Positive Commandment #120 of 613
The month of Passover (Nisan) shall be the first month
Commandment #120 — a positive obligation from Exodus 12:2, classified under Appointed Times in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you.”
— Exodus 12:2
Hebrew
ב הַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה לָכֶם, רֹאשׁ חֳדָשִׁים: רִאשׁוֹן הוּא לָכֶם, לְחָדְשֵׁי הַשָּׁנָה.
Greek (Septuagint)
2 Ὁ μὴν οὗτος ὑμῖν ἀρχὴ μηνῶν, πρῶτός ἐστιν ὑμῖν ἐν τοῖς μησὶν τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Appointed Times
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 12
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Bo
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #4
- Mishneh Torah
- TimesSanctification of Months
Related Commandments in “Appointed Times”
#87: Rest on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 23:12
#88: Do not do prohibited labor on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 20:10
#89: The court must not inflict punishment on the Sabbath
Exodus 35:3
#90: Do not walk outside the city boundary on the Sabbath
Exodus 16:29
#91: Sanctify the Sabbath (in speech) from beginning to end
Exodus 20:8
#92: Do not do prohibited labor on the Day of Atonement
Leviticus 23:32
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