Mitzvah #462 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Every impure person must immerse himself in water to become pure“
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)
וְאִישׁ כִּי־תֵצֵא מִמֶּנּוּ שִׁכְבַת־זָרַע וְרָחַץ בַּמַּיִם אֶת־כָּל־בְּשָׂרוֹ וְטָמֵא עַד־הָעָרֶב׃
Greek Text (Septuagint)
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
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Ritual Purity (Buch 10)
Section: Other Sources of Uncleanness
Systematic Category (P119f) Ritual Purity and Impurity