Mitzvah #460 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Observe the laws of impurity of a seminal emission“
Scripture Reference: LEV 15:16 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Metzorah)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
טז וְאִישׁ, כִּי-תֵצֵא מִמֶּנּוּ שִׁכְבַת-זָרַע--וְרָחַץ בַּמַּיִם אֶת-כָּל-בְּשָׂרוֹ, וְטָמֵא עַד-הָעָרֶב.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
16 Καὶ ἄνθρωπος, ᾧ ἐὰν ἐξέλθῃ ἐξ αὐτοῦ κοίτη σπέρματος, καὶ λούσεται ὕδατι πᾶν τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Metzorah
Sefer HaChinuch Number #179
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Ritual Purity (Buch 10)
Section: Other Sources of Uncleanness
Systematic Category (P119f) Ritual Purity and Impurity