Observe the laws of menstrual impurity
Commandment 454Positive commandmentParashat MetzorahUncleanness of a Bed or Seat
Scripture
When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.
Hebrew
יט וְאִשָּׁה כִּי-תִהְיֶה זָבָה, דָּם יִהְיֶה זֹבָהּ בִּבְשָׂרָהּ--שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תִּהְיֶה בְנִדָּתָהּ, וְכָל-הַנֹּגֵעַ בָּהּ יִטְמָא עַד-הָעָרֶב.
Greek
19 Καὶ γυνή, ἥτις ἐὰν ᾖ ῥέουσα αἵματι, ἔσται ἡ ῥύσις αὐτῆς ἐν τῷ σώματι αὐτῆς, ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἀφέδρῳ αὐτῆς· πᾶς ὁ ἁπτόμενος αὐτῆς ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας,
Classification
- Parashah: Metzorah
- Sefer HaChinuch: 181
- Mishneh Torah: Ritual Purity — Uncleanness of a Bed or Seat
Stated in
Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.