Mitzvah #447 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„The unclean person must not remove his signs of impurity“
Scripture Reference: DEU 24:8 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Ki Tetze)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"Be careful against an infection of leprosy, that you diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you; as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ח הִשָּׁמֶר בְּנֶגַע-הַצָּרַעַת לִשְׁמֹר מְאֹד, וְלַעֲשׂוֹת: כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר-יוֹרוּ אֶתְכֶם הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם, כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִם--תִּשְׁמְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
8 Πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ ἐν τῇ ἁφῇ τῆς λέπρας· φυλάξῃ σφόδρα ποιεῖν κατὰ πάντα τὸν νόμον, ὃν ἐὰν ἀναγγείλωσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ Λευῖται· ὃν τρόπον ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν, φυλάξασθε ποιεῖν.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Ki Tetze
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Ritual Purity (Buch 10)
Section: Uncleanness from Leprosy
Systematic Category (P119f) Ritual Purity and Impurity