Carry out the laws of impurity of the dead

Commandment Details

• Mishneh Torah #: 443
• Mishneh Torah Book #: 10
• Mishneh Torah Book: Ritual Purity
• Mishneh Torah Category: 54- Uncleanness from a Corpse
• Reference: Numbers 19:14
• Scripture Book: Numbers
• Scripture Chapter: 19
• Scripture Verse: 14
• English: This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean for seven days.
• Hebrew: יד זֹאת, הַתּוֹרָה, אָדָם, כִּי-יָמוּת בְּאֹהֶל: כָּל-הַבָּא אֶל-הָאֹהֶל וְכָל-אֲשֶׁר בָּאֹהֶל, יִטְמָא שִׁבְעַת יָמִים.
• Greek: 14 Καὶ οὗτος ὁ νόμος· ἄνθρωπος ἐὰν ἀποθάνῃ ἐν οἰκίᾳ, πᾶς ὁ εἰσπορευόμενος εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ ὅσα ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, ἀκάθαρτα ἔσται ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας·
• Parashah: 39- Chukat
• Sefer Hachinuch #: 398
• Sef. Hach. Command: The precept of the ritual uncleanness of the dead
• Category: Ritual Purity and Impurity
• We can perform today: No