Positive Commandment #98 of 613
Rest on the seventh day of Passover
Commandment #98 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 23:8, classified under Appointed Times in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.'"”
— Leviticus 23:8
Hebrew
ח וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָה, שִׁבְעַת יָמִים; בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ, כָּל-מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ. {פ}
Greek (Septuagint)
8 καὶ προσάξετε ὁλοκαυτώματα τῷ κυρίῳ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας· καὶ ἡ ἑβδόμη ἡμέρα κλητὴ ἁγία ἔσται ὑμῖν, πᾶν ἔργον λατρευτὸν οὐ ποιήσετε.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Appointed Times
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 23
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Emor
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #300
- Mishneh Torah
- TimesRest on Holidays
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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