## Sefer HaChinukh Mitzvah 367

###### Sefer HaChinukh 367:1
[Sefer HaChinukh 367:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaChinukh/r/367:1)

**שֶׁלֹּא לָשִׂים לְבוֹנָה בְּקָרְבַּן סוֹטָה** – שֶׁלֹּא לָשִׁים לְבוֹנָה בְּקָרְבַּן סוֹטָה. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר ה טו) וְלֹא יִתֵּן עָלָיו לְבֹנָה.

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
**Not to place frankincense on the *sotah* sacrifice:** Not to place frankincense on the *sotah* sacrifice, as it is stated (Numbers 5:15), “and he shall not put frankincense on it.”


###### Sefer HaChinukh 367:2
[Sefer HaChinukh 367:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaChinukh/r/367:2)

מִשָּׁרְשֵׁי הַמִּצְוָה. כְּעִנְיָן מָה שֶׁכָּתַבְתִּי בַּשֶּׁמֶן, כִּי הַלְּבוֹנָה הִדּוּר הַקָּרְבָּן וְרֵיחַ טוֹב, וְלָכֵן אֵין רָאוּי לָאִשָּׁה הַחוֹטֵאת לְהַדֵּר קָרְבָּנָהּ. וְעוֹד אָמְרוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה עַל זֶה (מדרש רבה נשא ט יג), שֶׁהָאִמָּהוֹת הַכְּשֵׁרוֹת וְהַצְּנוּעוֹת קְרוּיוֹת לְבוֹנָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שיר השירים ד ו) וְאֶל גִּבְעַת הַלְּבוֹנָה. וְזוֹ פֵּרְשָׁה מִדַּרְכֵיהֶן. וּמִצְוָה זוֹ גַּם כֵּן מְבֹאֶרֶת בַּכָּתוּב, וְעִנְיָנָהּ כָּתוּב בַּחֲבֶרְתָּהּ, אֵין לְהַאֲרִיךְ בָּהּ.

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
From the roots of the commandment is that which we have written about oil, as frankincense is a beautification of the sacrifice and a pleasant smell. And hence it is not fitting for a sinful woman to beautify her sacrifice. And they, may their memory be blessed, also said about this (Bamidbar Rabbah 9:13) that the proper and modest matriarchs were called frankincense, as it is stated (Song of Songs 4:6), “to the hill of frankincense” — and this one separated from their ways. And this commandment is also elucidated in the Scripture, and its matter is written in its “colleague” — there is no need to write at length about it.