Positive Commandment #450 of 613
Carry out the prescribed rules for purifying the leprous person
Commandment #450 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 14:2, classified under Ritual Purity and Impurity in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest,”
— Leviticus 14:2
Hebrew
ב זֹאת תִּהְיֶה תּוֹרַת הַמְּצֹרָע, בְּיוֹם טָהֳרָתוֹ: וְהוּבָא, אֶל-הַכֹּהֵן.
Greek (Septuagint)
2 Οὗτος ὁ νόμος τοῦ λεπροῦ, ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ καθαρισθῇ· καὶ προσαχθήσεται πρὸς τὸν ἱερέα,
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Ritual Purity and Impurity
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 14
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Metzorah
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #173
- 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
#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
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