Numbers 9:5
in Numbers 9and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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ASV
And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at even, in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
KJV
And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
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This verse in Numbers 9
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel
on Numbers 9:4-5
Moses passes the command on and the people do it, and the obedience is recorded in the formula that closed Exodus, according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. The place is named a second time as the wilderness of Sinai, so Israel keeps the feast of coming out of Egypt while still camped at the mountain. Scripture records no passover after this one until Joshua 5:10 at Gilgal, on the far side of the forty years.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
They must therefore wash, and then compass God's altar. Here is the case that happened in Israel when this passover was to be kept: Certain men were defiled by the dead body of a man (
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And they kept the passover on the fourteenth, day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But it is narrated after that transaction in order to introduce the notice of a particular case, for which a law was provided to meet the occasion. This was the first observance of the passover since the exodus; and without a positive injunction, the Israelites were under no obligation to keep it till their settlement in the land of Canaan (Ex 12:25).
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).
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)
The words behind it
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ | vaiyaasu | and they observed | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַפֶּ֡סַח | hapesach | the passover | H6453 → | 49 times |
| בָּרִאשׁ֡וֹן | barishon | in the first [month] | H7223 → | 182 times |
| בְּאַרְבָּעָה֩ | bearbaah | on [the] four- | H702 → | 318 times |
| עָשָׂ֨ר | ʾasar | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| י֥וֹם | yom | day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| לַחֹ֛דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| בֵּ֥ין | bein | between | H996 → | 407 times |
| הָעַרְבַּ֖יִם | haarbayim | the evenings | H6153 → | 134 times |
| בְּמִדְבַּ֣ר | bemidbar | in [the] wilderness of | H4057 → | 270 times |
| סִינָ֑י | sinai | Sinai | H5514 → | 35 times |
| כְּ֠כֹל | kekhol | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּ֤ה | tzivah | he had commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| כֵּ֥ן | ken | so | H3651 → | 771 times |
| עָשׂ֖וּ | ʾasu | they did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּand they observed
vaiyaasuH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַפֶּ֡סַחthe passover
hapesachH6453 →49 times
בָּרִאשׁ֡וֹןin the first [month]
barishonH7223 →182 times
בְּאַרְבָּעָה֩on [the] four-
bearbaahH702 →318 times
עָשָׂ֨רteen
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
י֥וֹםday
yomH3117 →2304 times
לַחֹ֛דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
בֵּ֥יןbetween
beinH996 →407 times
הָעַרְבַּ֖יִםthe evenings
haarbayimH6153 →134 times
בְּמִדְבַּ֣רin [the] wilderness of
bemidbarH4057 →270 times
סִינָ֑יSinai
sinaiH5514 →35 times
כְּ֠כֹלaccording to all
kekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
צִוָּ֤הhe had commanded
tzivahH6680 →494 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
כֵּ֥ןso
kenH3651 →771 times
עָשׂ֖וּthey did
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 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
Genesis 6:22So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
it leads to
- John 15:14
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
- Exodus 40:16
Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
- John 2:5
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
- Genesis 7:5
And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
- Matthew 7:24–27
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- John 15:14
Through
Deuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
it leads to
- Matthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2
Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live,…
- Matthew 28:20
Through
Acts 26:19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
it leads to
- Isaiah 50:5
The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.
- Isaiah 50:5
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.