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Numbers 9:4

So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover,

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ASV

And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.

KJV

And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.

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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

7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696
מֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehMosesH4872
אֶל־'el-toH413
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לַעֲשֹׂ֥תla.'a.Sotto observeH6213
הַפָּֽסַח׃ha.Pa.sachthe passoverH6453

The walk

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