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Negative commandment 77 of 365

That a priest who is unclean shall not enter the courtyard (of the Sanctuary)

Maimonides

That a priest who is unclean shall not enter the courtyard (of the Sanctuary), as it is said, “That they defile not their Camps (in the midst whereof I dwell)” (Num. 5:2-3). This refers to the Camp of the Schechinah (the precincts of the Sanctuary).

Numbers 5:2–3

KJV
Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
ASV
Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead: both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell.
WEB
“Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is unclean by a corpse. You shall put both male and female outside of the camp so that they don’t defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.”
JPS
’Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead; both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell.’