Numbers 9:6

Numbers 9:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
• New International Version (NIV)But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean on account of a dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same day
• English Standard Version (ESV)And there were certain men who were unclean through touching a dead body, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now there were certain men who were defiled by a human corpse, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and Aaron that day.

Context of Numbers 9:6

4So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover. 5They observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight in the Wilderness of Sinai; in accordance with all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the Israelites did. But there were certain men who were [ceremonially] unclean because of [touching] the dead body of a man, so they could not observe the Passover on that day; so they came before Moses and Aaron that same day. 7Those men said to Moses, “We are [ceremonially] unclean because of [touching] a dead body. Why are we being restrained from presenting the Lord’s offering at its appointed time among the Israelites?” 8Therefore, Moses said to them, “Wait, and I will listen to what the Lord will command concerning you.”

Numbers 9:6 word by word

וַיְהִ֣י אֲנָשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָי֤וּ טְמֵאִים֙ לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֔ם וְלֹא־יָכְל֥וּ לַעֲשֹׂת־הַפֶּ֖סַח בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַֽיִּקְרְב֞וּ לִפְנֵ֥י מֹשֶׁ֛ה וְלִפְנֵ֥י אַהֲרֹ֖ן בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And there were certain menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• who were defiledטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
• by the dead bodyנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: deadH5315
• of a manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• that they couldיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• not keepעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• the passoverפֶּ֫סַחpesach · PassoverH6453
• on that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and they cameקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175

Cross-references for Numbers 9:6

• Numbers 5:2“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp every leper and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is defiled [that is, ceremonially unclean] by [coming in contact with] the dead.
• Numbers 6:6‘All the time that he separates himself to the Lord he shall not go near a dead body.
• Numbers 19:11‘The one who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean for seven days.
• Leviticus 21:11nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself [by doing so, even] for his father or for his mother;
• John 18:28Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium (governor’s palace). Now it was early and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium so that they would not be [ceremonially] unclean, but might [be able to] eat [and participate in the Feast of Unleavened Bread which began after] the Passover [supper].
• Numbers 15:33Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation;
• Numbers 27:2They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and all the congregation at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), saying,
• Exodus 18:15Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to ask [about the will] of God.
• Leviticus 24:11The Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the Name [of the Lord] and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

Commentaries on Numbers 9:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Certain men - Probably Mishael and Elizaphan, who buried their cousins, Nadab and Abihu, within a week of this Passover Leviticus 10:4-5.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-7When it was time to celebrate Passover, some men could not participate due to the rules in Leviticus 7:20–21. They wanted to follow the rules, but it seemed impossible for them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-146-7. there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man--To discharge the last offices to the remains of deceased relatives was imperative; and yet attendance on a funeral entailed ceremonial defilement, which led to exclusion from all society and from the camp for seven days. Some persons who were in this situation at the arrival of the first paschal anniversary, being painfully perplexed about the course of duty because they were…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 9:6

• Passover
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Moses
• Dead Body
• That Day
• Appearance
• Sacrifice
• Sinai
• Apocrypha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Death

Commentaries on Numbers 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings