Positive Commandment #453 of 613
Carry out the laws of leprous houses
Commandment #453 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 14:34, classified under Ritual Purity and Impurity in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"When you enter the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a mark of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession,”
— Leviticus 14:34
Hebrew
לד כִּי תָבֹאוּ אֶל-אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן, אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נֹתֵן לָכֶם לַאֲחֻזָּה; וְנָתַתִּי נֶגַע צָרַעַת, בְּבֵית אֶרֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶם.
Greek (Septuagint)
34 Ὡς ἂν εἰσέλθητε εἰς τὴν γῆν τῶν Χαναναίων, ἣν ἐγὼ δίδωμι ὑμῖν ἐν κτήσει, καὶ δώσω ἁφὴν λέπρας ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις τῆς γῆς τῆς ἐγκτήτου ὑμῖν,
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Ritual Purity and Impurity
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 14
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Metzorah
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #177
- 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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