Λευῖται· ὃν τρόπον ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν, φυλάξασθε ποιεῖν.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Ritual Purity and Impurity
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 24
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tetze
- 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
#446: Follow the commandments of human leprosy as prescribed in the Law
Leviticus 13:12
#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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