Mitzvah #588 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„The high priest must not defile himself for any relative“
Scripture Reference: LEV 21:11 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Emor)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יא וְעַל כָּל-נַפְשֹׁת מֵת, לֹא יָבֹא: לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ, לֹא יִטַּמָּא.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
11 καὶ ἐπὶ πάσῃ ψυχῇ τετελευτηκυίᾳ οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται, ἐπὶ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ ἐπὶ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ οὐ μιανθήσεται·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Emor
Sefer HaChinuch Number #271
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judges (Buch 14)
Section: Mourning
Systematic Category (P119f) Levites & Priests