Num 9 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now the Lord 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 Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in ^athe first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 “Now the sons of Israel are to ^{▼▼Lit perform, and so throughout the ch}celebrate the Passover at ^cits appointed time. 3 On the fourteenth day of this month, ^{▼▼Lit between the two evenings, and so throughout the ch}at twilight, you shall celebrate it at its appointed time; you shall celebrate it in accordance with all its statutes and all its ordinances.” 4 So Moses ^{▼▼Lit spoke to}told the sons of Israel to celebrate the Passover. 5 And ^fthey celebrated the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; ^gin accordance with everything that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did. 6 But there were some men who were ^hunclean because of contact with a ^{▼▼Lit soul of man}dead person, so that they could not celebrate Passover on that day; and ^jthey came before Moses and Aaron on that day. 7 Those men said to him, “Though we are unclean because of a ^{▼▼Lit soul of man}dead person, why are we kept from presenting the offering of the Lord at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?” 8 Moses then said to them, “ ^{▼▼Lit Stand
,} ^mWait, and I will listen to what the Lord will command concerning you.”

9 Then the Lord 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 the Lord. 11 In the second month on the ^ofourteenth day at twilight, they shall celebrate it; they ^pshall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They ^qshall not leave any of it until morning, ^rnor break a bone of it; they shall celebrate it in accordance with the whole statute of the Passover. 13 ^sBut the person who is clean and is not on a journey, yet refrains from celebrating the Passover, that ^{▼▼Lit soul}person shall then be cut off from his people, because he did not present the offering of the Lord at its appointed time. That person ^uwill bear the responsibility for his sin. 14 And ^vif a stranger resides among you and ^{▼▼Or would celebrate}celebrates the Passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the Passover and its ordinance, so he shall celebrate it; you shall have ^{▼▼Or one statute}the ^ysame statute, both for the stranger and for the native of the land.’”

The Cloud on the Tabernacle

15 Now on ^zthe day that the tabernacle was erected, ^aathe cloud covered the tabernacle, the ^abtent of the testimony, and ^acin the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle until morning. 16 That is how it was continuously; ^adthe cloud would cover it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 ^aeWhenever the cloud was lifted from over the tent, afterward the sons of Israel would 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 the Lord the sons of Israel would set out, and at the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of the Lord they would camp; ^ahas 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 comply with the Lord’s ordinance and not set out. 20 If ^{▼▼Lit it was that}sometimes the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle, ^akin accordance with the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of the Lord they remained camped. Then in accordance with the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of the Lord 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 set 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, a month, or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but ^apwhen it was lifted, they did set out. 23 ^aqAt the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of the Lord they camped, and at the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of the Lord they set out; they did what the Lord required, in accordance with the ^{▼▼Lit mouth}command of the Lord through Moses.