Numbers 9
9
The Second Passover
1In the first month of the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, the Lord told Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, # 9:1 Ex 19:1–2; Nm 1:1; 3:4,14 2“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. # 9:2 Ex 13:10; 23:15 3You 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.” # 9:3 Ex 12:2–27; Lv 23:4–8; Nm 28:16–25; Dt 16:1–8 4So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover, 5and 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.
6But there were some men who were unclean because of a human corpse, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. # 9:6 2Ch 30:3 These men came before Moses and Aaron the same day 7and 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? ”
8Moses replied to them, “Wait here until I hear what the Lord commands for you.”
9Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 10“Tell the Israelites: When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a corpse # 9:10 Lv 21:1–3; Nm 5:2; 6:6–12 or is on a distant journey, he may still observe the Passover to the Lord. 11Such people are to observe it in the second month, on the fourteenth day at twilight. They are to eat the animal with unleavened bread and bitter herbs; # 9:11 Ex 12:8,15; Dt 16:3–4,8 12they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. # 9:12 Ex 12:10,46; Ps 34:20; Jn 19:36 They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.
13“But the man who is ceremonially clean, is not on a journey, and yet fails to observe the Passover is to be cut off from his people, because he did not present the Lord’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.
14“If an alien resides with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, # 9:14 Ex 12:48 he is to do it according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the resident alien and the native of the land.” # 9:14 Ex 12:49; Lv 24:22; Nm 15:14–16
Guidance by the Cloud
15On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, # 9:15 Ex 40:17,34; Nm 7:1 and it appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning. 16It remained that way continuously: the cloud would cover it, # 9:16 LXX, Vg, Syr, Tg read it by day appearing like fire at night. # 9:16 Ex 13:21–22; 40:38 17Whenever the cloud was lifted up above the tent, the Israelites would set out; at the place where the cloud stopped, there the Israelites camped. # 9:17 Ex 40:36–38; Nm 10:11,33–34 18At the Lord’s command the Israelites set out, and at the Lord’s command they camped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they camped.
19Even when the cloud stayed over the tabernacle many days, the Israelites carried out the Lord’s requirement and did not set out. 20Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days. They would camp at the Lord’s command and set out at the Lord’s command. 21Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning; when the cloud lifted in the morning, they set out. Or if it remained a day and a night, they moved out when the cloud lifted. 22Whether it was two days, a month, or longer, # 9:22 Or a year the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle. But when it was lifted, they set out. 23They camped at the Lord’s command, and they set out at the Lord’s command. They carried out the Lord’s requirement according to his command through Moses.
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Numbers 9
9
Passover is celebrated and a cloud covers the sacred tent
Regulations for celebrating Passover
1During the first month of Israel's second year in the Sinai Desert,#9.1 first month…Sinai Desert: The book of Numbers begins in the second month of the second year (see 1.1), so 9.1-5 refers to a Passover celebration that had already taken place. the LORD had told Moses#Ex 12.1-13. 2to say to the people, “Celebrate Passover 3in the evening of the fourteenth day of this month#9.3 this month: Abib (also called Nisan), the first month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-March to mid-April. and do it by following all the regulations.” 4-5Moses 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.
6Some people in Israel's camp had touched a dead body and had become unfit to worship the LORD, and they could not celebrate Passover. But they asked Moses and Aaron, 7“Even though we have touched a dead body, why can't we celebrate Passover and offer sacrifices to the LORD at the same time as everyone else?”
8Moses said, “Wait here while I go into the sacred tent and find out what the LORD says about this.”
9The LORD then told Moses 10to say to the community of Israel:
If any of you or your descendants touch a dead body and become unfit to worship me, or if you are away on a long journey, you may still celebrate Passover. 11But it must be done in the second month,#9.11 second month: See the note at 1.1. in the evening of the fourteenth day. Eat the Passover lamb with thin bread and bitter herbs, 12and don't leave any of it until morning or break any of the animal's bones. Be sure to follow these regulations.#Ex 12.46; Jn 19.36.
13But if any of you refuse to celebrate Passover when you are not away on a journey, you will no longer belong to my people. You will be punished because you did not offer sacrifices to me at the proper time.
14Anyone, including foreigners who live among you, can celebrate Passover, if they follow all the regulations.
The cloud over the sacred tent
(Exodus 40.34-38)
15-16As soon as the sacred tent was set up,#9.15,16 As soon as the sacred tent was set up: According to Exodus 40.17, this took place “on the first day of the first month of the second year” of the Israelites' stay in the desert. a thick cloud appeared and covered it. The cloud was there each day, and during the night, a fire could be seen in it. 17-19The LORD used this cloud to tell the Israelites when to move their camp and where to set it up again. As long as the cloud covered the tent, the Israelites did not break camp. But when the cloud moved, they followed it, and wherever it stopped, they camped and stayed there, 20-22whether it was only one night, a few days, a month, or even a year. As long as the cloud remained over the tent, the Israelites stayed where they were. But when the cloud moved, so did the Israelites. 23They obeyed the LORD's commands and went wherever he directed Moses.
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