Chukas 19:13 · unit 8 — includes tevul yom and mechusar kippurim

Parashas Chukas · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 13

The Complete Passuk

כָּֽל־הַנֹּגֵ֡עַ בְּמֵ֣ת בְּנֶ֩פֶשׁ֩ הָֽאָדָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר־יָמ֜וּת וְלֹ֣א יִתְחַטָּ֗א אֶת־מִשְׁכַּ֤ן יְהֹוָה֙ טִמֵּ֔א וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּי֩ מֵ֨י נִדָּ֜ה לֹא־זֹרַ֤ק עָלָיו֙ טָמֵ֣א יִהְיֶ֔ה ע֖וֹד טֻמְאָת֥וֹ בֽוֹ׃

Whoever touches a dead body, the body of a human being who dies, and does not purify himself, defiles the Mishkan of the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from Yisrael; because the water of sprinkling was not thrown upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still upon him.

Chabad.org — 19:13

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Nazir 45a — “He shall be unclean” — to include a tevul yom; “his uncleanness is still upon him” — to include one who lacks atonement (mechusar kippurim).

Sefaria — Nazir 45a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
טָמֵא יִהְיֶה – לְרַבּוֹת טְבוּל יוֹם, עוֹד טֻמְאָתוֹ בּוֹ – לְרַבּוֹת מְחֻסְּרֵי כַּפָּרָה.

English: “He shall be unclean” — to include a tevul yom; “his uncleanness is still upon him” — to include one who lacks atonement (mechusar kippurim).

Type of Learning

Inclusion of intermediate impurity statuses.

What Is Learned

Even a tevul yom (one who has immersed but whose day has not yet ended) and a mechusar kippurim (one who still needs to bring his atonement offering) are included in the prohibition and penalty of entering the sanctuary while impure.