Numbers 9
Common English Bible
Passover
9 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Sinai desert in the first month[a] of the second year after they had left the land of Egypt: 2 Let the Israelites keep the Passover at its appointed time. 3 On the fourteenth day of this month at twilight you will keep it at its appointed time. Keep it according to all its regulations and its customary practices.
4 Moses instructed the Israelites to keep the Passover. 5 At twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month[b] they kept the Passover in the Sinai desert. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.
6 But there were persons who were unclean from contact with a human corpse, and they were unable to keep the Passover on that day. They approached Moses and Aaron that day. 7 These persons said to him, “Although we are unclean from contact with a human corpse, why must we be prohibited from presenting the Lord’s offering at its appointed time with the rest of the Israelites?”
8 Moses said to them, “Wait while I listen for what the Lord will command concerning you.”
9 The Lord spoke to Moses: 10 Tell the Israelites: When any of you or your descendants are unclean from contact with a corpse or are on a long trip, they may still keep the Passover to the Lord. 11 They will keep it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month.[c] They will eat the Passover lamb with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They must not leave any of it until morning, nor break any of its bones. They will keep the Passover according to all its regulations. 13 But any persons who are clean and not on a trip, yet don’t keep the Passover, those persons will be cut off from their people, because they didn’t present the Lord’s offering at its appointed time. Those persons will bear their sin. 14 If an immigrant resides among you and wishes to keep the Passover to the Lord, that one also will keep it according to its regulations and its customary practices. There will be one set of regulations for both of you, for the immigrant and for the native of the land.
Cloud over the dwelling
15 On the day the dwelling was erected, the cloud covered the dwelling, the covenant tent. At night until morning, the cloud appeared with lightning over the dwelling. 16 It was always there. The cloud covered it by day,[d] appearing with lightning at night. 17 Whenever the cloud ascended from the tent, the Israelites would march. And the Israelites would camp wherever the cloud settled. 18 At the Lord’s command, the Israelites would march, and at the Lord’s command they would camp. As long as the cloud settled on the dwelling, they would camp. 19 When the cloud lingered on the meeting tent for many days, the Israelites would observe the Lord’s direction and they wouldn’t march. 20 Sometimes the cloud would be over the dwelling for a number of days, so they would camp at the Lord’s command, marching again only at the Lord’s command. 21 Sometimes the cloud would settle only overnight, and they would march when the cloud ascended in the morning. Whether it was day or night, they would march when the cloud ascended. 22 Whether it was two days, or a month, or a long time, the Israelites would camp so long as the cloud lingered on the dwelling and settled on it. They wouldn’t march. But when it ascended, they would march. 23 They camped at the Lord’s command and they marched at the Lord’s command. They followed the Lord’s direction according to the Lord’s command through Moses.
Footnotes
- Numbers 9:1 March–April, Nisan
- Numbers 9:5 March–April, Nisan
- Numbers 9:11 April–May, Iyar
- Numbers 9:16 LXX; MT lacks by day.
Números 9
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La Pascua
9 (A)El Señor habló así a Moisés en el desierto de Sinaí, en el primer mes del segundo año de su salida de la tierra de Egipto(B): 2 «Que los israelitas celebren la Pascua a su tiempo señalado(C). 3 En el día catorce de este mes, al atardecer, ustedes la celebrarán a su tiempo señalado; la celebrarán conforme a todos sus estatutos y conforme a todas sus ordenanzas». 4 Mandó, pues, Moisés a los israelitas que celebraran la Pascua. 5 Y celebraron la Pascua en el mes primero, en el día catorce del mes, al atardecer, en el desierto de Sinaí; tal como el Señor había ordenado a Moisés, así lo hicieron los israelitas(D). 6 Pero había algunos hombres que estaban inmundos por causa de una persona muerta(E), y no pudieron celebrar la Pascua aquel día. Y vinieron ante Moisés(F) y Aarón aquel día, 7 y aquellos hombres les dijeron: «Aunque estemos inmundos por causa de una persona muerta, ¿por qué se nos impide presentar la ofrenda del Señor en su tiempo señalado entre los israelitas?». 8 Entonces Moisés les dijo: «Esperen, y oiré lo que el Señor ordene(G) acerca de ustedes».
Ley de la Pascua
9 Entonces el Señor dijo a Moisés: 10 «Habla a los israelitas y diles: “Si alguien de ustedes o de sus descendientes está inmundo por causa de un muerto, o anda lejos de viaje, puede, sin embargo, celebrar la Pascua al Señor. 11 La celebrarán a los catorce días del segundo mes(H), al atardecer; la comerán con pan sin levadura y hierbas amargas(I). 12 Nada dejarán de ella hasta la mañana(J), ni quebrarán hueso de ella(K); conforme a todos los estatutos de la Pascua la celebrarán. 13 Pero si alguien que está limpio y no anda de viaje, deja de celebrar la Pascua, esa persona será eliminada de entre su pueblo, porque no presentó la ofrenda del Señor a su tiempo señalado(L). Ese hombre llevará su pecado(M). 14 Y si un extranjero reside entre ustedes y celebra la Pascua al Señor, conforme al estatuto de la Pascua y conforme a su ordenanza(N) lo hará; ustedes tendrán un solo estatuto, tanto para el extranjero como para el nativo de la tierra(O)”».
La nube sobre el tabernáculo
15 (P)El día que fue erigido el tabernáculo(Q), la nube cubrió el tabernáculo, la tienda del testimonio(R), y al atardecer estaba sobre el tabernáculo algo que parecía de fuego(S), hasta la mañana. 16 Así sucedía continuamente; la nube lo cubría de día, y la apariencia de fuego de noche(T). 17 Y cuando la nube se levantaba de sobre la tienda, enseguida los israelitas partían; y en el lugar donde la nube se detenía, allí acampaban los israelitas(U).
18 Al mandato del Señor los israelitas partían, y al mandato del Señor acampaban; mientras la nube(V) estaba sobre el tabernáculo, permanecían acampados. 19 Aun cuando la nube se detenía sobre el tabernáculo por muchos días, los israelitas guardaban la ordenanza del Señor y no partían. 20 Cuando la nube permanecía algunos días sobre el tabernáculo, según la orden del Señor, permanecían acampados; y según la orden del Señor, partían(W). 21 Pero cuando la nube permanecía desde el atardecer hasta la mañana, y la nube se levantaba por la mañana, ellos partían; y si permanecía durante el día y durante la noche, cuando la nube se levantaba, ellos partían. 22 Ya fuera que la nube se detuviera sobre el tabernáculo permaneciendo sobre él dos días, o un mes, o un año, los israelitas permanecían acampados y no partían; pero cuando se levantaba(X), partían. 23 Al mandato del Señor acampaban, y al mandato del Señor partían(Y); guardaban la ordenanza del Señor según el mandato del Señor por medio[a] de Moisés.
Footnotes
- 9:23 Lit. mano.
Numbers 9
Modern English Version
The Passover at Sinai
9 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt, saying: 2 Let the children of Israel also keep the Passover at its appointed time. 3 On the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you will keep it at its appointed time. According to all its rites and according to all its ceremonies, you will keep it.
4 Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should keep the Passover. 5 They kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at evening in the Wilderness of Sinai. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did.
6 There were men who were unclean by the dead body of a man, so 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 to him, “We are defiled by the dead body of a man. Why are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the Lord at its appointed time among the children of Israel?”
8 And Moses said to them, “Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”
9 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 10 Speak to the children of Israel, saying: If any man of you or of your posterity is unclean because of a dead body, or is far off on a journey, he will still keep the Passover to the Lord. 11 The fourteenth day of the second month at evening they will keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They will leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its bones. According to all the ordinances of the Passover they will keep it. 13 But the man who is ceremonially clean, and is not on a journey, and fails to keep the Passover, even the same person will be cut off from his people. Because he did not bring the offering of the Lord at its appointed time, that man will bear his sin.
14 If a stranger will sojourn among you and will keep the Passover to the Lord, according to the ordinance of the Passover, and according to the manner of it, so he will do. You will have one ordinance both for the resident alien and for the natural born citizen of the land.
The Cloud and the Fire
15 And on the day that the tabernacle was erected, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and at evening there was over the tabernacle the appearance of fire until the morning. 16 So it was always. The cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 When the cloud was lifted up from over the tabernacle, then after it the children of Israel journeyed, and in the place where the cloud settled, there the children of Israel camped. 18 At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they camped. As long as the cloud dwelt over the tabernacle they camped. 19 When the cloud remained many days over the tabernacle, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord and did not journey. 20 When the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle, according to the commandment of the Lord they dwelt in their tents, and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed. 21 When the cloud dwelt from evening until morning and the cloud was lifted up in the morning, then they journeyed. Whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was lifted up, they journeyed. 22 Whether it was two days, or a month, or a long time that the cloud dwelt over the tabernacle, the children of Israel dwelt in their tents and did not journey. But when it was lifted up they journeyed. 23 At the command of the Lord they camped, and at the command of the Lord they journeyed. They kept the charge of the Lord at the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
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