Mitzvah #316 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Dedicate the priest for service“
Scripture Reference: LEV 21:8 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Emor)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'You shall consecrate him, therefore, for he offers the food of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ח וְקִדַּשְׁתּוֹ--כִּי-אֶת-לֶחֶם אֱלֹהֶיךָ, הוּא מַקְרִיב; קָדֹשׁ, יִהְיֶה-לָּךְ--כִּי קָדוֹשׁ, אֲנִי יְהוָה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶם.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
8 καὶ ἁγιάσει αὐτόν, τὰ δῶρα κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν οὗτος προσφέρει· ἅγιος ἔσται, ὅτι ἅγιος ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ ἁγιάζων αὐτούς.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Emor
Sefer HaChinuch Number #269
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Service (Buch 8)
Section: The Vessels of the Temple and Those Who Serve in It
Systematic Category (P119f) Levites & Priests
