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Positive Commandment #1 of 613
Know there is a G-d
Commandment #1 — a positive obligation from Exodus 20:2, classified under G-d in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.”
— Exodus 20:2
Hebrew
ב אָנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים:
Greek (Septuagint)
2 Ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεός σου, ὅστις ἐξήγαγόν σε ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου ἐξ οἴκου δουλείας.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- G-d
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 20
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Yitro
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #25
- Mishneh Torah
- KnowledgeThe Foundations of Torah
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