Numbers 9:13
in Numbers 9But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But the man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people; because he offered not the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
KJV
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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This verse in Numbers 9
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
But the man that is clean
on Numbers 9:13-14
The concession has its boundary written into the same paragraph, since the man with no impediment who lets the passover go is cut off from among his people and bears his sin. The law then turns outward, and the stranger sojourning in Israel may keep it under one ordinance for the stranger and for him that was born in the land. Exodus 12:48 sets the condition on that, which is circumcision for every male of his house, and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown hold it as the indispensable term of admission. Henry reads the one ordinance forward to Acts 10 and the household of Cornelius.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But the man that is clean,....
Note, As those who against their minds are forced to absent themselves from God's ordinances may comfortably expect the favours of God's grace under their affliction, so those who of choice absent themselves may justly expect the tokens of God's wrath for their sin. Be not deceived, God is not mocked. (4.) Here is a clause added in favour of strangers,
How the passage was read
On Numbers 9:1-14On Numbers 9:1-14
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).
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
The purpose of this is to command the stranger to bring this Passover-offering in the wilderness just as He commanded the Israelites. It is possible that when He said in Seder ‘Bo El Par’oh’ ( Go in unto Pharaoh ), 90 Exodus:1.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Sources: Mishnah Pesachim 9:1 (who keeps the Second Passover) · 2 Chronicles 30 (the provision used nationally)
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָאִישׁ֩ | vehaish | and the person | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| ה֨וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| טָה֜וֹר | tahor | [was] pure | H2889 → | 94 times |
| וּבְדֶ֣רֶךְ | uvederekh | and on a journey | H1870 → | 707 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָיָ֗ה | hayah | he was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| וְחָדַל֙ | vechadal | and he failed | H2308 → | |
| לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת | laasot | to observe | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הַפֶּ֔סַח | hapesach | the passover | H6453 → | 49 times |
| וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה | venikhretah | and it will be cut off | H3772 → | 288 times |
| הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ | hanefesh | the person | H5315 → | 754 times |
| הַהִ֖וא | hahiv' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| מֵֽעַמֶּ֑יהָ | meameiha | from kinspeople<s> its | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| כִּ֣י׀ | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| קָרְבַּ֣ן | kareban | [the] offering of | H7133 → | 82 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הִקְרִיב֙ | hikriv | he brought near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| בְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹ | bemoado | at appointed time its | H4150 → | 223 times |
| חֶטְא֥וֹ | cheto | sin his | H2399 → | 33 times |
| יִשָּׂ֖א | yisa' | he will bear | H5375 → | 656 times |
| הָאִ֥ישׁ | haish | the person | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הַהֽוּא׃ | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וְהָאִישׁ֩and the person
vehaishH376 →1663 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
ה֨וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
טָה֜וֹר[was] pure
tahorH2889 →94 times
וּבְדֶ֣רֶךְand on a journey
uvederekhH1870 →707 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
הָיָ֗הhe was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
וְחָדַל֙and he failed
vechadalH2308 →
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתto observe
laasotH6213 →2628 times
הַפֶּ֔סַחthe passover
hapesachH6453 →49 times
וְנִכְרְתָ֛הand it will be cut off
venikhretahH3772 →288 times
הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁthe person
hanefeshH5315 →754 times
הַהִ֖וא<the> that
hahiv'H1931 →1879 times
מֵֽעַמֶּ֑יהָfrom kinspeople<s> its
meameihaH5971 →1873 times
כִּ֣י׀for
kiH3588 →4482 times
קָרְבַּ֣ן[the] offering of
karebanH7133 →82 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הִקְרִיב֙he brought near
hikrivH7126 →280 times
בְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹat appointed time its
bemoadoH4150 →223 times
חֶטְא֥וֹsin his
chetoH2399 →33 times
יִשָּׂ֖אhe will bear
yisa'H5375 →656 times
הָאִ֥ישׁthe person
haishH376 →1663 times
הַהֽוּא׃<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 12:15For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be…
it leads to
- Genesis 17:14
But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
- Deuteronomy 16:3
You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you…
- Exodus 23:15
You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was…
- Exodus 34:18
You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the…
- Numbers 28:17
On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten.
- Genesis 17:14
Through
Genesis 17:14But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
it leads to
- Exodus 4:24–26
Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
- Exodus 12:19
For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation…
- Exodus 4:24–26
Through
Numbers 5:31The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”
it leads to
- Leviticus 20:10
If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
- Leviticus 20:10
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.