Positive Commandment #459 of 613
Observe the laws of impurity caused by the eight listed creatures
Commandment #459 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 11:29, classified under Ritual Purity and Impurity in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the great lizard in its kinds,”
— Leviticus 11:29
Hebrew
כט וְזֶה לָכֶם הַטָּמֵא, בַּשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ עַל-הָאָרֶץ: הַחֹלֶד וְהָעַכְבָּר, וְהַצָּב לְמִינֵהוּ.
Greek (Septuagint)
29 Καὶ ταῦτα ὑμῖν ἀκάθαρτα ἀπὸ τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν ἑρπόντων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· ἡ γαλῆ καὶ ὁ μῦς καὶ ὁ κροκόδειλος ὁ χερσαῖος,
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Ritual Purity and Impurity
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 11
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shemini
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #159
- 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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