The high priest must not enter under the same roof as a corpse
Commandment 589ProhibitionParashat EmorMourning
Scripture
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;
Hebrew
וְעַל כָּל־נַפְשֹׁת מֵת לֹא יָבֹא לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ לֹא יִטַּמָּא׃
Greek
καὶ ἐπὶ πάσῃ ψυχῇ τετελευτηκυίᾳ οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται ἐπὶ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ ἐπὶ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ οὐ μιανθήσεται
Classification
- Parashah: Emor
- Sefer HaChinuch: 270
- Mishneh Torah: Judges — Mourning
Stated in
Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.