Numbers 9:6-10

6 But there were some men who were ¹unclean because of the dead person, so that they could not observe Passover on that day; so ²they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.

7 Those men said to him, "Though we are unclean because of the dead person, why are we restrained from presenting the offering of the LORD at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?"

8 Moses therefore said to them, "³Wait, and I will listen to what the LORD will command concerning you."

9 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

10 "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, observe the Passover to the LORD.

Numbers 9:6-10 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.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 5:2; Numbers 19:11-22
• 2. Exodus 18:15; Numbers 27:2
• 3. Exodus 18:15; Psalms 85:8

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "soul of man"
• [b]. Lit "soul of man"
• [c]. Lit "Stand"
• [d]. Lit "soul"