Maimonides cited a verse in the parashah for 1 positive commandment:

Orthodox rabbis believe that the positive commandment of being fruitful and multiplying is a male obligation.

Maimonides, however, attributed to this parashah only the following 4 positive and 3 negative commandments:

In the enumeration of Maimonides this is the 32nd positive commandment of the Law.

By tradition, there are 613 biblical obligations, 248 positive commandments and 365 prohibitions.

Women are equally obligated in all but three of the prohibitions and in most of the positive commandments.

In addition to the Biblical prohibition of owning chametz, there is also a positive commandment to remove it from one's possession.

According to Sefer ha-Chinuch, there are six positive commandments in the parashah.

He also taught that "women are exempt from counting the Omer, since it is a positive time-bound commandment".

Maimonides cited verses in the parshah for 11 positive and 15 negative commandments: