Positive Commandment #408 of 613
Eat the Passover lamb with unleavened bread and bitter herbs on the night of the 14th of Nisan
Commandment #408 — a positive obligation from Exodus 12:8, classified under Sacrifices and Offerings in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“They shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.”
— Exodus 12:8
Hebrew
ח וְאָכְלוּ אֶת-הַבָּשָׂר, בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה: צְלִי-אֵשׁ וּמַצּוֹת, עַל-מְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּ.
Greek (Septuagint)
8 καὶ φάγονται τὰ κρέα τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ· ὀπτὰ πυρὶ καὶ ἄζυμα ἐπὶ πικρίδων ἔδονται.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Sacrifices and Offerings
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 12
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Bo
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #6
- 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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