Numbers 9:1-6

The Passover

1 Thus the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in ¹the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

2 "Now, let the sons of Israel observe the Passover at ²its appointed time.

3 "On the fourteenth * day of this month, at twilight, you shall observe it at its appointed time; you shall observe it according to all its statutes and according to all its ordinances."

4 So Moses told the sons of Israel to observe the Passover.

5 ³They observed the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth * day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; ⁴according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did.

6 But there were some men who were ⁵unclean because of the dead person, so that they could not observe Passover on that day; so ⁶they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.

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Numbers 9:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 9

In this chapter the command for keeping the passover is repeated, and it was accordingly kept, Nu 9:1-5; but some persons being defiled and disqualified for observing it, Moses inquires of the Lord, on their solicitation, what should be done in such a case, Nu 9:6-8; when it was ordered to be kept by such, and those on journeys, on the fourteenth day of the second month, but not by others, who were to observe it according to its first appointment, Nu 9:9-14; and an account is given of the appearance of the cloud by day, and fire by night, upon the tabernacle, which directed the children of Israel when to journey, and when to pitch their tents, Nu 9:15-23.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 6

1. Exodus 40:2, 17; Numbers 1:1
2. Exodus 12:6; Leviticus 23:5; Deuteronomy 16:1, 2
3. Joshua 5:10
4. Exodus 12:1-13
5. Numbers 5:2; Numbers 19:11-22
6. Exodus 18:15; Numbers 27:2

Footnotes 3

[a]. Lit "between the two evenings," and so throughout the ch
[b]. Lit "spoke to"
[c]. Lit "soul of man"