Positive Commandment #404 of 613
Slaughter the paschal sacrifice at the specified time
Commandment #404 — a positive obligation from Exodus 12:6, classified under Sacrifices and Offerings in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight.”
— Exodus 12:6
Hebrew
ו וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת, עַד אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה; וְשָׁחֲטוּ אֹתוֹ, כֹּל קְהַל עֲדַת-יִשְׂרָאֵל--בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם.
Greek (Septuagint)
6 καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν διατετηρημένον ἕως τῆς τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτης τοῦ μηνὸς τούτου, καὶ σφάξουσιν αὐτὸ πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος συναγωγῆς υἱῶν Ισραηλ πρὸς ἑσπέραν.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Sacrifices and Offerings
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 12
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Bo
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #5
- Mishneh Torah
- SacrificesThe Pesach Sacrifice
Related Commandments in “Sacrifices and Offerings”
#168: Do not offer to G-d any castrated male animals
Leviticus 22:24
#227: Estimate the value of people as determined by the Law
Leviticus 27:2
#228: Estimate the value of consecrated animals
Leviticus 27:12
#229: Estimate the value of consecrated houses
Leviticus 27:14
#230: Estimate the value of consecrated fields
Leviticus 27:16
#231: Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions
Leviticus 27:28
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