Positive Commandment #458 of 613
Observe the laws of impurity caused by a dead beast
Commandment #458 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 11:39, classified under Ritual Purity and Impurity in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.”
— Leviticus 11:39
Hebrew
לט וְכִי יָמוּת מִן-הַבְּהֵמָה, אֲשֶׁר-הִיא לָכֶם לְאָכְלָה--הַנֹּגֵעַ בְּנִבְלָתָהּ, יִטְמָא עַד-הָעָרֶב.
Greek (Septuagint)
39 Ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ τῶν κτηνῶν ὅ ἐστιν ὑμῖν τοῦτο φαγεῖν, ὁ ἁπτόμενος τῶν θνησιμαίων αὐτῶν ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας·
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Ritual Purity and Impurity
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 11
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shemini
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #161
- Mishneh Torah
- Ritual PurityOther Sources of Uncleanness
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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