Numbers 9

The Second Passover

9In the first month of the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, the LORD told Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:H3068H1696H4872H4057H5514H7223H2320H8145H8141H3318H776H4714H5592"The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.H1121H3478H6213H6453H41503You must observe it at its appointed time on the fourteenth day of this month at twilight; you are to observe it according to all its statutes and ordinances."H702H6240H3117H2320H6153H6213H4150H2708H4941H62134So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover,H4872H1696H1121H3478H6213H64535and they observed it in the first month on the fourteenth day at twilight in the Wilderness of Sinai. The Israelites did everything as the LORD had commanded Moses.H6213H6453H702H6240H3117H7223H2320H6153H4057H5514H3068H6680H4872H6213H1121H34786But there were [some] men who were unclean because of a human corpse, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. These men came before Moses and Aaron the same dayH582H2931H5315H120H3201H6213H6453H3117H7126H6440H4872H6440H175H31177and said to him, "We are unclean because of a human corpse. Why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD's offering at its appointed time with the [other] Israelites?"H1992H582H559H2931H5315H120H1639H7126H7133H3068H4150H8432H1121H34788Moses replied to them, "Wait here until I hear what the LORD commands for you."H4872H559H5975H8085H3068H66809Then the LORD spoke to Moses:H3068H1696H4872H55910"Tell the Israelites: When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a corpse or is on a distant journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.H1696H1121H3478H559H376H376H1755H2931H5315H1870H7350H6213H6453H306811Such people are to observe it in the second month, on the fourteenth day at twilight. They are to eat the animal with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;H702H6240H3117H8145H2320H6153H6213H398H4682H484412they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.H7604H1242H7665H6106H2708H6453H621313"But the man who is ceremonially clean, is not on a journey, and yet fails to observe the Passover is to be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD's offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.H376H2889H1870H2308H6213H6453H5315H3772H5971H7126H7133H3068H4150H376H5375H239914"If a foreigner resides with you and wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreign resident and the native of the land."H1616H1481H6213H6453H3068H2708H6453H4941H6213H259H2708H1616H249H776

Guidance by the Cloud

15On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and it appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.H3117H4908H6965H6051H3680H4908H168H5715H6153H4908H4758H784H124216It remained that way continuously: the cloud would cover it, appearing like fire at night.H8548H6051H3680H4758H784H391517Whenever the cloud was lifted up above the tent, the Israelites would set out; at the place where the cloud stopped, there the Israelites camped.H6310H6051H5927H168H310H1121H3478H5265H4725H6051H7931H1121H3478H258318At the LORD's command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD's command they camped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they camped.H6310H3068H1121H3478H5265H6310H3068H2583H3117H6051H7931H4908H258319Even when the cloud stayed over the tabernacle many days, the Israelites carried out the LORD's requirement and did not set out.H6051H748H4908H7227H3117H1121H3478H8104H4931H3068H526520Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for [only] a few days. They would camp at the LORD's command and set out at the LORD's command.H3426H6051H4557H3117H4908H6310H3068H2583H6310H3068H526521Sometimes the cloud remained [only] from evening until morning; when the cloud lifted in the morning, they set out. Or if it remained a day and a night, they moved out when the cloud lifted.H3426H6051H6153H1242H6051H5927H1242H5265H3119H3915H6051H5927H526522Whether it was two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle. But when it was lifted, they set out.H3117H2320H3117H6051H748H4908H7931H1121H3478H2583H5265H5927H526523They camped at the LORD's command, and they set out at the LORD's command. They carried out the LORD's requirement according to His command through Moses.H6310H3068H2583H6310H3068H5265H8104H4931H3068H6310H3068H3027H4872