Numbers 9
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 9 of 36
Chapter Summary
The second Passover is commanded to be kept. Provisions are made for those who were unclean or absent to observe it a month later. The cloud guides Israel's movements, determining when they camp and when they travel.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
Receives the Passover command and brings the defiled men's case before Jehovah
High priest before whom the defiled men come with Moses on the Passover day
Timeline
In the first month of the second year, God commands Israel to observe the Passover. They prepare it in the wilderness of Sinai exactly according to all its statutes and ordinances.
Numbers 9:1-5Some men defiled by a dead body ask how they can observe the Passover. God provides a law allowing anyone unclean or far away on a journey to keep a second Passover in the second month with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Numbers 9:6-14A cloud covers the tabernacle by day, and an appearance of fire covers it by night. Whenever the cloud lifts, the Israelites pull up stakes and march, and wherever it settles, they encamp.
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