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Moses answered them, “Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command concerning you.”
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “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. In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Numbers 9:8-11 sits inside this longer paragraph.
Moses answered them, “Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command concerning you.”
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “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. In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it. According to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it. But the man who is clean, and is not on a journey, and fails to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people. Because he didn’t offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
Moses answered them, “Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command concerning you.”
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
“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.
In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
And Moses said unto them: 'Stay ye, that I may hear what the LORD will command concerning you.'
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
'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;
in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv10–11 And cannot come where the Tabernacle is, when others…
And cannot come where the Tabernacle is, when others keep it.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv8, 10, 11 Num 9:8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still,…
Num 9:8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.
Ver. 8. Stand still and I will hear.] Moses was but the echo of God’s voice; John Baptist, "the voice of one crying in the wilderness": St Paul "received of the Lord" what he delivered to the Church, {1Co 11:23} and took care that the faith of his hearers "might not be in the wisdom of man, but in the power of God." {1Co 2:4-5} Unwarranted doctrines come not cum gratia et privilegio.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv8, 10 God having promised to answer and direct him upon…
God having promised to answer and direct him upon his address to him in difficult cases.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv8–11 And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... From between the…
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... From between the cherubim, after he had laid the case before him, and he gave him an answer:
saying; as follows.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v10 Unclean or in a journey - Under these two…
Unclean or in a journey - Under these two instances the Hebrews think that other hindrances of like nature are comprehended; as if one be hindered by a disease, or by any other such kind of uncleanness; which may seem probable both from the nature of the thing, and the reason of the law which is the same in other cases.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv8, 10 Num 9:8. Moses said, I will hear what the…
Num 9:8. Moses said, I will hear what the Lord will command — It appears from hence that Moses went into the sanctuary to consult the oracle of God whenever he had occasion, and was answered by an audible voice from the mercy-seat, Num 7:8-9.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v11 The later Jews speak of this as the “little…
The later Jews speak of this as the “little Passover.” Coming, as it did, a month after the proper Passover, it afforded ample time for a man to purify himself from legal defilement, as also to return from any but a very distant journey. Compare Hezekiah’s act 2Ch 30:1-3.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v10 Unclean, in what manner soever. (Philo) --- Nation; or…
Unclean, in what manner soever. (Philo) --- Nation; or at a great distance, whether in the country or out of it. The Rabbins say 15 miles, or leagues, (Calmet) which make 45 miles. (Haydock) --- Septuagint, all such were bound to observe the passover in the second month, as the whole people did under Ezechias; (2 Paralipomenon xxx.) though the Rabbins falsely pretend, that when the greater part of the people were under this predicament, the law did not oblige, and they might eat the paschal lamb in the month of Nisan. Women were not bound to make the second Phase, Exodus xii. 19. (Calmet) --- This festival was never transferred beyond the second month. (Menochius)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v8 Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will…
Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you--A solution of the difficulty was soon obtained, it being enacted, by divine authority, that to those who might be disqualified by the occurrence of a death in their family circle or unable by distance to keep the passover on the anniversary day, a special license was granted of observing it by themselves on the same day and hour of the following month, under a due attendance to all the solemn formalities. (See on Ch2 30:2). But the observance was imperative on all who did not labor under these impediments.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv8, 10, 11 8. Stand still — R.V., “Stay ye that I…
8. Stand still — R.V., “Stay ye that I may hear,” etc. Human reason is not a sufficient guide in religious questions. Moses evinces a strong faith in the accessibility of Jehovah, and a profound deference to his will. The judges of the Sanhedrin should not be ashamed to ask concerning the judgment which is too hard for them; for Moses, who was the master of Israel, had need to say, “I have not heard.” — Targum.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v10 10. Provision is made both for accidental uncleanness, and…
10. Provision is made both for accidental uncleanness, and also for absence on a journey. This is evidently intended to be exhaustive, and was understood in later days to include all good reasons which might prevent anyone from keeping the festival. Cf. 2Ch_30:2; 2Ch_30:15.
of your generations] i.e. of future generations.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v10 (10) In a journey afar off.—Or, on a distant…
(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 Num_9:13, or is not to be interpreted in its literal signification, but in a qualified sense.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv10–11 If any man of you or of your posterity.…
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 Lev_15:13) 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, hqjro, 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.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v11 second month
second month
i.e. May.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv9, 11 A person who God considers spiritually unacceptable or defiled…
unclean
A person who God considers spiritually unacceptable or defiled is spoken of as if the person were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
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because of a dead body
This refers to someone touching a dead body. AT: "because you have touched a dead body" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
keep the Passover
Here the word "keep" means to observe. AT: "observe the Passover" or "celebrate the Passover" (See: Idiom)
translationWords
Yahweh
Moses
people group
Israel
descend
Passover
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv8–9 9:8 Moses agreed to inquire of the Lord regarding…
9:8 Moses agreed to inquire of the Lord regarding this difficult case (cp. 7:89).
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