Numbers 9
King James Version
9 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.
Numbers 9
New King James Version
The Second Passover(A)
9 Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying: 2 “Let the children of Israel keep (B)the Passover at its appointed (C)time. 3 On the fourteenth day of this month, [a]at twilight, you shall [b]keep it at its appointed time. According to all its [c]rites and ceremonies you shall keep it.” 4 So Moses told the children of Israel that they should keep the Passover. 5 And (D)they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, at twilight, in the Wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did.
6 Now there were certain men who were (E)defiled by a human corpse, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day; (F)and they came before Moses and Aaron that day. 7 And those men said to him, “We became defiled by a human corpse. Why are we kept from presenting the offering of the Lord at its appointed time among the children of Israel?”
8 And Moses said to them, “Stand still, that (G)I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”
9 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If anyone of you or your [d]posterity is unclean because of a corpse, or is far away on a journey, he may still keep the Lord’s Passover. 11 On (H)the fourteenth day of the second month, at twilight, they may keep it. They shall (I)eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 (J)They shall leave none of it until morning, (K)nor break one of its bones. (L)According to all the [e]ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it. 13 But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and ceases to keep the Passover, that same person (M)shall be cut off from among his people, because he (N)did not bring the offering of the Lord at its appointed time; that man shall (O)bear his sin.
14 ‘And if a stranger [f]dwells among you, and would keep the Lord’s Passover, he must do so according to the rite of the Passover and according to its ceremony; (P)you shall have one [g]ordinance, both for the stranger and the native of the land.’ ”
The Cloud and the Fire(Q)
15 Now (R)on the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud (S)covered the tabernacle, the tent of the Testimony; (T)from evening until morning it was above the tabernacle like the appearance of fire. 16 So it was always: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 Whenever the cloud (U)was [h]taken up from above the tabernacle, after that the children of Israel would journey; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the children of Israel would pitch their tents. 18 At the [i]command of the Lord the children of Israel would journey, and at the command of the Lord they would camp; (V)as long as the cloud stayed above the tabernacle they remained encamped. 19 Even when the cloud continued long, many days above the tabernacle, the children of Israel (W)kept the charge of the Lord and did not journey. 20 So it was, when the cloud was above the tabernacle a few days: according to the command of the Lord they would remain encamped, and according to the command of the Lord they would journey. 21 So it was, when the cloud remained only from evening until morning: when the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they would journey; whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud was taken up, they would journey. 22 Whether it was two days, a month, or a year that the cloud remained above the tabernacle, the children of Israel (X)would remain encamped and not journey; but when it was taken up, they would journey. 23 At the command of the Lord they remained encamped, and at the command of the Lord they journeyed; they (Y)kept the charge of the Lord, at the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
Footnotes
- Numbers 9:3 Lit. between the evenings
- Numbers 9:3 observe
- Numbers 9:3 statutes
- Numbers 9:10 descendants
- Numbers 9:12 statutes
- Numbers 9:14 As a resident alien
- Numbers 9:14 statute
- Numbers 9:17 lifted up
- Numbers 9:18 Lit. mouth
Números 9
Nueva Traducción Viviente
La segunda Pascua
9 Un año después que Israel saliera de Egipto, el Señor le habló a Moisés en el desierto de Sinaí. El primer mes[a] de ese año le dijo: 2 «Di a los israelitas que celebren la Pascua en el tiempo establecido: 3 al atardecer del día catorce del primer mes.[b] Asegúrate de seguir todos mis decretos y todas mis ordenanzas acerca de esta celebración».
4 Entonces Moisés le dijo al pueblo que celebrara la Pascua 5 en el desierto de Sinaí, al atardecer del día catorce del primer mes. Allí celebraron el festival, así como el Señor le había ordenado a Moisés. 6 Sin embargo, algunos hombres estaban ceremonialmente impuros por haber tocado un cadáver, y por eso no podían celebrar la Pascua aquel día. Así que ese mismo día se acercaron a Moisés y a Aarón 7 y les dijeron:
—Hemos quedado ceremonialmente impuros por tocar un cadáver. Pero ¿por qué se nos debe impedir presentar la ofrenda del Señor en la debida fecha con el resto de los israelitas?
8 Moisés les contestó:
—Esperen aquí hasta que yo reciba del Señor las instrucciones para ustedes.
9 Esta fue la respuesta del Señor a Moisés: 10 «Da las siguientes instrucciones al pueblo de Israel: si alguien del pueblo, ya sea ahora o en las generaciones futuras, está ceremonialmente impuro en la fecha establecida para la Pascua por tocar un cadáver, o si está de viaje y no puede estar presente en la ceremonia, aun así podrá celebrar la Pascua del Señor. 11 Esta persona ofrecerá el sacrificio de la Pascua un mes después, al atardecer del día catorce del segundo mes.[c] Comerá el cordero de la Pascua con pan sin levadura y hierbas amargas. 12 No dejará nada del cordero para el día siguiente, ni quebrará ninguno de sus huesos, y debe seguir todas las ordenanzas de rigor acerca de la Pascua.
13 »Aquellos que no estén ceremonialmente impuros ni anden de viaje pero aun así dejen de celebrar la Pascua en la fecha establecida, serán excluidos de la comunidad de Israel. Si no presentan la ofrenda del Señor en la fecha debida, sufrirán las consecuencias de su culpa. 14 Y si el extranjero que vive entre ustedes quiere celebrar la Pascua del Señor, debe seguir estos mismos decretos y ordenanzas. Las mismas leyes se aplican tanto a los israelitas de nacimiento como a los extranjeros que viven entre ustedes».
La nube de fuego
15 El día que se armó el tabernáculo, la nube lo cubrió.[d] Pero desde la tarde hasta el amanecer la nube que cubría el tabernáculo tomaba la apariencia de una columna de fuego. 16 De esta manera ocurría siempre: por la noche la nube que cubría el tabernáculo tomaba la apariencia de fuego. 17 Cada vez que la nube se elevaba de la carpa sagrada, el pueblo de Israel levantaba el campamento y la seguía; donde la nube se detenía, el pueblo de Israel armaba el campamento. 18 De esta manera los israelitas viajaban y acampaban por orden del Señor, donde él les indicaba que fueran. Permanecían en el campamento todo el tiempo que la nube se quedaba encima del tabernáculo. 19 Si la nube se quedaba por largo tiempo sobre el tabernáculo, los israelitas permanecían allí y llevaban a cabo sus deberes ante el Señor. 20 Algunas veces la nube se detenía por pocos días sobre el tabernáculo; entonces el pueblo se quedaba por pocos días, como el Señor ordenaba. Luego, por orden del Señor, levantaban el campamento y se ponían en marcha. 21 Algunas veces la nube se detenía solo por la noche y se elevaba a la mañana siguiente; pero fuera de día o de noche, cuando la nube se elevaba, el pueblo levantaba el campamento y se ponía en marcha. 22 Si la nube permanecía sobre el tabernáculo por dos días, un mes o un año, el pueblo de Israel acampaba y no se ponía en marcha; pero en cuanto se elevaba, ellos levantaban el campamento y se ponían en marcha. 23 Así que acampaban o viajaban bajo las órdenes del Señor y obedecían todo lo que el Señor les decía por medio de Moisés.
Footnotes
- 9:1 En el antiguo calendario lunar hebreo, el primer mes, por lo general, cae entre marzo y abril.
- 9:3 En el antiguo calendario lunar hebreo, ese día caía a fines de marzo, en abril o a principios de mayo.
- 9:11 En el antiguo calendario lunar hebreo, ese día caía a fines de abril, en mayo o a principios de junio.
- 9:15 En hebreo la nube cubrió el tabernáculo, la carpa del testimonio.
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