Positive Commandment #460 of 613
Observe the laws of impurity of a seminal emission
Commandment #460 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 15:16, classified under Ritual Purity and Impurity in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening.”
— Leviticus 15:16
Hebrew
טז וְאִישׁ, כִּי-תֵצֵא מִמֶּנּוּ שִׁכְבַת-זָרַע--וְרָחַץ בַּמַּיִם אֶת-כָּל-בְּשָׂרוֹ, וְטָמֵא עַד-הָעָרֶב.
Greek (Septuagint)
16 Καὶ ἄνθρωπος, ᾧ ἐὰν ἐξέλθῃ ἐξ αὐτοῦ κοίτη σπέρματος, καὶ λούσεται ὕδατι πᾶν τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας·
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Ritual Purity and Impurity
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 15
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Metzorah
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #179
- 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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