Mitzvah #458 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Observe the laws of impurity caused by a dead beast“
Scripture Reference: LEV 11:39 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Shemini)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
לט וְכִי יָמוּת מִן-הַבְּהֵמָה, אֲשֶׁר-הִיא לָכֶם לְאָכְלָה--הַנֹּגֵעַ בְּנִבְלָתָהּ, יִטְמָא עַד-הָעָרֶב.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
39 Ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ τῶν κτηνῶν ὅ ἐστιν ὑμῖν τοῦτο φαγεῖν, ὁ ἁπτόμενος τῶν θνησιμαίων αὐτῶν ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Shemini
Sefer HaChinuch Number #161
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Ritual Purity (Buch 10)
Section: Other Sources of Uncleanness
Systematic Category (P119f) Ritual Purity and Impurity