Mitzvah #278 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Break the neck of the donkey if the owner does not intend to redeem it“
Scripture Reference: EXO 13:13 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Bo)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"But every first offspring of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
וְכָל־פֶּטֶר חֲמֹר תִּפְדֶּה בְשֶׂה וְאִם־לֹא תִפְדֶּה וַעֲרַפְתּוֹ וְכֹל בְּכוֹר אָדָם בְּבָנֶיךָ תִּפְדֶּה׃
Greek Text (Septuagint)
πᾶν διανοῖγον μήτραν ὄνου ἀλλάξεις προβάτῳ ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀλλάξῃς λυτρώσῃ αὐτό πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἀνθρώπου τῶν υἱῶν σου λυτρώσῃ
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Bo
Sefer HaChinuch Number #23
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Seeds (Buch 7)
Section: First Fruits and Other Priestly Gifts Outside the Temple
Systematic Category (P119f) Redemption of the Firstborn