Positive Commandment #461 of 613
Observe the laws of impurity concerning liquid and solid foods
Commandment #461 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 11:34, classified under Ritual Purity and Impurity in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'Any of the food which may be eaten, on which water comes, shall become unclean, and any liquid which may be drunk in every vessel shall become unclean.”
— Leviticus 11:34
Hebrew
לד מִכָּל-הָאֹכֶל אֲשֶׁר יֵאָכֵל, אֲשֶׁר יָבוֹא עָלָיו מַיִם--יִטְמָא; וְכָל-מַשְׁקֶה אֲשֶׁר יִשָּׁתֶה, בְּכָל-כְּלִי יִטְמָא.
Greek (Septuagint)
34 καὶ πᾶν βρῶμα, ὃ ἔσθεται, εἰς ὃ ἐὰν ἐπέλθῃ ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸ ὕδωρ, ἀκάθαρτον ἔσται· καὶ πᾶν ποτόν, ὃ πίνεται ἐν παντὶ ἀγγείῳ, ἀκάθαρτον ἔσται.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Ritual Purity and Impurity
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 11
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shemini
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #160
- Mishneh Torah
- Ritual PurityUncleanness of Foods
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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