Mitzvah #444 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Carry out the procedure of the Red Heifer“
Scripture Reference: NUM 19:2 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Chukat)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded, saying, 'Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an unblemished red heifer in which is no defect and on which a yoke has never been placed.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ב זֹאת חֻקַּת הַתּוֹרָה, אֲשֶׁר-צִוָּה יְהוָה לֵאמֹר: דַּבֵּר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ פָרָה אֲדֻמָּה תְּמִימָה אֲשֶׁר אֵין-בָּהּ מוּם, אֲשֶׁר לֹא-עָלָה עָלֶיהָ, עֹל.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
2 Αὕτη ἡ διαστολὴ τοῦ νόμου, ὅσα συνέταξεν κύριος λέγων Λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ισραηλ καὶ λαβέτωσαν πρὸς σὲ δάμαλιν πυρρὰν ἄμωμον, ἥτις οὐκ ἔχει ἐν αὐτῇ μῶμον καὶ ᾗ οὐκ ἐπεβλήθη ἐπ᾿ αὐτὴν ζυγός.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Chukat
Sefer HaChinuch Number #397
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Ritual Purity (Buch 10)
Section: The Red Heifer
Systematic Category (P119f) Ritual Purity and Impurity