Chapter 9

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out² of the land of Egypt, saying,²

Let the children of Israel also keep⁴ the passover at his appointed season.

In the fourteenth ⁶²⁴⁰ day of this month, at even, ye shall keep⁴ it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep⁴ it.

And Moses spake¹⁷ unto the children of Israel, that they should keep² the passover.

And they kept⁴ the passover on the fourteenth ⁶²⁴⁰ day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded¹⁴ Moses, so did¹ the children of Israel.

And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could¹ not keep² the passover on that day: and they came⁴ before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

And those men said⁴ unto him, We [are] defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back,¹¹ that we may not offer⁵³ an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

And Moses said⁴ unto them, Stand still,³ and I will hear⁴ what the LORD will command¹⁷ concerning you.

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses, saying,²

Speak¹⁶ unto the children of Israel, saying,² 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 keep¹ the passover unto the LORD.

The fourteenth ⁶²⁴⁰ day of the second month at even they shall keep⁴ it, [and] eat⁴ it with unleavened bread and bitter [herbs].

They shall leave⁵⁵ none of it unto the morning, nor break⁴ any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep⁴ it.

But the man that [is] clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth¹ to keep² the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off⁸ from among his people: because he brought⁵² not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear⁴ his sin.

And if a stranger shall sojourn⁴ among you, and will keep¹ the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do:⁴ ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.

And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up⁵³ the cloud covered¹⁴ 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.

So it was alway: the cloud covered¹⁷ it [by day], and the appearance of fire by night.

And when the cloud was taken up⁹ from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed:⁴ and in the place where the cloud abode,⁴ there the children of Israel pitched their tents.⁴

At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed,⁴ and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched:⁴ as long as the cloud abode⁴ upon the tabernacle they rested⁴ in their tents.

And when the cloud tarried long⁵³ upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept¹ the charge of the LORD, and journeyed⁴ not.

And [so] it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode⁴ in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.⁴

And [so] it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and [that] the cloud was taken up⁸ in the morning, then they journeyed:¹ whether [it was] by day or by night that the cloud was taken up,⁸ they journeyed.¹

Or [whether it were] two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried⁵³ upon the tabernacle, remaining² thereon, the children of Israel abode⁴ in their tents, and journeyed⁴ not: but when it was taken up,⁹ they journeyed.⁴

At the commandment of the LORD they rested⁴ in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed:⁴ they kept¹ the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.