Positive Commandment #455 of 613
Observe the laws of impurity caused by childbirth
Commandment #455 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 12:2, classified under Ritual Purity and Impurity in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: 'When a woman gives birth and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven days, as in the days of her menstruation she shall be unclean.”
— Leviticus 12:2
Hebrew
ב דַּבֵּר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, לֵאמֹר, אִשָּׁה כִּי תַזְרִיעַ, וְיָלְדָה זָכָר--וְטָמְאָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים, כִּימֵי נִדַּת דְּוֹתָהּ תִּטְמָא.
Greek (Septuagint)
2 Λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ισραηλ καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτούς Γυνή, ἥτις ἐὰν σπερματισθῇ καὶ τέκῃ ἄρσεν, καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας, κατὰ τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ χωρισμοῦ τῆς ἀφέδρου αὐτῆς ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται·
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Ritual Purity and Impurity
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 12
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Tazria
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #166
- Mishneh Torah
- Ritual PurityUncleanness of a Bed or Seat
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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