Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #56 of 613
Eating the meat of the Pesach sacrifice
לאכול בשר הפסח צלי בלילי חמישה עשר מניסן
The verse · Shemot 12:8
וְאָכְלוּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה צְלִי־אֵשׁ וּמַצּוֹת עַל־מְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּ
“And they shall eat the meat in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.”
The Rambam’s words
To eat the meat of the Paschal sacrifice roasted on the night of the fifteenth of Nisan, as [Exodus 12:8] states: "And they shall eat the meat...."
לאכול בשר הפסח צלי בלילי חמישה עשר מניסן, שנאמר: "וְאָכְלוּ אֶת הַבָּשָׂר" (שמות יב, ח).
Why · Sefer HaChinuch #6
Eating the meat of the Pesach sacrifice
“From the roots of this commandment are so that the Jews will remember forever the great miracles that G-d performed for them during the exodus from Egypt.”
Who & when
“And [it] is practiced by males and females.”
Where in the Mishneh Torah
Hilchot Paschal Offering הלכות קרבן פסח