Mitzvah #326 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Send the impure person from the Temple“
Scripture Reference: NUM 5:2 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Naso)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is unclean because of a dead person.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ב צַו, אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וִישַׁלְּחוּ מִן-הַמַּחֲנֶה, כָּל-צָרוּעַ וְכָל-זָב; וְכֹל, טָמֵא לָנָפֶשׁ.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
2 Πρόσταξον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ισραηλ καὶ ἐξαποστειλάτωσαν ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς πάντα λεπρὸν καὶ πάντα γονορρυῆ καὶ πάντα ἀκάθαρτον ἐπὶ ψυχῇ·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Naso
Sefer HaChinuch Number #362
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Service (Buch 8)
Section: Entry into the Temple
Systematic Category (P119f) Levites & Priests