Numbers 9:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 9:2

The Second Passover

1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying:

2 “Let the children of Israel keep ^athe Passover at its appointed ^btime.

3 On the fourteenth day of this month,¹ at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time. According to all its³ rites and ceremonies you shall keep it.”

4 So Moses told the children of Israel that they should keep the Passover.

5 And ^athey kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, at twilight, in the Wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did.

6 Now there were certain men who were ^adefiled by a human corpse, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day; ^band they came before Moses and Aaron that day.

7 And those men said to him, “We became defiled by a human corpse. Why are we kept from presenting the offering of the Lord at its appointed time among the children of Israel?”

8 And Moses said to them, “Stand still, that ^aI may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”

9 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

10 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If anyone of you or your¹ posterity is unclean because of a corpse, or is far away on a journey, he may still keep the Lord’s Passover.

11 On ^athe fourteenth day of the second month, at twilight, they may keep it. They shall ^beat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

12 ^aThey shall leave none of it until morning, ^bnor break one of its bones. ^cAccording to all the ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it.

13 But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and ceases to keep the Passover, that same person ^ashall be cut off from among his people, because he ^bdid not bring the offering of the Lord at its appointed time; that man shall ^cbear his sin.

14 ‘And if a stranger¹ dwells among you, and would keep the Lord’s Passover, he must do so according to the rite of the Passover and according to its ceremony; ^ayou shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and the native of the land.’ ”

The Cloud and the Fire

15 Now ^aon the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud ^bcovered the tabernacle, the tent of the Testimony; ^cfrom evening until morning it was above the tabernacle like the appearance of fire.

16 So it was always: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

Verse Comparison: Numbers 9:2

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American Standard Version
Moreover let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed season.

Amplified® Bible
Let the Israelites keep the Passover at its appointed time.

Contemporary English Version
to say to the people, "Celebrate Passover

Darby English Version
Let the children of Israel also hold the passover at its set time;

Good News Bible
"On the fourteenth day of this month, beginning at sunset, the people of Israel are to observe the Passover according to all the rules and regulations for it."

King James Version
Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.

New American Standard Bible
"Now, let the sons of Israel observe the Passover at its appointed time.

New International Version
"Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time.

New King James Version
“Let the children of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Now, let the sons of Israel observe the Passover at its appointed time.

Revised Standard Version
"Let the people of Israel keep the passover at its appointed time.

Young's Literal Translation
`Also, the sons of Israel prepare the passover in its appointed season;

New English Translation
“The Israelites are to observe¹ the Passover² at its appointed time.³

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