Negative Commandment #589 of 613
The high priest must not enter under the same roof as a corpse
Commandment #589 — a prohibition from Leviticus 21:11, classified under Levites & Priests in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;”
— Leviticus 21:11
Hebrew
וְעַל כָּל־נַפְשֹׁת מֵת לֹא יָבֹא לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ לֹא יִטַּמָּא׃
Greek (Septuagint)
καὶ ἐπὶ πάσῃ ψυχῇ τετελευτηκυίᾳ οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται ἐπὶ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ ἐπὶ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ οὐ μιανθήσεται
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Levites & Priests
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 21
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Emor
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #270
- Mishneh Torah
- JudgesMourning
Related Commandments in “Levites & Priests”
#78: The priests must bless the Israelite nation daily
Numbers 6:23
#169: The high priest must not marry a widow
Leviticus 21:14
#170: The high priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage
Leviticus 21:15
#171: The high priest must marry a virgin maiden
Leviticus 21:13
#172: A priest must not marry a divorcee
Leviticus 21:7
#173: A priest must not marry a woman who has had a forbidden sexual relationship
Leviticus 21:7
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