Mitzvah #443 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Carry out the laws of impurity of the dead“
Scripture Reference: NUM 19:14 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Chukat)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean for seven days.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יד זֹאת, הַתּוֹרָה, אָדָם, כִּי-יָמוּת בְּאֹהֶל: כָּל-הַבָּא אֶל-הָאֹהֶל וְכָל-אֲשֶׁר בָּאֹהֶל, יִטְמָא שִׁבְעַת יָמִים.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
14 Καὶ οὗτος ὁ νόμος· ἄνθρωπος ἐὰν ἀποθάνῃ ἐν οἰκίᾳ, πᾶς ὁ εἰσπορευόμενος εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ ὅσα ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, ἀκάθαρτα ἔσται ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Chukat
Sefer HaChinuch Number #398
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Ritual Purity (Buch 10)
Section: Uncleanness from a Corpse
Systematic Category (P119f) Ritual Purity and Impurity