Verse 7

Numbers 9:7

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7 “Stay here while I find out what the Lord's instructions are concerning you,” Moses responded.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ֠/יֹּאמְרוּ הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֤ים הָ/הֵ֨מָּה֙ אֵלָ֔י/ו אֲנַ֥חְנוּ טְמֵאִ֖ים לְ/נֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֑ם לָ֣/מָּה נִגָּרַ֗ע לְ/בִלְתִּ֨י הַקְרִ֜ב אֶת קָרְבַּ֤ן יְהוָה֙ בְּ/מֹ֣עֲד֔/וֹ בְּ/ת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

English Translation

And the men said to me, "We are unclean because of a dead person; why should we be excluded from bringing the offering of the Lord at His appointed time among the children of Israel?"

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Chapter 9 Context

1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Sinai desert in the first month of the second year after Israel had l... Focus ↗

2 “The Israelites are to keep the Passover at its designated time. Focus ↗

3 Observe it at the time required—in the evening after sunset on the fourteenth day of this month, and... Focus ↗

4 So they kept the Passover in the Sinai desert, beginning in the evening after sunset on the fourteen... Focus ↗

5 However, there were some men who were unclean because they had been in contact with a dead body, so... Focus ↗

6 and explained to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should that mean we're preve... Focus ↗

7 “Stay here while I find out what the Lord's instructions are concerning you,” Moses responded.

8 The Lord told Moses, Focus ↗

9 “Tell the Israelites: ‘If you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body, or are away tr... Focus ↗

10 You are to observe it in the evening after sunset on the fourteenth day of the second month. You are... Focus ↗

11 You must not leave any of it until the following morning and you must not break any of its bones. Yo... Focus ↗

12 However, anyone ceremonially clean and not away traveling who neglects to observe the Passover must... Focus ↗

13 Any foreigners living among you who want to observe the Lord's Passover can do so following the Pass... Focus ↗

14 The cloud covered the Tent of the Testimony (the Tabernacle) on the day that it was set up, and look... Focus ↗

15 It was always like this. The cloud covered the Tabernacle during the day and at night it looked like... Focus ↗

16 When the cloud rose from over the Tent, the Israelites would move on, and where the cloud stopped, t... Focus ↗

17 The Israelites moved on when the Lord told them to, and set up camp when the Lord told them to. Whil... Focus ↗

18 Even if the cloud didn't move for a long time, the Israelites did what the Lord told them and didn't... Focus ↗

19 Sometimes the cloud only stayed over the Tabernacle for a few days. As always they followed the Lord... Focus ↗

20 Sometimes the cloud only stayed overnight, so when it rose in the morning they would move on. Whenev... Focus ↗

21 If the cloud stayed in one place for two days, or a month, or longer, the Israelites stayed where th... Focus ↗

22 They camped when the Lord told them to, and left when he told them to. They followed the Lord's inst... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Numbers
Chapter: Chapter 9 (22 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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