Numbers 9
World English Bible
9 Yahweh 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 the Passover in its appointed season. 3 On the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you shall keep it in its appointed season. You shall keep it according to all its statutes and according to all its ordinances.”
4 Moses told the children of Israel that they should keep the Passover. 5 They kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, in the wilderness of Sinai. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did. 6 There were certain men who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. 7 Those men said to him, “We are unclean because of the dead body of a man. Why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season among the children of Israel?”
8 Moses answered them, “Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command concerning you.”
9 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Say to the children of Israel, ‘If any man of you or of your generations is unclean by reason of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, he shall still keep the Passover to Yahweh. 11 In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it. According to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it. 13 But the man who is clean, and is not on a journey, and fails to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people. Because he didn’t offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
14 “‘If a foreigner lives among you and desires to keep the Passover to Yahweh, then he shall do so according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its ordinance. You shall have one statute, both for the foreigner and for him who is born in the land.’”
15 On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony. At evening it was over the tabernacle, as it were the appearance of fire, until morning. 16 So it was continually. The cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel traveled; and in the place where the cloud remained, there the children of Israel encamped. 18 At the commandment of Yahweh, the children of Israel traveled, and at the commandment of Yahweh they encamped. As long as the cloud remained on the tabernacle they remained encamped. 19 When the cloud stayed on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept Yahweh’s command, and didn’t travel. 20 Sometimes the cloud was a few days on the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Yahweh they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Yahweh they traveled. 21 Sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they traveled; or by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they traveled. 22 Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year that the cloud stayed on the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children of Israel remained encamped, and didn’t travel; but when it was taken up, they traveled. 23 At the commandment of Yahweh they encamped, and at the commandment of Yahweh they traveled. They kept Yahweh’s command, at the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
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.
Números 9
La Palabra (España)
Celebración de la Pascua y partida (9,1—10,10)
La Pascua
9 El Señor se dirigió a Moisés en el desierto de Sinaí, en el segundo año después de la salida de Egipto, en el mes primero del año, y le dijo:
2 — Que los israelitas celebren la Pascua a su tiempo. 3 La celebraréis a su debido tiempo el décimo cuarto día de este mes, al anochecer, ajustándoos a todos sus ritos y costumbres.
4 Mandó, pues, Moisés a los israelitas que celebraran la Pascua; 5 y así lo hicieron ellos el día catorce del primer mes, al anochecer, en el desierto de Sinaí. Tal como el Señor había mandado a Moisés, así procedieron los israelitas. 6 Pero hubo algunos que estaban impuros por haber tocado un cadáver, y no pudieron celebrar la Pascua aquel día. Los afectados se presentaron aquel mismo día a Moisés y a Aarón 7 y les dijeron:
— Es verdad que nosotros estamos impuros por haber tocado un cadáver, pero ¿por qué se nos va a privar de presentar la ofrenda al Señor a su tiempo como los demás israelitas?
8 Moisés les respondió:
— Esperad y dejadme conocer lo que dispone el Señor acerca de vosotros.
9 Y el Señor dijo a Moisés:
10 — Dirígete a los israelitas y diles: Cuando alguno de vosotros o de vuestros descendientes esté impuro por haber tocado un cadáver o se encuentre lejos haciendo un viaje, si quiere celebrar la Pascua en honor del Señor, 11 la celebrará el día catorce del segundo mes, al anochecer. La comerán con panes sin levadura y hierbas amargas; 12 no dejarán nada del animal sacrificado para el día siguiente ni quebrarán uno solo de sus huesos. Se ajustarán estrictamente en todo al ritual de la Pascua. 13 Pero si alguien que está en estado de pureza y no se encuentra de viaje rehúsa celebrar la Pascua, tal persona será extirpada de su pueblo. Por no haber presentado a su debido tiempo la ofrenda en honor del Señor, cargará con las consecuencias de su pecado. 14 Y cuando el extranjero que reside entre vosotros, quiera celebrar la Pascua en honor del Señor, deberá hacerlo conforme a las normas rituales de la Pascua. Tendréis un mismo rito tanto para el extranjero como para el ciudadano del país.
La nube de fuego
15 El día que fue erigida la Morada, es decir, la Tienda del testimonio, la nube cubrió la Morada. Desde el anochecer hasta la mañana, la nube que cubría la Morada tenía una apariencia de fuego. 16 Así sucedía permanentemente: la nube cubría la Morada durante el día mientras que por la noche parecía como un fuego. 17 Cuando se alzaba la nube por encima de la Tienda, los israelitas partían; y en el lugar donde la nube se detenía, allí acampaban los israelitas. 18 A la señal del Señor los israelitas partían, y a la señal del Señor acampaban; permanecían acampados todo el tiempo que la nube permanecía sobre la Morada. 19 Cuando la nube permanecía sobre la Morada durante mucho tiempo, los israelitas obedecían el mandato del Señor y no partían. 20 Si sólo permanecía sobre la Morada unos pocos días, igualmente a la señal del Señor acampaban, y a la señal del Señor partían. 21 A veces la nube permanecía sólo desde el anochecer hasta la mañana; en tal caso los israelitas partían tan pronto como la nube se levantaba por la mañana. Fuera de día o de noche, cuando la nube se levantaba, ellos partían. 22 Daba lo mismo que fueran dos días, un mes o un año; mientras la nube permanecía sobre la Morada, los israelitas permanecían acampados y no se movían; solamente cuando la nube se levantaba, ellos partían. 23 A la señal del Señor acampaban y a la señal del Señor partían, obedeciendo así la señal del Señor, tal como el Señor lo había mandado por medio de Moisés.
Numbers 9
Living Bible
9 Jehovah gave these instructions to Moses while he and the rest of the Israelis were on the Sinai peninsula, during the first month of the second year after leaving Egypt: 2-3 “The people of Israel must celebrate the Passover annually on April first,[a] beginning in the evening. Be sure to follow all of my instructions concerning this celebration.”
4-5 So Moses announced that the Passover celebration would begin on the evening of April first, there in the Sinai peninsula, just as the Lord had commanded. 6-7 But as it happened, some of the men had just attended a funeral and were ceremonially defiled by having touched the dead, so they couldn’t eat the Passover lamb that night. They came to Moses and Aaron and explained their problem and protested at being forbidden from offering their sacrifice to the Lord at the time he had appointed.
8 Moses said he would ask the Lord about it, 9 and this was God’s reply: 10 “If any of the people of Israel, now or in the generations to come, are defiled at Passover time because of touching a dead body, or if they are on a journey and cannot be present, they may still celebrate the Passover, but one month later, 11 on May first,[b] beginning in the evening. They are to eat the lamb at that time, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They must not leave any of it until the next morning, and must not break a bone of it, and must follow all the regular instructions concerning the Passover.
13 “But anyone who is not defiled, and anyone who is not away on a trip, and yet refuses to celebrate the Passover at the regular time, shall be excommunicated from the people of Israel for refusing to sacrifice to Jehovah at the proper time; he must bear his guilt. 14 And if a foreigner is living among you and wants to celebrate the Passover to the Lord, he shall follow all these same instructions. There is one law for all.”
15 On the day the Tabernacle was raised the Cloud covered it; and that evening the Cloud changed to the appearance of fire, and stayed that way throughout the night. 16 It was always so—the daytime Cloud changing to the appearance of fire at night. 17 When the Cloud lifted, the people of Israel moved on to wherever it stopped, and camped there. 18 In this way they journeyed at the command of the Lord and stopped where he told them to, then remained there as long as the Cloud stayed. 19 If it stayed a long time, then they stayed a long time. But if it stayed only a few days, then they remained only a few days; for so the Lord had instructed them. 20-21 Sometimes the fire-cloud stayed only during the night and moved on the next morning. But day or night, when it moved, the people broke camp and followed. 22 If the Cloud stayed above the Tabernacle two days, a month, or a year, that is how long the people of Israel stayed; but as soon as it moved, they moved. 23 So it was that they camped or traveled at the commandment of the Lord; and whatever the Lord told Moses they should do, they did.
Footnotes
- Numbers 9:2 on April first, literally, “on the fourteenth day of the first month” (of the Hebrew calendar). This corresponds approximately to our first day of April.
- Numbers 9:11 May first, literally, “on the fourteenth day of the second month” (of the Hebrew calendar).
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