Mitzvah #446 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Follow the commandments of human leprosy as prescribed in the Law“
Scripture Reference: LEV 13:12 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Tazria)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"If the leprosy breaks out farther on the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of him who has the infection from his head even to his feet, as far as the priest can see,
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יב וְאִם-פָּרוֹחַ תִּפְרַח הַצָּרַעַת, בָּעוֹר, וְכִסְּתָה הַצָּרַעַת אֵת כָּל-עוֹר הַנֶּגַע, מֵרֹאשׁוֹ וְעַד-רַגְלָיו--לְכָל-מַרְאֵה, עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
12 ἐὰν δὲ ἐξανθοῦσα ἐξανθήσῃ ἡ λέπρα ἐν τῷ δέρματι, καὶ καλύψῃ ἡ λέπρα πᾶν τὸ δέρμα τῆς ἁφῆς ἀπὸ κεφαλῆς ἕως ποδῶν καθ᾿ ὅλην τὴν ὅρασιν τοῦ ἱερέως,
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Tazria
Sefer HaChinuch Number #169
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Ritual Purity (Buch 10)
Section: Uncleanness from Leprosy
Systematic Category (P119f) Ritual Purity and Impurity