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Positive Commandment #1 of 613

Know there is a G-d

Commandment #1a 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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