CHAPTER 9
In the first
month
of the second
year
after Israel had come out
of the land
of Egypt,
the LORD
spoke
to Moses
in the Wilderness
of Sinai:
You are to observe
it
at the appointed time,
at
twilight
on the fourteenth
day
of this
month,
in accordance with
its statutes
and ordinances.”
and they did so
in the Wilderness
of Sinai,
at
twilight
on the fourteenth
day
of the first
month.
The Israelites
did
everything
just as
the LORD
had commanded
Moses.
But there were
some men
who
were
unclean
due to a dead body,
so they could
not
observe
the Passover
on that
day.
And they came
before
Moses
and Aaron
that same
day
and said
to Moses,
“We
are unclean
because of a dead body,
but why
should we be excluded
from
presenting
the LORD’s
offering
with
the other Israelites
at the appointed time?”
“Tell
the Israelites:
When
any one
of you or
your descendants
is
unclean
because of a dead body,
or
is away
on a journey,
he may still observe
the Passover
to the LORD.
Such people are to observe
it
at
twilight
on the fourteenth
day
of the second
month.
They are to eat the lamb,
together with
unleavened bread
and bitter herbs;
they may not
leave
any of
it until
morning
or break
any of its bones.
They must observe
the Passover
according to all
its statutes.
But the man
who
is ceremonially clean,
is
not
on a journey,
and still 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.
If
a foreigner
dwelling
among you
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 foreigner
and the native
of the land.”
On the day that
the tabernacle,
the Tent
of the Testimony,
was set up,
the cloud
covered
it
and appeared
like fire
above
the tabernacle
from evening
until
morning.
It remained
that way
continually;
the cloud
would cover the tabernacle by day,
and at night
it would appear
like fire.
Whenever
the cloud
was taken up
from above
the Tent,
the Israelites
would set out,
and wherever
the cloud
settled,
there
the Israelites
would camp.
At
the LORD’s
command
the Israelites
set out,
and at
the LORD’s
command
they camped.
As long as
the cloud
remained
over
the tabernacle,
they camped.
Even when the cloud
lingered
over
the tabernacle
for many
days,
the Israelites
kept
the LORD’s
charge
and did not
set out.
Sometimes
the cloud
remained
over
the tabernacle
for only a few
days,
and they would camp
at
the LORD’s
command
and set out
at
the LORD’s
command.
Sometimes
the cloud
remained
only from evening
until
morning,
and when it
lifted
in the morning,
they would set out.
Whether
it was by day
or by night,
when the cloud
was taken up,
they would set out.
Whether
the cloud lingered
for two days,
a month,
or longer,
the Israelites
camped
and did not
set out
as long as the cloud
remained
over
the tabernacle;
but when it was lifted,
they would set out.
They camped
at
the LORD’s
command,
and they set out
at
the LORD’s
command;
they carried out
the LORD’s
charge
according to
His
command
through
Moses.