KJV King James Version
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.
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Numbers 9:10
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“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.
WEB World English Bible
“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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘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;
Surrounding context — 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 we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.
9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
10 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.
11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, [and] eat it with unleavened bread and bitter [herbs].
12 They shall 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.
13 But the man that [is] clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth 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.
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דַּבֵּ֛רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בְּנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanכִּי־H3588 · kiforיִהְיֶֽה־H1961 · ha.yahto beטָמֵ֣א׀H2931 · ta.meuncleanלָנֶ֡פֶשׁH5315 · ne.pheshsoulאוֹ֩H176 · oorבְדֶ֨רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductרְחֹקָ֜הׄH7350 · ra.choqdistantלָכֶ֗םH9036 · khemyouא֚וֹH176 · oorלְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םH1755 · dorgenerationוְעָ֥שָׂהH6213 · a.sahto make: doפֶ֖סַחH6453 · pe.sachPassoverלַיהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Matthew 5:24Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.Romans 16:25-26Now 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,Ephesians 2:12-13That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:Ephesians 3:6-9That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:1 Corinthians 11:28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of [that] bread, and drink of [that] cup.Numbers 9:6-7And 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:Romans 15:8-19Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises [made] unto the fathers:Ephesians 2:1-2And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;1 Corinthians 6:9-11Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
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