Observe the laws of impurity caused by a dead beast
Commandment 458Positive commandmentParashat SheminiOther Sources of Uncleanness
Scripture
'Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.
Hebrew
לט וְכִי יָמוּת מִן-הַבְּהֵמָה, אֲשֶׁר-הִיא לָכֶם לְאָכְלָה--הַנֹּגֵעַ בְּנִבְלָתָהּ, יִטְמָא עַד-הָעָרֶב.
Greek
39 Ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ τῶν κτηνῶν ὅ ἐστιν ὑμῖν τοῦτο φαγεῖν, ὁ ἁπτόμενος τῶν θνησιμαίων αὐτῶν ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας·
Classification
- Parashah: Shemini
- Sefer HaChinuch: 161
- Mishneh Torah: Ritual Purity — Other Sources of Uncleanness
Stated in
Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.