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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.