Mitzvah #453 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Carry out the laws of leprous houses“
Scripture Reference: LEV 14:34 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Metzorah)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"When you enter the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a mark of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession,
Hebrew Text (Torah)
לד כִּי תָבֹאוּ אֶל-אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן, אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נֹתֵן לָכֶם לַאֲחֻזָּה; וְנָתַתִּי נֶגַע צָרַעַת, בְּבֵית אֶרֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶם.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
34 Ὡς ἂν εἰσέλθητε εἰς τὴν γῆν τῶν Χαναναίων, ἣν ἐγὼ δίδωμι ὑμῖν ἐν κτήσει, καὶ δώσω ἁφὴν λέπρας ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις τῆς γῆς τῆς ἐγκτήτου ὑμῖν,
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Metzorah
Sefer HaChinuch Number #177
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Ritual Purity (Buch 10)
Section: Uncleanness from Leprosy
Systematic Category (P119f) Ritual Purity and Impurity