Numbers 9:1-10 ▼

1 In the first month of the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, the LORD told Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai,

2 “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

3 You must observe it at its appointed time on the fourteenth day of this month at twilight; you are to observe it according to all its statutes and ordinances.”

4 So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover,

5 and they observed it in the first month on the fourteenth day at twilight in the Wilderness of Sinai. The Israelites did everything as the LORD had commanded Moses.

6 But there were some men who were unclean because of a human corpse, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. These men came before Moses and Aaron the same day

7 and said to him, “We are unclean because of a human corpse. Why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering at its appointed time with the other Israelites? ”

8 Moses replied to them, “Wait here until I hear what the LORD commands for you.”

9 Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

10 “Tell the Israelites: When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a corpse or is on a distant journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.