Numbers 9:10
“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.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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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Commentary
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The make-up Passover
This passage creates something rare in the Law: a second chance at a feast. Anyone unclean or far away at Passover could keep it exactly one month later, on the 14th of the second month. Jewish tradition calls it Pesach Sheni, “Second Passover,” and it is still marked lightly today (some eat a piece of matzah on the day). Israel's kings used the provision at national scale: Hezekiah's great Passover was held in the second month on exactly this ground (2 Chronicles 30).
Sources: Mishnah Pesachim 9:1 (who keeps the Second Passover) · 2 Chronicles 30 (the provision used nationally)
Original language & word study
20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| דַּבֵּ֛ר | da.Ber | speak | H1696 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| בְּנֵ֥י | be.Nei | [the] people of | H1121 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| אִ֣ישׁ | 'ish | a man | H376 → |
| אִ֣ישׁ | 'ish | a man | H376 → |
| כִּי־ | ki- | if | H3588 → |
| יִהְיֶֽה־ | yih.yeh- | he will be | H1961 → |
| טָמֵ֣א׀ | ta.Me' | unclean | H2931 → |
| לָנֶ֡פֶשׁ | la.Ne.fesh | to a corpse | H5315 → |
| אוֹ֩ | 'o | or | H176 → |
| בְדֶ֨רֶךְ | ve.De.rekh | on a journey | H1870 → |
| רְחֹקָ֜הׄ | re.cho.Kah | distant | H7350 → |
| לָכֶ֗ם | la.Khem | to you | |
| א֚וֹ | 'o | or | H176 → |
| לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם | le.do.Ro.tei.Khem | to generations your | H1755 → |
| וְעָ֥שָׂה | ve.'A.sah | and he will observe | H6213 → |
| פֶ֖סַח | Fe.sach | a passover | H6453 → |
| לַיהוָֽה׃ | la.Yah.weh | to Yahweh | H3068 → |
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