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Positive Commandment #290 of 613

Blow the ram's horn on the tenth day of the seventh month to free the slaves

Commandment #290a positive obligation from Leviticus 25:9, classified under Shemittah and Yovel in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

'You shall then sound a ram's horn abroad on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of atonement you shall sound a horn all through your land.

Leviticus 25:9

Hebrew

ט וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ שׁוֹפַר תְּרוּעָה, בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִעִי, בֶּעָשׂוֹר, לַחֹדֶשׁ; בְּיוֹם, הַכִּפֻּרִים, תַּעֲבִירוּ שׁוֹפָר, בְּכָל-אַרְצְכֶם.

Greek (Septuagint)

9 καὶ διαγγελεῖτε σάλπιγγος φωνῇ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ ὑμῶν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ τῇ δεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνός· τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ ἱλασμοῦ διαγγελεῖτε σάλπιγγι ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ ὑμῶν

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Book
leviticus
Chapter
25

Scholarly References

Parashah
B'har
Sefer HaChinuch
#331
Mishneh Torah
SeedsThe Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee

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