Positive Commandment #422 of 613
Rejoice on Passover, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles and bring a peace offering
Commandment #422 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 16:14, classified under Appointed Times in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“and you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your towns.”
— Deuteronomy 16:14
Hebrew
יד וְשָׂמַחְתָּ, בְּחַגֶּךָ: אַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבִתֶּךָ, וְעַבְדְּךָ וַאֲמָתֶךָ, וְהַלֵּוִי וְהַגֵּר וְהַיָּתוֹם וְהָאַלְמָנָה, אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ.
Greek (Septuagint)
14 καὶ εὐφρανθήσῃ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ σου, σὺ καὶ ὁ υἱός σου καὶ ἡ θυγάτηρ σου, ὁ παῖς σου καὶ ἡ παιδίσκη σου καὶ ὁ Λευίτης καὶ ὁ προσήλυτος καὶ ὁ ὀρφανὸς καὶ ἡ χήρα ἡ οὖσα ἐν ταῖς πόλεσίν σου.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Appointed Times
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 16
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Re'eh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #488
- Mishneh Torah
- SacrificesPilgrimage Festival Sacrifice
Related Commandments in “Appointed Times”
#87: Rest on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 23:12
#88: Do not do prohibited labor on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 20:10
#89: The court must not inflict punishment on the Sabbath
Exodus 35:3
#90: Do not walk outside the city boundary on the Sabbath
Exodus 16:29
#91: Sanctify the Sabbath (in speech) from beginning to end
Exodus 20:8
#92: Do not do prohibited labor on the Day of Atonement
Leviticus 23:32
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