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Numbers 9:2

“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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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

6 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְיַעֲשׂ֧וּve.ya.'a.Su<and> let them observeH6213
בְנֵי־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
הַפָּ֖סַחha.Pa.sachthe passoverH6453
בְּמוֹעֲדֽוֹ׃be.mo.'a.Doat appointed time itsH4150

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