Numbers 9  New American Standard Bible 1995

The Passover

9 Thus the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in ^(A)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 ^(B)its appointed time. ³ On the fourteenth day of this month, ^[a]at twilight, you shall observe it at its appointed time; you shall observe it according to all its statutes and according to all its ordinances.” ⁴ So Moses ^[b]told the sons of Israel to observe the Passover. ^5 (C)They observed the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; ^(D)according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did. ⁶ But there were some men who were ^(E)unclean because of the ^[c]dead person, so that they could not observe Passover on that day; so ^(F)they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. ⁷ Those men said to him, “Though we are unclean because of the ^[d]dead person, why are we restrained from presenting the offering of the Lord at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?” ⁸ Moses therefore said to them, “^[e](G)Wait, 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 ^[f]person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, observe the Passover to the Lord. ¹¹ In the second month on the ^(H)fourteenth day at twilight, they shall observe it; they ^(I)shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. ¹² They ^(J)shall leave none of it until morning, ^(K)nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall observe it. ^13 (L)But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and yet ^[g]neglects to observe the Passover, that ^[h]person shall then be cut off from his people, for he did not present the offering of the Lord at its appointed time. That man ^(M)will bear his sin. ^14 (N)If an alien sojourns among you and ^[i]observes the Passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its ordinance, so he shall do; you shall have ^(O)one statute, both for the alien and for the native of the land.’”

The Cloud on the Tabernacle

¹⁵ Now on ^(P)the day that the tabernacle was erected ^(Q)the cloud covered the tabernacle, the ^(R)tent of the testimony, and ^(S)in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle, until morning. ¹⁶ So it was continuously; ^(T)the cloud would cover it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. ^17 (U)Whenever the cloud was lifted 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 ^[j]command of the Lord the sons of Israel would set out, and at the ^[k]command of the Lord they would camp; ^(V)as long as the cloud settled over the tabernacle, they remained camped. ¹⁹ Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, ^[l]the sons of Israel would keep the Lord’s charge and not set out. ²⁰ If ^[m]sometimes the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle, ^(W)according to the ^[n]command of the Lord they remained camped. Then according to the ^[o]command of the Lord they set out. ²¹ If ^[p]sometimes the cloud ^[q]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, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but ^(X)when it was lifted, they did set out. ^23 (Y)At the ^[r]command of the Lord they camped, and at the ^[s]command of the Lord they set out; they kept the Lord’s charge, according to the ^[t]command of the Lord through Moses.