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your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is on a long journey, he shall still keep the Passover to the LORD. <a href="/bsb/numbers/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD. <a href="/kjv/numbers/9.htm">King James Bible</a> Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. <a href="/nkjv/numbers/9.htm">New King James Version</a> “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If anyone of you or your posterity is unclean because of a corpse, or is far away on a journey, he may still keep the LORD’s Passover. <a href="/nasb_/numbers/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, celebrate the Passover to the LORD. <a href="/nasb/numbers/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, &#8216If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, observe the Passover to the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/numbers/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, observe the Passover to the LORD. <a href="/lsb/numbers/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, celebrate the Passover to Yahweh. <a href="/amp/numbers/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Say to the Israelites, ‘If any one of you or of your descendants becomes [ceremonially] unclean because of [touching] a dead body or is on a distant journey, he may, however, observe the Passover to the LORD. <a href="/csb/numbers/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Tell the Israelites: When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a corpse or is on a distant journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD. <a href="/hcsb/numbers/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Tell the Israelites: When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a corpse or is on a distant journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD. <a href="/asv/numbers/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> Speak 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. <a href="/cev/numbers/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> to say to the community of Israel: If any of you or your descendants touch a dead body and become unfit to worship me, or if you are away on a long journey, you may still celebrate Passover. <a href="/erv/numbers/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> Speak 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 in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD: <a href="/gwt/numbers/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Suppose you or any of your descendants is unclean from touching a dead body or is away on a long trip. You may still celebrate the Passover. <a href="/gnt/numbers/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> to say to the people of Israel, "When any of you or your descendants are unclean from touching a corpse or are far away on a journey, but still want to keep the Passover, <a href="/isv/numbers/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Instruct the Israelis that when any of you or your descendants becomes unclean due to contact with a corpse, or if he is on a long journey, he nevertheless is to observe the LORD's Passover. <a href="/msb/numbers/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?Tell the Israelites: ?When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD. <a href="/net/numbers/9.htm">NET Bible</a> "Tell the Israelites, 'If any of you or of your posterity become ceremonially defiled by touching a dead body, or are on a journey far away, then he may observe the Passover to the LORD. <a href="/nheb/numbers/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Say to the children of Israel, 'If any man of you or of your generations is unclean by reason of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, he shall still keep the Passover to the LORD. <a href="/wbt/numbers/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover to the LORD. <a href="/web/numbers/9.htm">World English Bible</a> “Say to the children of Israel, ‘If any man of you or of your generations is unclean by reason of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, he shall still keep the Passover to Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/numbers/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Though any man is unclean by a body or in a distant journey (of you or of your generations), he has still prepared a Passover to YHWH; <a href="/ylt/numbers/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Though any man is unclean by a body or in a distant journey (of you or of your generations), yet he hath prepared a passover to Jehovah; <a href="/slt/numbers/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, A man, a man when he shall be unclean by the soul, or in a way far off to you or to your generations, and he did the passover to Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/numbers/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Say to the children of Israel: The man that shall be unclean by occasion of one that is dead, or shall be in a journey afar off in your nation, let him make the phase to the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/numbers/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> “Say to the sons of Israel: The man who becomes unclean because of a life, or if he is on a distant journey within your nation, let him observe the Passover to the Lord. <a href="/nabre/numbers/9.htm">New American Bible</a> Speak to the Israelites: “If any one of you or of your descendants is unclean because of a human corpse, or is absent on a journey, you may still celebrate the LORD’s Passover. <a href="/nrsvce/numbers/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Speak to the Israelites, saying: Anyone of you or your descendants who is unclean through touching a corpse, or is away on a journey, shall still keep the passover to the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/numbers/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by touching a dead body, or is on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover to the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/numbers/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> “Speak with the children of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man shall be defiled by a person or on a distant road or by your posterity, he shall keep Passover to LORD JEHOVAH.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/numbers/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Speak 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 in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD; <a href="/sep/numbers/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whatever man shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or on a journey far off, among you, or among your posterity; he shall then keep the passover to the Lord, <a href="/parallel/numbers/9-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=3082" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/numbers/9.htm">The Second Passover</a> …9Then the LORD said to Moses, 10<a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dab·bêr (V-Piel-Imp-ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">“Tell</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Israelites:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">‘When</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">any one</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term."></a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">of you or</a> <a href="/hebrew/1755.htm" title="1755: lə·ḏō·rō·ṯê·ḵem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Period, generation, dwelling. Or dor; from duwr; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. An age or generation; also a dwelling.">your descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">is</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: ṭā·mê (Adj-ms) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: lā·ne·p̄eš (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">because of a dead body,</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/7350.htm" title="7350: rə·ḥō·qå̄h (Adj-fs) -- Or rachoq; from rachaq; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially.">is away</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: ḇə·ḏe·reḵ (Prep-b:: N-cs) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">on a journey,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·‘ā·śāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">he may still observe</a> <a href="/hebrew/6453.htm" title="6453: p̄e·saḥ (N-ms) -- Passover. From pacach; a pretermission, i.e. Exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover.">the Passover</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD.</a> 11Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5-8</a> The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. / On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. / On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work. ... <a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">Exodus 12:43-49</a> And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it. / But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him. / A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover. ... <a href="/2_chronicles/30-2.htm">2 Chronicles 30:2-3</a> For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month, / since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem. <a href="/2_chronicles/30-18.htm">2 Chronicles 30:18-20</a> A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone / who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.” / And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people. <a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">2 Chronicles 35:1-3</a> Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. / He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD. / To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel. <a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Deuteronomy 16:1-8</a> Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. / You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. / You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. ... <a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a> Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth. <a href="/matthew/26-17.htm">Matthew 26:17-19</a> On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’” / So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover. <a href="/mark/14-12.htm">Mark 14:12-16</a> On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him, / and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ ... <a href="/luke/22-7.htm">Luke 22:7-13</a> Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. / Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” / “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked. ... <a href="/john/13-1.htm">John 13:1-2</a> It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end. / The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. <a href="/john/19-14.htm">John 19:14</a> It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!” <a href="/acts/12-3.htm">Acts 12:3-4</a> And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. / He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover. <a href="/hebrews/11-28.htm">Hebrews 11:28</a> By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn. <a href="/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6-10</a> For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD. / Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders. / And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover to the LORD.be unclean<a href="/numbers/9-6.htm">Numbers 9:6,7</a> And there were certain men, who were defiled 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: … <a href="/romans/15-8.htm">Romans 15:8-19</a> Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: … <a href="/romans/16-25.htm">Romans 16:25,26</a> Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, … yet he shall keep<a href="/matthew/5-24.htm">Matthew 5:24</a> Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.<a href="/1_corinthians/11-28.htm">1 Corinthians 11:28</a> But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/2-2.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/numbers/9-7.htm">Body</a> <a href="/numbers/9-6.htm">Celebrate</a> <a href="/numbers/9-7.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/9-7.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/numbers/4-4.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/numbers/7-2.htm">Families</a> <a href="/numbers/2-2.htm">Far</a> <a href="/numbers/3-1.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/numbers/8-26.htm">However</a> <a href="/numbers/9-7.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/9-5.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/numbers/2-31.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/numbers/9-6.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/numbers/9-6.htm">Passover</a> <a href="/genesis/45-7.htm">Posterity</a> <a href="/numbers/6-11.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/numbers/8-2.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/numbers/9-6.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/numbers/9-7.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/16-37.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/numbers/12-12.htm">Body</a> <a href="/numbers/9-11.htm">Celebrate</a> <a href="/numbers/9-17.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/12-12.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/numbers/13-22.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/numbers/10-36.htm">Families</a> <a href="/numbers/13-21.htm">Far</a> <a href="/numbers/10-8.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/numbers/10-7.htm">However</a> <a href="/numbers/9-17.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/9-17.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/numbers/9-13.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/numbers/9-11.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/numbers/9-12.htm">Passover</a> <a href="/numbers/21-30.htm">Posterity</a> <a href="/numbers/18-8.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/numbers/11-17.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/numbers/16-26.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/numbers/18-15.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 9</div>1. <a href="/numbers/9-1.htm">The Passover is again commanded</a> 6. <a href="/numbers/9-6.htm">A second Passover for the unclean or absent</a> 15. <a href="/numbers/9-15.htm">The cloud directs the removals and encampments of the Israelites</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It underscores the role of Moses as a mediator between God and His people, a theme prevalent throughout the Pentateuch. This command reflects the covenant relationship established at Sinai, where God gave the Law to guide the Israelites in their worship and daily living.When any one of you or your descendants: This phrase emphasizes the inclusivity of the command, applying not only to the current generation but also to future generations. It highlights the perpetual nature of God's laws and the importance of maintaining religious observance across time. This continuity is a key aspect of the covenant, ensuring that the practices and faith are passed down through the lineage of Israel.Is unclean because of a dead body: Contact with a dead body rendered an individual ceremonially unclean according to the Mosaic Law (<a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11-13</a>). This uncleanness prevented participation in religious rituals, including the Passover. The law provided a means for purification, but this provision shows God's grace in allowing those who are unclean to still partake in the Passover, a critical observance for the Israelites.Or is away on a journey: This provision accounts for those who are physically unable to participate in the Passover due to travel. It reflects the understanding of the practical realities of life and the need for flexibility within the law. This allowance ensures that all Israelites, regardless of circumstance, have the opportunity to fulfill their religious duties.He may still observe the Passover to the LORD: The Passover is a foundational event in Israel's history, commemorating their deliverance from Egypt (Exodus 12). It is a time of remembrance and worship, central to their identity as God's chosen people. This provision underscores the importance of the Passover and God's desire for all His people to participate, even if they are ceremonially unclean or away. It foreshadows the inclusive nature of the New Covenant, where all are invited to partake in the salvation offered through Jesus Christ, the ultimate Passover Lamb (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were given the Law through Moses. 2. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites, who received the Law from God and communicated it to the people. 3. <a href="/topical/p/passover.htm">Passover</a> A significant Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' deliverance from slavery in Egypt, marked by the sacrifice of a lamb. 4. <a href="/topical/u/unclean_because_of_a_dead_body.htm">Unclean because of a dead body</a> Refers to the state of ritual impurity according to the Law, which required purification before participating in religious activities. 5. <a href="/topical/d/distant_journey.htm">Distant journey</a> A situation where an individual is physically unable to participate in the Passover due to being far from the community.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_participation.htm">God's Provision for Participation</a> God makes allowances for those who are unable to participate in the Passover due to circumstances beyond their control, showing His desire for all to partake in His covenant blessings. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_ritual_purity.htm">The Importance of Ritual Purity</a> The concept of being unclean due to contact with a dead body highlights the importance of purity in worship and the need for spiritual cleansing. <a href="/topical/i/inclusivity_in_worship.htm">Inclusivity in Worship</a> The provision for those on a distant journey emphasizes that physical barriers should not prevent participation in worship, reflecting God's inclusive nature. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_passover.htm">Symbolism of the Passover</a> The Passover serves as a powerful symbol of deliverance and redemption, pointing forward to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ. <a href="/topical/f/flexibility_within_the_law.htm">Flexibility within the Law</a> The allowance for observing Passover at a later time demonstrates that while God's laws are firm, they are also adaptable to human circumstances, reflecting His grace and understanding.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 9</a> <a href="/q/what_does_ignosticism_say_about_god.htm">What is a votive offering?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_2_chr_30_17-20_fit_with_ot_laws.htm">How does the acceptance of ritually unclean participants in 2 Chronicles 30:17–20 fit with strict purification laws found elsewhere in the Old Testament? </a> <a href="/q/what_is_a_votive_offering.htm">What is a votive offering?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_2_chr_35_18_ignore_hezekiah's_passover.htm">In 2 Chronicles 35:18, why does the text claim no Passover like Josiah’s had been celebrated “since the days of Samuel,” seemingly ignoring the grand Passover of Hezekiah in 2 Chronicles 30? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) In a journey afar off.--Or, on a distant journey. This is one of the ten passages in the Pentateuch in which one or more words are marked with certain dots, known as puncta extraordinaria. In this case these dots stand over the word rehokah, distant. The Rabbinical explanation is that the word is either spurious, as not being found in <a href="/numbers/9-13.htm" title="But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and declines 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 9:13</a>, or is not to be interpreted in its literal signification, but in a qualified sense.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - If any man of you or of your posterity. The particular case of these men is made the occasion for a general provision for all succeeding times. Shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey. It is somewhat strange that these two cases only were provided for: a man otherwise unclean (as, e.g., in the case described <a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Leviticus 15:13</a>), even if actually recovered, was unable to take advantage of the little passover. Probably the real reason of it is to be found in this, that both the far journey and' the burial of the dead would presumably be works of charity. Afar off. This word, רְחֹקָה, is one of ten in the Pentateuch distinguished in the Hebrew Bibles with puncta extraordinaria, for some unknown and probably trifling reasons. The Rabbins ruled that it meant a distance of fifteen miles or more from the temple at sunrise of the fourteenth of Abib. <a href="/commentaries/numbers/9-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“Tell דַּבֵּ֛ר (dab·bêr) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue the Israelites: בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son When כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction any one אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person of you or אוֹ֩ (’ōw) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> Desire, if your descendants לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם (lə·ḏō·rō·ṯê·ḵem) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1755.htm">Strong's 1755: </a> A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling is יִהְיֶֽה־ (yih·yeh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be unclean טָמֵ֣א ׀ (ṭā·mê) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> Unclean because of a dead body, לָנֶ֡פֶשׁ (lā·ne·p̄eš) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion or א֚וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> Desire, if is away רְחֹקָ֜הׄ‪‬ (rə·ḥō·qāh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7350.htm">Strong's 7350: </a> Remote, of place, time, precious on a journey, בְדֶ֨רֶךְ (ḇə·ḏe·reḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action he may still observe וְעָ֥שָׂה (wə·‘ā·śāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make the Passover פֶ֖סַח (p̄e·saḥ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6453.htm">Strong's 6453: </a> A pretermission, exemption, Passover to the LORD. לַיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/9-10.htm">Numbers 9:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/numbers/9-10.htm">Numbers 9:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/numbers/9-10.htm">Numbers 9:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/numbers/9-10.htm">Numbers 9:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/numbers/9-10.htm">Numbers 9:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/9-10.htm">Numbers 9:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/9-10.htm">Numbers 9:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/9-10.htm">Numbers 9:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/9-10.htm">Numbers 9:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/numbers/9-10.htm">Numbers 9:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/numbers/9-10.htm">OT Law: Numbers 9:10 Say to the children of Israel 'If (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/9-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 9:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 9:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/9-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 9:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 9:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>