Mitzvah #327 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„An impure person must not enter the Temple“
Scripture Reference: NUM 5:3 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Naso)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"You shall send away both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp so that they will not defile their camp where I dwell in their midst."
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ג מִזָּכָר עַד-נְקֵבָה תְּשַׁלֵּחוּ, אֶל-מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה תְּשַׁלְּחוּם; וְלֹא יְטַמְּאוּ אֶת-מַחֲנֵיהֶם, אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי שֹׁכֵן בְּתוֹכָם.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
3 ἀπὸ ἀρσενικοῦ ἕως θηλυκοῦ ἐξαποστείλατε ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς, καὶ οὐ μὴ μιανοῦσιν τὰς παρεμβολὰς αὐτῶν, ἐν οἷς ἐγὼ καταγίνομαι ἐν αὐτοῖς.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Naso
Sefer HaChinuch Number #363
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Service (Buch 8)
Section: Entry into the Temple
Systematic Category (P119f) Levites & Priests