Positive Commandment #452 of 613
Carry out the laws of leprous clothing
Commandment #452 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 13:47, classified under Ritual Purity and Impurity in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"When a garment has a mark of leprosy in it, whether it is a wool garment or a linen garment,”
— Leviticus 13:47
Hebrew
מז וְהַבֶּגֶד, כִּי-יִהְיֶה בוֹ נֶגַע צָרָעַת: בְּבֶגֶד צֶמֶר, אוֹ בְּבֶגֶד פִּשְׁתִּים.
Greek (Septuagint)
47 Καὶ ἱματίῳ ἐὰν γένηται ἐν αὐτῷ ἁφὴ λέπρας, ἐν ἱματίῳ ἐρεῷ ἢ ἐν ἱματίῳ στιππυίνῳ,
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Ritual Purity and Impurity
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 13
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Tazria
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #172
- 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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