Numbers 9:2
“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.
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ASV
Moreover let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed season.
KJV
Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
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loading…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)
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