Numbers 9

1 In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:

2 “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

3 You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”

4 So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover,

5 and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

6 But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day

7 and said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”

8 “Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.

9 Then the LORD said to Moses,

10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

11 Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

12 they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.

13 But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must 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 a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”

15 On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

16 It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.

17 Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.

18 At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.

19 Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.

20 Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command.

21 Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they would set out. Whether it was by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up, they would set out.

22 Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.

23 They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.

1 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.

3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.

4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.

5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

7 And those men said unto him, We [are] defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or [be] in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.

11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, [and] eat it with unleavened bread and bitter [herbs].

12 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.

13 But the man that [is] clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.

15 ¶ And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, [namely], the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

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

17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.

20 And [so] it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.

21 And [so] it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and [that] the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether [it was] by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

22 Or [whether it were] two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the second year after they came forth out of the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying:

2 Let the children of Israel keep the passover in his season,

3 on the fourteenth day of this month between evenings; in his time they shall keep it according to all his statutes and judgments.

4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel to keep the passover.

5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month between the evenings in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

6 And there were certain men unclean over a dead man, that they could not keep the passover that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that day.

7 And they said unto him, We are unclean above a dead man: why should we be less, that we should not bring our offering unto the LORD in his time among the children of Israel?

8 And Moses said unto them: Wait, I will hear what the LORD gives you.

9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man be unclean over a dead body, or far from you in the field, or among your friends, he shall keep the passover unto the LORD;

11 But yet in the other month, on the fourteenth day between evenings, and he shall eat it beside unleavened bread and salts.

12 And they shall leave no part of it until to morrow, neither shall they break a bone of it: they shall keep it after all the manner of the passover.

13 And whosoever is clean, and is not above the field, and standeth by to keep the passover, his soul shall be cut off from among his people, because he brought not his offering unto the LORD in his season: he shall bear his sin.

14 And if a stranger sojourn among you, he also shall keep the passover unto the LORD, and shall keep it according to the statutes and judgments of the passover. This statute shall be unto you, as unto the stranger, as unto the inhabitant of the land.

15 And the day that the tabernacle was set up, a cloud covered it upon the tabernacle of the testimony: and there was a figure of fire over the tabernacle from even unto the morning.

16 So it was continually, that the cloud covered them, and in the night the form of fire.

17 And when the cloud was lifted up from the tabernacle, the children of Israel departed: and in the place where the cloud abode the children of Israel pitched.

18 According to the word of the LORD went the children of Israel, and according to his word pitched they. As long as the cloud remained upon the tabernacle, they lay still.

19 And when the cloud departed many days upon the tabernacle, the children of Israel waited for the watch of the LORD, and departed not.

20 And it came to pass, when the cloud was upon the tabernacle a number of days, that they encamped according to the word of the LORD, and went according to the word of the LORD.

21 When the cloud was from evening till morning, and was lifted up, then they went: or when it was lifted up by day, or by night, then they also went.

22 And it came to pass, if she tarried in the tabernacle a fortnight, or a month, or so long, that the children of Israel lay down, and went not: and when she arose, they went.

23 For after the mouth of the LORD they lay, and after the mouth of the LORD they went, to wait for the LORD'S tabernacle, according to the word of the LORD by Moses.