Numbers 9:3
You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”
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ASV
In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in its appointed season: according to all the statutes of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof, shall ye keep it.
KJV
In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
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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
16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| בְּאַרְבָּעָ֣ה | be.'ar.ba.'Ah | on [the] four- | H702 → |
| עָשָֽׂר־ | 'a.sar- | teen | H6240 → |
| י֠וֹם | Yom | day | H3117 → |
| בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ | ba.Cho.desh | in the month | H2320 → |
| הַזֶּ֜ה | ha.Zeh | <the> this | H2088 → |
| בֵּ֧ין | bein | between | H996 → |
| הָֽעֲרְבַּ֛יִם | ha.'ar.Ba.yim | the evenings | H6153 → |
| תַּעֲשׂ֥וּ | ta.'a.Su | you will observe | H6213 → |
| אֹת֖וֹ | 'o.To | <obj.> it | H853 → |
| בְּמוֹעֲד֑וֹ | be.mo.'a.Do | at appointed time its | H4150 → |
| כְּכָל־ | ke.khol- | according to all | H3605 → |
| חֻקֹּתָ֥יו | chu.ko.Tav | statutes its | H2708 → |
| וּכְכָל־ | u.khekh.khol- | and according to all | H3605 → |
| מִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו | mish.pa.Tav | judgments its | H4941 → |
| תַּעֲשׂ֥וּ | ta.'a.Su | you will observe | H6213 → |
| אֹתֽוֹ׃ | 'o.To | <obj.> it | H853 → |
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