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
Numbers 9
English Standard Version
The Passover Celebrated
9 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, (A)in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 “Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time. 3 (B)On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its rules you shall keep it.” 4 So Moses told the people of Israel that they should keep the Passover. 5 And they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the people of Israel did. 6 And there were certain men who were (C)unclean through touching a dead body, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and (D)they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. 7 And those men said to him, “We are unclean through touching a dead body. Why are we kept from bringing the Lord's (E)offering at its appointed time among the people of Israel?” 8 And Moses said to them, “Wait, that (F)I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”
9 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If any one of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is on a long journey, he shall still keep the Passover to the Lord. 11 (G)In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight they shall keep it. (H)They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 (I)They shall leave none of it until the morning, (J)nor break any of its bones; (K)according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it. 13 But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, (L)that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not bring the Lord's (M)offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin. 14 And if a stranger sojourns among you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its rule, so shall he do. (N)You shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native.”
The Cloud Covering the Tabernacle
15 (O)On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony. And (P)at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning. 16 So it was always: the cloud covered it by day[a] and the appearance of fire by night. 17 And whenever the cloud (Q)lifted from over the tent, after that the people of Israel set out, and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the people of Israel camped. 18 At the command of the Lord the people of Israel set out, and at the command of the Lord they camped. (R)As long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, they remained in camp. 19 Even when the cloud continued over the tabernacle many days, the people of Israel (S)kept the charge of the Lord and did not set out. 20 Sometimes the cloud was a few days over the tabernacle, and according to the command of the Lord they remained in camp; then according to the command of the Lord they set out. 21 And sometimes the cloud remained from evening until morning. And when the cloud lifted in the morning, they set out, or if it continued for a day and a night, when the cloud lifted they set out. 22 Whether it was two days, or a month, or a longer time, that the cloud continued over the tabernacle, abiding there, the people of Israel (T)remained in camp and did not set out, but when it lifted they set out. 23 At the command of the Lord they camped, and at the command of the Lord they set out. (U)They kept the charge of the Lord, at the command of the Lord by Moses.
Footnotes
- Numbers 9:16 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew lacks by day
Números 9
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Celebración de la pascua
9 El Señor habló con Moisés en el desierto de Sinaí. Era el mes primero del segundo año de su salida de Egipto. Le dijo:
2 «Los hijos de Israel celebrarán la pascua a su debido tiempo. 3 Y ese debido tiempo es el día catorce de este mes, entre la tarde y la noche. La celebrarán siguiendo todos sus ritos y todas sus leyes.»
4 Moisés habló entonces con los hijos de Israel para que celebraran la pascua, 5 y así hicieron los hijos de Israel:(A) la celebraron en el desierto de Sinaí el día catorce del mes primero, entre la tarde y la noche, siguiendo todo que el Señor le había ordenado a Moisés. 6 Pero algunos de ellos estaban impuros por haber tocado un cadáver, así que no pudieron celebrar la pascua ese día. Se presentaron entonces ese mismo día ante Moisés y Aarón, 7 y les dijeron:
«Nosotros estamos impuros porque tocamos un cadáver. ¿Se nos impedirá por eso presentar nuestra ofrenda al Señor en su momento, junto con el resto de los hijos de Israel?»
8 Y Moisés les respondió:
«Esperen a que el Señor me diga qué hacer en el caso de ustedes.»
9 Y el Señor habló con Moisés, y le dijo:
10 «Habla con los hijos de Israel, y diles: “Cualquiera de ustedes o de sus descendientes, que se encuentre impuro por haber tocado un cadáver, o que se halle lejos, o ausente, celebrará también la pascua del Señor; 11 pero la celebrará el día catorce del mes segundo, entre la tarde y la noche. Comerán la pascua con panes sin levadura y hierbas amargas, 12 sin dejar nada del animal sacrificado para el día siguiente, y sin quebrarle un solo hueso.(B) La celebrarán siguiendo todos los ritos de la pascua. 13 Pero si alguien, estando limpio y sin encontrarse de viaje, deja de celebrar la pascua, será eliminado de entre su pueblo por no haber presentado en su momento la ofrenda del Señor. Esa persona cargará con su pecado.
14 ”Si entre ustedes vive algún extranjero, y celebra la pascua del Señor, deberá celebrarla siguiendo el rito y las leyes de la pascua. Tanto los extranjeros como los nacidos en la tierra celebrarán un mismo rito.”»
La nube sobre el tabernáculo(C)
15 El día que el tabernáculo fue erigido, la nube se posó sobre la tienda del testimonio y cubrió el tabernáculo, y desde la tarde y hasta la mañana siguiente la nube sobre el tabernáculo parecía ser de fuego. 16 Esto era siempre así: De día, la nube cubría el tabernáculo, y de noche lo cubría esa apariencia de fuego. 17 Cuando la nube se levantaba del tabernáculo, los hijos de Israel se ponían en marcha; cuando la nube se detenía en algún lugar, los hijos de Israel acampaban. 18 A una orden del Señor, los hijos de Israel se ponían en marcha; a otra orden del Señor, acampaban; y mientras la nube permanecía sobre el tabernáculo, ellos permanecían acampados. 19 Si la nube se detenía sobre el tabernáculo mucho tiempo, los hijos de Israel respetaban la orden del Señor y no partían; 20 pero si la nube permanecía poco tiempo sobre el tabernáculo, a una orden del Señor acampaban, y a una orden del Señor partían. 21 Algunas veces la nube se detenía desde la tarde hasta el día siguiente, otras veces la nube se levantaba por la mañana. Cuando se detenía un solo día, o cuando se levantaba por la noche, se ponían en marcha. 22 Podían pasar dos días, un mes, o un año, si la nube permanecía sobre el tabernáculo, los hijos de Israel seguían acampados y no se movían; pero si la nube se levantaba, ellos se ponían en marcha. 23 A una orden del Señor acampaban, y a una orden del Señor se ponían en marcha, siempre siguiendo las órdenes del Señor, tal y como él lo había ordenado por medio de Moisés.
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