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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.

BSB

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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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Hebraic traditional view

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
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
דַּבֵּ֛רda.BerspeakH1696
אֶל־'el-toH413
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
אִ֣ישׁ'isha manH376
אִ֣ישׁ'isha manH376
כִּי־ki-ifH3588
יִהְיֶֽה־yih.yeh-he will beH1961
טָמֵ֣א׀ta.Me'uncleanH2931
לָנֶ֡פֶשׁla.Ne.feshto a corpseH5315
אוֹ֩'oorH176
בְדֶ֨רֶךְve.De.rekhon a journeyH1870
רְחֹקָ֜הׄre.cho.KahdistantH7350
לָכֶ֗םla.Khemto you
א֚וֹ'oorH176
לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םle.do.Ro.tei.Khemto generations yourH1755
וְעָ֥שָׂהve.'A.sahand he will observeH6213
פֶ֖סַחFe.sacha passoverH6453
לַיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068

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The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain