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Tzaraath (Hebrew: צָרַעַת ṣāraʿaṯ), variously transcribed into English and frequently translated as leprosy (though it is not Hansen's disease, the disease known as "leprosy" in modern times [1]), is a term used in the Bible to describe various ritually impure disfigurative conditions of the human skin, [2] clothing, [3] and houses. [4]
Being participant in sexual activity, in which a betrothed woman loses her virginity to another man [17]; Raping a betrothed woman in the countryside. [18]Adultery with a married woman. [19]
The Book of Leviticus (/ l ɪ ˈ v ɪ t ɪ k ə s /, from Ancient Greek: Λευιτικόν, Leuïtikón; Biblical Hebrew: וַיִּקְרָא , Wayyīqrāʾ, 'And He called'; Latin: Liber Leviticus) is the third book of the Torah (the Pentateuch) and of the Old Testament, also known as the Third Book of Moses. [1]
[45] One category that was commonly kept in Talmudic and pre-Talmudic times is ṭumath ochlin v'mashkin (consuming food and drink that did not become ṭamei). [46] Sages such as Rabban Gamaliel [47] and Hiyya the Great [48] encouraged eating only pure food at all times. Targum Yonathan considered this to be implicit in Exodus 22:30. [49]
Leningrad/Petrograd Codex text sample, portions of Exodus 15:21-16:3. A Hebrew Bible manuscript is a handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) made on papyrus, parchment, or paper, and written in the Hebrew language (some of the biblical text and notations may be in Aramaic).
"Thou shalt not take the name of the L ORD thy God in vain" (KJV; also "You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God" and variants, Biblical Hebrew: לֹא תִשָּׂא אֶת-שֵׁם-יהוה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לַשָּׁוְא, romanized: Lōʾ t̲iśśāʾ ʾet̲-šēm-YHWH ʾĕlōhēḵā laššāwəʾ ) is the second or third (depending on numbering) of God's ...
Modification of this kind is also thought to be found twice in succession within Leviticus 5:1-13. A sacrifice involving a lamb or kid (of a goat) is described at Leviticus 5:1-6, whereas Leviticus 5:7-10 states that two turtledoves or two pigeons suffice, whereas Leviticus 5:11-13 further states that mere flour is sufficient. Biblical critics ...
The Poor Widow's Offering (illustration by Frederick Goodall). Tazria, Thazria, Thazri'a, Sazria, or Ki Tazria ' (תַזְרִיעַ —Hebrew for "she conceives", the 13th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah, where the root word זֶרַע means "seed") is the 27th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and ...