Mitzvah #404 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Slaughter the paschal sacrifice at the specified time“
Scripture Reference: EXO 12:6 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Bo)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'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.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ו וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת, עַד אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה; וְשָׁחֲטוּ אֹתוֹ, כֹּל קְהַל עֲדַת-יִשְׂרָאֵל--בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
6 καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν διατετηρημένον ἕως τῆς τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτης τοῦ μηνὸς τούτου, καὶ σφάξουσιν αὐτὸ πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος συναγωγῆς υἱῶν Ισραηλ πρὸς ἑσπέραν.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Bo
Sefer HaChinuch Number #5
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Sacrifices (Buch 9)
Section: The Pesach Sacrifice
Systematic Category (P119f) Sacrifices and Offerings