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Numberschapter 9

23 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

Original Language

Numbers 9— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Numbers 9. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 36 of 54

בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ Beha'alotcha, Numbers 8:1 to 12:16

Read with it: Zechariah 2:14 to 4:7.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

4 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 4 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Keeping Passover in the wilderness of Sinai1

Numbers 9:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיְדַבֵּ֣רvaydaberand he spokeH1696יְהוָ֣הyahwehYahwehH3068אֶל־ʾel-toH413מֹשֶׁ֣הmoshehMosesH4872בְמִדְבַּר־vemidbar-in [the] wilderness ofH4057סִ֠ינַיsinaiSinaiH5514בַּשָּׁנָ֨הbashanahin the yearH8141הַשֵּׁנִ֜יתhashenit<the> secondH8145לְצֵאתָ֨םletzetamof going out theirH3318מֵאֶ֧רֶץmeeretzfrom [the] land ofH776מִצְרַ֛יִםmitzrayimEgyptH4714בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁbachodeshin the monthH2320הָרִאשׁ֖וֹןharishon<the> firstH7223לֵאמֹֽר׃lemor<to> sayingH559

Ramban on Numbers 9:1

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
IN THE SECOND YEAR AFTER THEIR COMING OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, IN THE FIRST MONTH. From here the Rabbis have deduced the principle: 58 Sifre Beha’alothcha. Pesachim 6b.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Numbers 9:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

דַּבֵּ֛רdaberspeakH1696אֶל־ʾel-toH413בְּנֵ֥יbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyisraelIsraelH3478לֵאמֹ֑רlemor<to> sayingH559אִ֣ישׁʾisha manH376אִ֣ישׁʾisha manH376כִּי־ki-ifH3588יִהְיֶֽה־yihyeh-he will beH1961טָמֵ֣א׀tame'uncleanH2931לָנֶ֡פֶשׁlanefeshto a corpseH5315אוֹ֩ʾoorH176בְדֶ֨רֶךְvederekhon a journeyH1870רְחֹקָ֜הׄrechokahdistantH7350לָכֶ֗םlakhemto youא֚וֹʾoorH176לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םledoroteikhemto generations yourH1755וְעָ֥שָׂהveasahand he will observeH6213פֶ֖סַחfesacha passoverH6453לַיהוָֽה׃layahwehto YahwehH3068

Ramban on Numbers 9:10

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
B’DERECH R’CHOKAH’ Rashi commented [that the meaning of this expression — literally “on a distant way” — is] “that he was outside the threshold of the Sanctuary Court during the whole time prescribed for slaughtering [the Passover-offering].

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

They moved when the cloud moved15

Numbers 9:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וּבְיוֹם֙uveyomand on [the] dayH3117הָקִ֣יםhakimset upH6965אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ןhamishkanthe tabernacleH4908כִּסָּ֤הkisahit coveredH3680הֶֽעָנָן֙heananthe cloudH6051אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ןhamishkanthe tabernacleH4908לְאֹ֖הֶלleohelof [the] tent ofH168הָעֵדֻ֑תhaedutthe testimonyH5715וּבָעֶ֜רֶבuvaerevand in the eveningH6153יִהְיֶ֧הyihyehit wasH1961עַֽל־ʾal-overH5921הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ןhamishkanthe tabernacleH4908כְּמַרְאֵה־kemareh-like [the] appearance ofH4758אֵ֖שׁʾeshfireH784עַד־ʾad-untilH5704בֹּֽקֶר׃bokermorningH1242

Ramban on Numbers 9:15

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
Now He resumes the telling of the journey [through the wilderness] and the commandments which they were commanded about it, such as the trumpets, which Moses was now commanded were to be for the calling of the congregation, and for causing the camps to set forward. 94 Further,:2.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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