Numbers 9:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 9:12

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.

Verse Comparison: Numbers 9:12

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American Standard Version
they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it.

Amplified® Bible
They shall leave none of it until the morning nor break any bone of it; according to all the statutes for the Passover they shall keep it.

Contemporary English Version
and don't leave any of it until morning or break any of the animal's bones. Be sure to follow these regulations.

Darby English Version
They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to every ordinance of the passover shall they hold it.

Good News Bible
Do not leave any of the food until the following morning and do not break any of the animal's bones. Observe the Passover according to all the regulations.

King James Version
They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

New American Standard Bible
`They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall observe it.

New International Version
They must not leave any of it till morning or break any of its bones. When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.

New King James Version
They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break one of its bones. According to all the ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall observe it.

Revised Standard Version
They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute for the passover they shall keep it.

Young's Literal Translation
they do not leave of till morning; and a bone they do not break in it: according to all the statute of the passover they prepare it.

New English Translation
They must not leave any of it until morning, nor break any of its bones; they must observe it in accordance with every statute of the Passover.

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