# Numbers 9 ## Numbers 9:1 - [KJV] 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, - [ASV] And Jehovah 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, - [YLT] And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the wilderness of Sinai, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying, ### Notes on Numbers 9:1 - ## Numbers 9:2 - [KJV] Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. - [ASV] Moreover let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed season. - [YLT] 'Also, the sons of Israel prepare the passover in its appointed season; ### Notes on Numbers 9:2 - ## Numbers 9:3 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in its appointed season: according to all the statutes of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof, shall ye keep it. - [YLT] in the fourteenth day of this month between the evenings ye prepare it in its appointed season; according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances ye prepare it.' ### Notes on Numbers 9:3 - ## Numbers 9:4 - [KJV] And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. - [ASV] And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. - [YLT] And Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel to prepare the passover, ### Notes on Numbers 9:4 - ## Numbers 9:5 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And they kept the passover in the first *month*, on the fourteenth day of the month, at even, in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. - [YLT] and they prepare the passover in the first *month*, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evenings, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses, so have the sons of Israel done. ### Notes on Numbers 9:5 - ## Numbers 9:6 - [KJV] 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: - [ASV] And there were certain men, who were unclean by reason of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: - [YLT] And there are men who have been defiled by the body of a man, and they have not been able to prepare the passover on that day, and they come near before Moses, and before Aaron, on that day, ### Notes on Numbers 9:6 - ## Numbers 9:7 - [KJV] 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? - [ASV] and those men said unto him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel? - [YLT] and those men say unto him, 'We are defiled by the body of a man; why are we withheld so as not to bring near the offering of Jehovah in its appointed season, in the midst of the sons of Israel?' ### Notes on Numbers 9:7 - ## Numbers 9:8 - [KJV] And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. - [ASV] And Moses said unto them, Stay ye, that I may hear what Jehovah will command concerning you. - [YLT] And Moses saith unto them, 'Stand ye, and I hear what Jehovah hath commanded concerning you.' ### Notes on Numbers 9:8 - ## Numbers 9:9 - [KJV] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, - [ASV] And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, - [YLT] And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ### Notes on Numbers 9:9 - ## Numbers 9:10 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah. - [YLT] 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Though any man is unclean by a body or in a distant journey (of you or of your generations), yet he hath prepared a passover to Jehovah; ### Notes on Numbers 9:10 - ## Numbers 9:11 - [KJV] The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, *and* eat it with unleavened bread and bitter *herbs*. - [ASV] In the second month on the fourteenth day at even they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs: - [YLT] in the second month, on the fourteenth day, between the evenings they prepare it; with unleavened and bitter things they eat it; ### Notes on Numbers 9:11 - ## Numbers 9:12 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it. - [YLT] they do not leave of till morning; and a bone they do not break in it: according to all the statute of the passover they prepare it. ### Notes on Numbers 9:12 - ## Numbers 9:13 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] But the man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people; because he offered not the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. - [YLT] 'And the man who is clean, and hath not been on a journey, and hath ceased to prepare the passover, even that person hath been cut off from his people; because the offering of Jehovah he hath not brought near, in its appointed season, that man doth bear his sin. ### Notes on Numbers 9:13 - ## Numbers 9:14 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto Jehovah; according to the statute of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one statute, both for the sojourner, and for him that is born in the land. - [YLT] 'And when a sojourner sojourneth with you, then he hath prepared a passover to Jehovah, according to the statute of the passover, and according to its ordinance, so he doth; one statute is to you, even to a sojourner, and to a native of the land.' ### Notes on Numbers 9:14 - ## Numbers 9:15 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony: and at even it was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning. - [YLT] And in the day of the raising up of the tabernacle hath the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony; and in the evening there is on the tabernacle as an appearance of fire till morning; ### Notes on Numbers 9:15 - ## Numbers 9:16 - [KJV] So it was alway: the cloud covered it *by day*, and the appearance of fire by night. - [ASV] So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night. - [YLT] so it is continually; the cloud covereth it, also the appearance of fire by night. ### Notes on Numbers 9:16 - ## Numbers 9:17 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel encamped. - [YLT] And according to the going up of the cloud from off the tent and afterwards do the sons of Israel journey; and in the place where the cloud doth tabernacle, there do the sons of Israel encamp; ### Notes on Numbers 9:17 - ## Numbers 9:18 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] At the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of Jehovah they encamped: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they remained encamped. - [YLT] by the command of Jehovah the sons of Israel journey, and by the command of Jehovah they encamp; all the days that the cloud doth tabernacle over the tabernacle they encamp. ### Notes on Numbers 9:18 - ## Numbers 9:19 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not. - [YLT] And in the cloud prolonging itself over the tabernacle many days, then have the sons of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journey not, ### Notes on Numbers 9:19 - ## Numbers 9:20 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Jehovah they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed. - [YLT] and so when the cloud is a number of days over the tabernacle; by the command of Jehovah they encamp, and by the command of Jehovah they journey. ### Notes on Numbers 9:20 - ## Numbers 9:21 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed: or *if it continued* by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. - [YLT] And so when the cloud is from evening till morning, when the cloud hath gone up in the morning, then they have journeyed; whether by day or by night, when the cloud hath gone up, then they have journeyed. ### Notes on Numbers 9:21 - ## Numbers 9:22 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed. - [YLT] Whether two days, or a month, or days, in the cloud prolonging itself over the tabernacle, to tabernacle over it, the sons of Israel encamp, and journey not; and in its being lifted up they journey; ### Notes on Numbers 9:22 - ## Numbers 9:23 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] At the commandment of Jehovah they encamped, and at the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed: they kept the charge of Jehovah, at the commandment of Jehovah by Moses. - [YLT] by the command of Jehovah they encamp, and by the command of Jehovah they journey; the charge of Jehovah they have kept, by the command of Jehovah in the hand of Moses. ### Notes on Numbers 9:23 -