Numbers 9:9

9 And the Lord spake to Moses, and said,

Numbers 9:9 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 9:9

And the Lord spake unto Moses
From between the cherubim, after he had laid the case before him, and he gave him an answer:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 9:9 In-Context

7 and said to them, We be unclean on the soul of (a) man; why be we defrauded, that we may not offer an offering to the Lord in his time, among the sons of Israel? (and said to them, We be made unclean from contact with the dead body of someone; but must we be denied, so that we cannot offer an offering to the Lord at this time, among the Israelites?)
8 To which Moses answered, Stand ye aside, or abideth, that I take counsel, what the Lord commandeth of you. (To whom Moses answered, Wait ye here, until I take counsel, what the Lord commandeth of you.)
9 And the Lord spake to Moses, and said,
10 Speak thou to the sons of Israel, A man of your folk that is unclean upon a soul, either is in the way far (off) , make he pask to the Lord (Say thou to the Israelites, Anyone of your people who is made unclean from contact with a dead body, or is on the way afar off, shall observe the Passover to the Lord)
11 in the second month, in the fourteenth day of the month, at eventide; with therf loaves and lettuces of the field he shall eat it. (in the second month, on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening; yea, they shall eat it with unleavened bread and field lettuce, or bitter herbs.)
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