An impure person must not eat from sacrifices

Commandment Details

• Mishneh Torah #: 397
• Mishneh Torah Book #: 8
• Mishneh Torah Book: Service
• Mishneh Torah Category: 45- Sacrifices Become Unfit
• Reference: Leviticus 7:20
• Scripture Book: Leviticus
• Scripture Chapter: 7
• Scripture Verse: 20
• English: But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, in his uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from his people.
• Hebrew: כ וְהַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר-תֹּאכַל בָּשָׂר, מִזֶּבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים אֲשֶׁר לַיהוָה, וְטֻמְאָתוֹ, עָלָיו--וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא, מֵעַמֶּיהָ.
• Greek: 20 ἡ δὲ ψυχή, ἥτις ἐὰν φάγῃ ἀπὸ τῶν κρεῶν τῆς θυσίας τοῦ σωτηρίου, ὅ ἐστιν κυρίου, καὶ ἡ ἀκαθαρσία αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῦ, ἀπολεῖται ἡ ψυχὴ ἐκείνη ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτῆς.
• Parashah: 25- Tzav
• Sefer Hachinuch #: 167
• Sef. Hach. Reference: Leviticus 12:4
• Sef. Hach. Command: A ritually unclean person is not to eat meat of holy sacrifices
• Category: Sacrifices and Offerings
• We can perform today: No