The Second Passover(A)

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: “Let the children of Israel keep (B)the Passover at its appointed (C)time. 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.” So Moses told the children of Israel that they should keep the Passover. 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.

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. 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?”

And Moses said to them, “Stand still, that (G)I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”

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

  1. Numbers 9:3 Lit. between the evenings
  2. Numbers 9:3 observe
  3. Numbers 9:3 statutes
  4. Numbers 9:10 descendants
  5. Numbers 9:12 statutes
  6. Numbers 9:14 As a resident alien
  7. Numbers 9:14 statute
  8. Numbers 9:17 lifted up
  9. Numbers 9:18 Lit. mouth

La segunda Pascua

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: «Di a los israelitas que celebren la Pascua en el tiempo establecido: al atardecer del día catorce del primer mes.[b] Asegúrate de seguir todos mis decretos y todas mis ordenanzas acerca de esta celebración».

Entonces Moisés le dijo al pueblo que celebrara la Pascua 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. 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 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?

Moisés les contestó:

—Esperen aquí hasta que yo reciba del Señor las instrucciones para ustedes.

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

  1. 9:1 En el antiguo calendario lunar hebreo, el primer mes, por lo general, cae entre marzo y abril.
  2. 9:3 En el antiguo calendario lunar hebreo, ese día caía a fines de marzo, en abril o a principios de mayo.
  3. 9:11 En el antiguo calendario lunar hebreo, ese día caía a fines de abril, en mayo o a principios de junio.
  4. 9:15 En hebreo la nube cubrió el tabernáculo, la carpa del testimonio.

The Passover

The Lord spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month(A) of the second year after they came out of Egypt.(B) He said, “Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover(C) at the appointed time.(D) Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month,(E) in accordance with all its rules and regulations.(F)

So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover,(G) and they did so in the Desert of Sinai(H) at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.(I) The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.(J)

But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean(K) on account of a dead body.(L) So they came to Moses and Aaron(M) that same day and said to Moses, “We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the Lord’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?(N)

Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the Lord commands concerning you.”(O)

Then the Lord said to Moses, 10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body(P) or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate(Q) the Lord’s Passover, 11 but they are to do it on the fourteenth day of the second month(R) at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.(S) 12 They must not leave any of it till morning(T) or break any of its bones.(U) When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.(V) 13 But if anyone who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, they must be cut off from their people(W) for not presenting the Lord’s offering at the appointed time. They will bear the consequences of their sin.

14 “‘A foreigner(X) residing among you is also to celebrate the Lord’s Passover in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for both the foreigner and the native-born.’”

The Cloud Above the Tabernacle

15 On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law,(Y) was set up,(Z) the cloud(AA) covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.(AB) 16 That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.(AC) 17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the Israelites set out;(AD) wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped.(AE) 18 At the Lord’s command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained(AF) in camp. 19 When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the Lord’s order(AG) and did not set out.(AH) 20 Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the Lord’s command they would encamp, and then at his command they would set out. 21 Sometimes the cloud stayed only from evening till morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out. 22 Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out. 23 At the Lord’s command they encamped, and at the Lord’s command they set out. They obeyed the Lord’s order, in accordance with his command through Moses.