Num 9 | LSB | STEP | Thus 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,

Numbers 9

The Passover

1 Thus 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 “Now, let the sons of Israel observe the Passover at its appointed time. 3 On the fourteenth day of this month, ^{▼▼Lit between the two evenings, so in ch}at twilight, you shall observe it at its appointed time; you shall observe it according to all its statutes and according to all its judgments.” 4 So Moses ^{▼▼Lit spoke to}told the sons of Israel to celebrate the Passover. 5 And they celebrated the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did. 6 But there were some men who were unclean because of a ^{▼▼Lit soul of man}dead person, so that they could not celebrate Passover on that day; so they came near before Moses and Aaron on that day. 7 And those men said to him, “We are unclean because of a ^{▼▼Lit soul of man}dead person. But why are we restrained from bringing near the offering of Yahweh at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?” 8 Moses therefore said to them, “ ^{▼▼Lit Stand}Wait, and I will listen to what Yahweh will command concerning you.”

9 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead ^{▼▼Lit soul}person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, celebrate the Passover to Yahweh. 11 In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight, they shall observe it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They shall leave none of it until morning nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall celebrate it. 13 But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and yet ^{▼▼Or ceases}neglects to celebrate the Passover, that ^{▼▼Lit soul}person shall then be cut off from his people, for he did not bring near the offering of Yahweh at its appointed time. That man will bear his sin. 14 If a sojourner sojourns among you and ^{▼▼Or would celebrate}celebrates the Passover to Yahweh, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its judgment, so he shall do; you shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native of the land.’ ”

The Cloud Covering the Tabernacle

15 Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle until morning. 16 So it was continuously; the cloud would cover it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 Now whenever the cloud would go up from over the tent, afterward the sons of Israel would then set out; and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the sons of Israel would camp. 18 At the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of Yahweh the sons of Israel would set out, and at the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of Yahweh they would camp; as long as the cloud settled over the tabernacle, they remained camped. 19 Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, ^{▼▼Lit and the}the sons of Israel would keep the charge of Yahweh and not set out. 20 If ^{▼▼Lit it was that}sometimes the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle, according to the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of Yahweh they remained camped. Then according to the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of Yahweh they set out. 21 If ^{▼▼Lit it was that}sometimes the cloud ^{▼▼Lit was}remained from evening until morning, when the cloud was lifted in the morning, they would move out; or if it remained in the daytime and at night, whenever the cloud was lifted, they would set out. 22 Whether it was two days or a month or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, dwelling above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out. 23 At the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of Yahweh they camped, and at the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of Yahweh they set out; they kept the charge of Yahweh, according to the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.