Mitzvah #445 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Carry out the laws of the sprinkling water“
Scripture Reference: NUM 19:21 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Chukat)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'So it shall be a perpetual statute for them. And he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
כא וְהָיְתָה לָהֶם, לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם; וּמַזֵּה מֵי-הַנִּדָּה, יְכַבֵּס בְּגָדָיו, וְהַנֹּגֵעַ בְּמֵי הַנִּדָּה, יִטְמָא עַד-הָעָרֶב.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
21 καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν νόμιμον αἰώνιον· καὶ ὁ περιρραίνων ὕδωρ ῥαντισμοῦ πλυνεῖ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ ἁπτόμενος τοῦ ὕδατος τοῦ ῥαντισμοῦ ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Chukat
Sefer HaChinuch Number #399
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Ritual Purity (Buch 10)
Section: The Red Heifer
Systematic Category (P119f) Ritual Purity and Impurity