Numbers 9:1-16 ▼

1 In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt (land of bondage), the LORD {YHWH} spoke to Moses (drawn out) in the Wilderness of Sinai (thorny):

2 “The Israelites (God prevails) are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

3 You⁺ are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth \between the two evenings of the fourteenth/ day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”

4 So Moses (drawn out) told the Israelites (God prevails) to observe the Passover,

5 and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai (thorny), at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites (God prevails) did everything just as the LORD {YHWH} had commanded Moses (drawn out).

6 But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses (drawn out) and Aaron (light bringer) that same day

7 and said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s {YHWH} offering with the other Israelites (God prevails) at the appointed time?”

8 “Wait here until I find out what the LORD {YHWH} commands concerning you⁺,” Moses (drawn out) replied.

9 Then the LORD {YHWH} said to Moses (drawn out),

10 “Tell the Israelites (God prevails): ‘When any one of you⁺ or your⁺ descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD {YHWH}.

11 Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

12 they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.

13 But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s {YHWH} offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.

14 If a foreigner dwelling among you⁺ wants to observe the Passover to the LORD {YHWH}, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You⁺ are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”

15 On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

16 It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.