📖 Numbers — Chapter 9 (KJV)
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Numbers 9:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, Rin the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Numbers 9:2 Let the children of Israel also Rkeep the passover at his appointed season.
Numbers 9:3 In Rthe fourteenth day of this month, Tat even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
Numbers 9:4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.
Numbers 9:5 And Rthey kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
Numbers 9:6 And there were certain men, who were Rdefiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
Numbers 9:7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that Rwe may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
Numbers 9:8 And Moses said unto them, RStand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.
Numbers 9:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 9:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall Rbe unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.
Numbers 9:11 The Rfourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Numbers 9:12 They Rshall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
Numbers 9:13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and Rforbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
Numbers 9:14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
Numbers 9:15 And Ron the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
Numbers 9:16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
Numbers 9:17 And Rwhen the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
Numbers 9:18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, Rand at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
Numbers 9:19 And when the cloud Ttarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel Rkept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
Numbers 9:20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
Numbers 9:21 And so it was, when the cloud RTabode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
Numbers 9:22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel Rabode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
Numbers 9:23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: Rthey kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Numbers 9:1–14 — Keeping the Passover
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Israel keeps Passover in Sinai. Men defiled by a dead body ask how they may participate, and Moses seeks the LORD's command. A second-month observance is provided for the stated cases of uncleanness or a distant journey. The ordinance applies to the stranger and homeborn.
Key Truth: The LORD appoints both the Passover observance and the provision for the stated hindrances.
Check What You Remember
1. On which day of the first month was Passover kept? (Numbers 9:5)
Find it in Numbers 9:5 (KJV).
2. In which month was the additional observance provided? (Numbers 9:11)
Find it in Numbers 9:11 (KJV).
3. Was a bone of the Passover animal to be broken? (Numbers 9:12)
Find it in Numbers 9:12 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Numbers 9:15–19 — The Cloud over the Tabernacle
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The cloud covers the tabernacle by day, with the appearance of fire by night. When it is taken up, Israel journeys; where it rests, they camp. If it remains for many days, they remain too. Their movement follows the LORD's command.
Key Truth: The LORD's direction governs Israel's movement and rest.
Check What You Remember
1. What covered the tabernacle by day? (Numbers 9:16)
Find it in Numbers 9:16 (KJV).
2. What appearance was visible by night? (Numbers 9:16)
Find it in Numbers 9:16 (KJV).
3. When did Israel set out? (Numbers 9:17)
Find it in Numbers 9:17 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Numbers 9:20–23 — Waiting or Moving as Commanded
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Whether the cloud remains a short time, a month, or a year, Israel waits while it stays and moves when it is taken up. The passage repeats that both resting and travelling are at the LORD's command, given through Moses.
Key Truth: Keeping the LORD's charge includes waiting as well as setting out.
Check What You Remember
1. Could Israel move when the cloud lifted at night? (Numbers 9:21)
Find it in Numbers 9:21 (KJV).
2. Did they remain if the cloud stayed a year? (Numbers 9:22)
Find it in Numbers 9:22 (KJV).
3. By whose hand was the LORD's command given? (Numbers 9:23)
Find it in Numbers 9:23 (KJV).
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How does Moses respond when the defiled men ask about Passover?
2. How does the second-month provision preserve the observance’s requirements?
3. How is eligible refusal distinguished from the cases receiving another date?
4. How does the stranger’s observance relate to that of the native-born?
5. How do varying cloud durations affect the rule for travel?
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