Numbers 9:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 9:4

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,

Verse Comparison: Numbers 9:4

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American Standard Version
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.

Amplified® Bible
So Moses told the Israelites they should keep the Passover.

Contemporary English Version
Moses told the people what the LORD had said, and they celebrated Passover there in the desert in the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month.

Darby English Version
And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should hold the passover.

Good News Bible
So Moses told the people to observe the Passover,

King James Version
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.

New American Standard Bible
So Moses told the sons of Israel to observe the Passover.

New International Version
So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover,

New King James Version
So Moses told the children of Israel that they should keep the Passover.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So Moses told the sons of Israel to observe the Passover.

Revised Standard Version
So Moses told the people of Israel that they should keep the passover.

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel to prepare the passover,

New English Translation
So Moses instructed¹ the Israelites to observe² the Passover.

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