Numbers 9:2

2 “Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time.

Numbers 9:2 in Other Translations

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

2 "Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.

2 “Tell the Israelites to celebrate the Passover at the prescribed time,

2 "Have the People of Israel celebrate Passover at the set time.

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

Numbers 9:2 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 9:2

Let the children of Israel also keep the passover
Though this ordinance was enjoined the people of Israel, and observed by them at the time of their coming out of Egypt, and had been since repeated, ( Leviticus 23:5 ) ; yet without a fresh precept, or an explanation of the former, they seemed not to be obliged, or might not be sensible that they were obliged to keep it, until they came into the land of Canaan, ( Exodus 12:25 ) ; and therefore a new order is given them to observe it: at his appointed season;
and what that season is is next declared.

Numbers 9:2 In-Context

1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they came out of Egypt. He said,

2 “Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time.

3 Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with all its rules and regulations.”

4 So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover,

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

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 12:11
• 2. ver 7