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The Passover |
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| Numbers 9:1 |
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Thus the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness
of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the
land of Egypt, saying, |
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| Numbers 9:2 |
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"Now, let the sons of Israel observe the Passover
at its appointed time. |
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| Numbers 9:3 |
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On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight,
you shall observe it at its appointed time; you shall observe it according to
all its statutes and according to all its ordinances." |
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| Numbers 9:4 |
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So Moses told the sons of Israel to observe
the Passover. |
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| Numbers 9:5 |
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They observed the Passover in the first month,
on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according
to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did. |
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| Numbers 9:6 |
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But there were some men who were unclean because
of the dead person, so that they could not observe Passover on that day; so they
came before Moses and Aaron on that day. |
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| Numbers 9:7 |
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Those men said to him, "Though we are unclean
because of the dead person, why are we restrained from presenting the offering
of the LORD at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?" |
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| Numbers 9:8 |
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Moses therefore said to them, "Wait, and I will
listen to what the LORD will command concerning you." |
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| Numbers 9:9 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Numbers 9:10 |
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"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. |
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| Numbers 9:11 |
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In the second month on the fourteenth day at
twilight, they shall observe it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter
herbs. |
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| Numbers 9:12 |
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They shall leave none of it until morning, nor
break a bone of it; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall observe
it. |
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| Numbers 9:13 |
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But the man who is clean and is not on a journey,
and yet neglects to observe the Passover, that person shall then be cut off from
his people, for he did not present the offering of the LORD at its appointed time.
That man will bear his sin. |
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| Numbers 9:14 |
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If an alien sojourns among you and observes
the Passover to the LORD, according to the statute of the Passover and according
to its ordinance, so he shall do; you shall have one statute, both for the alien
and for the native of the land.'" |
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The Cloud on the Tabernacle |
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| Numbers 9:15 |
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Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected
the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and in the evening
it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle, until morning. |
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| Numbers 9:16 |
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So it was continuously; the cloud would cover
it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. |
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| Numbers 9:17 |
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Whenever the cloud was lifted from over the
tent, afterward the sons of Israel would then set out; and in the place where
the cloud settled down, there the sons of Israel would camp. |
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| Numbers 9:18 |
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At the command of the LORD the sons of Israel
would set out, and at the command of the LORD they would camp; as long as the
cloud settled over the tabernacle, they remained camped. |
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| Numbers 9:19 |
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Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle
for many days, the sons of Israel would keep the LORD'S charge and not set out. |
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| Numbers 9:20 |
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If sometimes the cloud remained a few days over
the tabernacle, according to the command of the LORD they remained camped. Then
according to the command of the LORD they set out. |
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| Numbers 9:21 |
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If sometimes the cloud remained from evening
until morning, when the cloud was lifted in the morning, they would move out;
or if it remained in the daytime and at night, whenever the cloud was lifted,
they would set out. |
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| Numbers 9:22 |
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Whether it was two days or a month or a year
that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the sons of Israel
remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out. |
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| Numbers 9:23 |
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At the command of the LORD they camped, and
at the command of the LORD they set out; they kept the LORD'S charge, according
to the command of the LORD through Moses. |
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