⁴ So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover,^{(A) 5} and they did so in the Desert of Sinai^(B) at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.^(C) The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.^(D)

⁶ But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean^(E) on account of a dead body.^(F) So they came to Moses and Aaron^(G) that same day ⁷ and said to Moses, “We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the Lord’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?^(H)”

⁸ Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the Lord commands concerning you.”^(I)

⁹ Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹⁰ “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body^(J) or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate^(K) the Lord’s Passover, ¹¹ but they are to do it on the fourteenth day of the second month^(L) at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.^(M)