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Positive Commandment #278 of 613
Break the neck of the donkey if the owner does not intend to redeem it
Commandment #278 — 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
וְכָל־פֶּטֶר חֲמֹר תִּפְדֶּה בְשֶׂה וְאִם־לֹא תִפְדֶּה וַעֲרַפְתּוֹ וְכֹל בְּכוֹר אָדָם בְּבָנֶיךָ תִּפְדֶּה׃
Greek (Septuagint)
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
- #23
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsFirst Fruits and Other Priestly Gifts Outside the Temple
Related Commandments in “Redemption of the Firstborn”
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