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Positive Commandment #277 of 613
Redeem the firstborn donkey by giving a lamb to a priest
Commandment #277 — a positive obligation from Exodus 13:13, classified under Redemption of the Firstborn in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"But every first offspring of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.”
— Exodus 13:13
Hebrew
יג וְכָל-פֶּטֶר חֲמֹר תִּפְדֶּה בְשֶׂה, וְאִם-לֹא תִפְדֶּה וַעֲרַפְתּוֹ; וְכֹל בְּכוֹר אָדָם בְּבָנֶיךָ, תִּפְדֶּה.
Greek (Septuagint)
13 πᾶν διανοῖγον μήτραν ὄνου ἀλλάξεις προβάτῳ· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀλλάξῃς, λυτρώσῃ αὐτό. πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἀνθρώπου τῶν υἱῶν σου λυτρώσῃ.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Redemption of the Firstborn
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 13
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Bo
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #22
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsFirst Fruits and Other Priestly Gifts Outside the Temple
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