Numbers 9

1And 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,

1The LORD spoke to Moses in the Sinai Desert in the first month of the second year after they had left Egypt. He said,

2Moreover let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed season.

2'Tell the Israelites to celebrate the Passover at the set time.'

3In 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.

3'Celebrate it at the set time on the fourteenth day of this month, starting at twilight. Follow all the rules and regulations for it.'

4And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.

4So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover.

5And 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.

5They celebrated the Passover in the Sinai Desert at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything exactly as the LORD commanded Moses.

6And 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:

6But there were some men who were ritually unclean because they had touched a dead body, so they could not celebrate the Passover that day. They came to Moses and Aaron that same day.

7and 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?

7These men said to Moses, 'We are unclean because of a dead body. Why should we be prevented from bringing the LORD’s offering at the set time with the rest of the Israelites?'

8And Moses said unto them, Stay ye, that I may hear what Jehovah will command concerning you.

8Moses answered them, 'Wait here while I find out what the LORD commands for you.'

9And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

9Then the LORD said to Moses,

10Speak 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.

10'Say to the Israelites: If any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body or are away on a long journey, you may still celebrate the LORD’s Passover.'

11In the second month on the fourteenth day at even they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs:

11'They are to celebrate it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They must eat the lamb with bitter herbs and bread made without yeast.'

12they 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.

12'They must not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must follow all the rules for the Passover.'

13But 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.

13'But if anyone is clean and is not away on a journey and fails to celebrate the Passover, that person must be cut off from their people. Because they did not bring the LORD’s offering at the set time, they will be held responsible for their sin.'

14And 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.

14'If a foreigner living among you wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, they must follow the same rules and regulations. You must have the same law for both the foreigner and the native-born.'

15And 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.

15On the day the Tabernacle, the Tent of the Covenant, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening until morning, the cloud over the Tabernacle looked like fire.

16So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.

16That is how it continued to be: the cloud covered it by day, and at night it looked like fire.

17And 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.

17Whenever the cloud lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out. Wherever the cloud stopped, the Israelites would set up camp.

18At 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.

18At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at his command they camped. As long as the cloud stayed over the Tabernacle, they remained in camp.

19And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not.

19When the cloud stayed over the Tabernacle for a long time, the Israelites obeyed the LORD’s requirement and did not set out.

20And 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.

20Sometimes the cloud was over the Tabernacle for only a few days. At the LORD’s command they would stay in camp, and at his command they would set out.

21And 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.

21Sometimes the cloud stayed only from evening until morning. When it lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out.

22Whether 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.

22Whether it was for two days, a month, or a year that the cloud stayed above the Tabernacle, the Israelites remained in camp and did not move. But when it lifted, they set out.

23At 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.

23At the LORD’s command they camped, and at the LORD’s command they set out. They followed the LORD’s instructions, just as He had spoken through Moses.