CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Numbers 9 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/numbers/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > Numbers 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/8.htm" title="Numbers 8">◄</a> Numbers 9 <a href="../numbers/10.htm" title="Numbers 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch04009" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn04009" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Second Passover.</span> <span id="v04009001" class="ver">1</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> said to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year following their departure from the land of Egypt: <span id="v04009002" class="ver">2</span>Tell the Israelites to celebrate the Passover at the prescribed time. <span id="v04009003" class="ver">3</span>In the evening twilight of the fourteenth day of this month<a id="ren04009003-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en04009003-a">a</a> you shall celebrate it at its prescribed time, in accord with all its statutes and regulations. <span id="v04009004" class="ver">4</span>So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover, <span id="v04009005" class="ver">5</span>and they did celebrate the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month during the evening twilight in the wilderness of Sinai. Just as the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> had commanded Moses, so the Israelites did.</p> <p><span id="v04009006" class="ver">6</span>There were some, however, who were unclean because of a human corpse and so could not celebrate the Passover that day. These men came up to Moses and Aaron that same day <span id="v04009007" class="ver">7</span>and they said to them, “Although we are unclean because of a human corpse, why should we be deprived of presenting the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s offering at its prescribed time along with other Israelites?” <span id="v04009008" class="ver">8</span>Moses answered them, “Wait so that I can learn what the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will command in your regard.”</p> <p><span id="v04009009" class="ver">9</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> then said to Moses: <span id="v04009010" class="ver">10</span>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 <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s Passover. <span id="v04009011" class="ver">11</span>But you shall celebrate it in the second month,<a id="ren04009011-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en04009011-b">b</a> on the fourteenth day of that month during the evening twilight, eating it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, <span id="v04009012" class="ver">12</span>and not leaving any of it over till morning, nor breaking any of its bones,<a id="ren04009012-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en04009012-c">c</a> but observing all the statutes of the Passover. <span id="v04009013" class="ver">13</span>However, anyone who is clean and not away on a journey, who yet fails to celebrate the Passover, shall be cut off from the people, for not presenting the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s offering at the prescribed time. That person shall bear the consequences of this sin.</p> <p><span id="v04009014" class="ver">14</span>“If an alien<a id="rfn04009014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn04009014-1">*</a> who lives among you would celebrate the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s Passover, it shall be celebrated according to the statutes and regulations for the Passover. You shall have the same law for the resident alien as for the native of the land.”<a id="ren04009014-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en04009014-d">d</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Fiery Cloud.</span> <span id="v04009015" class="ver">15</span>On the day when the tabernacle was erected, the cloud<a id="rfn04009015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn04009015-1">*</a> covered the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant; but from evening until morning it took on the appearance of fire over the tabernacle.<a id="ren04009015-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en04009015-e">e</a> <span id="v04009016" class="ver">16</span>It was always so: during the day the cloud covered the tabernacle and at night had the appearance of fire. <span id="v04009017" class="ver">17</span>Whenever the cloud rose from the tent, the Israelites would break camp; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites would pitch camp.<a id="ren04009017-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en04009017-f">f</a> <span id="v04009018" class="ver">18</span>At the direction of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> the Israelites broke camp, and at the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s direction they pitched camp.<a id="ren04009018-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en04009018-g">g</a> As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.</p> <p><span id="v04009019" class="ver">19</span>Even when the cloud lingered many days over the tabernacle, the Israelites kept the charge of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> and would not move on. <span id="v04009020" class="ver">20</span>Yet if it happened the cloud was over the tabernacle only for a few days, at the direction of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> they stayed in camp; and at the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s direction they broke camp. <span id="v04009021" class="ver">21</span>If it happened the cloud remained there only from evening until morning, when the cloud rose in the morning, they would break camp. Whether the cloud lifted during the day or the night they would then break camp. <span id="v04009022" class="ver">22</span>Whether the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for two days or for a month or longer, the Israelites remained in camp and did not break camp; but when it lifted, they broke camp. <span id="v04009023" class="ver">23</span>At the direction of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> they pitched camp, and at the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s direction they broke camp; they kept the charge of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, as the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> directed them through Moses.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../numbers/8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 10" /></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="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>