Mitzvah #225 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„The nazarite must not come into contact with the dead“
Scripture Reference: NUM 6:7 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Naso)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ז לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ, לְאָחִיו וּלְאַחֹתוֹ--לֹא-יִטַּמָּא לָהֶם, בְּמֹתָם: כִּי נֵזֶר אֱלֹהָיו, עַל-רֹאשׁוֹ.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
7 ἐπὶ πατρὶ καὶ ἐπὶ μητρὶ καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἀδελφῷ καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἀδελφῇ, οὐ μιανθήσεται ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς ἀποθανόντων αὐτῶν, ὅτι εὐχὴ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ ἐπὶ κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Naso
Sefer HaChinuch Number #376
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Promises (Buch 6)
Section: Nazarite
Systematic Category (P119f) Nazirites