Numbers 9:11

Numbers 9:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
• New International Version (NIV)but they are to do it on the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight they shall keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
• New King James Version (NKJV)On the fourteenth day of the second month, at twilight, they may keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Context of Numbers 9:11

9Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites: 10Suppose you or any of your descendants is unclean from touching a dead body or is away on a long trip. You may still celebrate the Passover. You will celebrate it on the fourteenth day of the second month at dusk. You must eat the Passover animal along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12You must never leave any of the meat until morning or break any of the animal’s bones. You must follow all the rules for the Passover when you celebrate it. 13But if you are clean and not on a trip and yet don’t bother to celebrate the Passover, you must be excluded from the people. You didn’t bring your offering to the Lord at the right time. You must suffer the consequences for your sin.

Numbers 9:11 word by word

בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֜י בְּאַרְבָּעָ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר י֛וֹם בֵּ֥ין הָעַרְבַּ֖יִם יַעֲשׂ֣וּ אֹת֑וֹ עַל־מַצּ֥וֹת וּמְרֹרִ֖ים יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The fourteenthעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• The fourteenthאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• at evenעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• they shall keepעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• it with unleavened breadמַצָּהmatstsâh · unleavened breadH4682
• and bitterמָרֹרmerôr merôr · bitternessH4844

Cross-references for Numbers 9:11

• Numbers 9:3You must celebrate it on the fourteenth day of this month at dusk. Follow all the rules and regulations for the celebration of the Passover.”
• Exodus 12:2“This month will be the very first month of the year for you.
• 2 Chronicles 30:2The king, his officials, and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month.
• John 19:36This happened so that the Scripture would come true: “None of his bones will be broken.”
• Exodus 12:8The meat must be eaten that same night. It must be roasted over a fire and eaten with bitter herbs and unleavened bread.

Commentaries on Numbers 9:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11The later Jews speak of this as the “little Passover.” Coming, as it did, a month after the proper Passover, it afforded ample time for a man to purify himself from legal defilement, as also to return from any but a very distant journey. Compare Hezekiah‘s act 2 Chronicles 30:1-3.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-14God's solution to the problem was to allow a makeup ceremony one month later for two special cases (see also 2 Chronicles 30). Yet, he warned the Israelites not to neglect the Passover and to celebrate it according to the rules.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-148-14. Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you--A solution of the difficulty was soon obtained, it being enacted, by divine authority, that to those who might be disqualified by the occurrence of a death in their family circle or unable by distance to keep the passover on the anniversary day, a special license was granted of observing it by themselves on the same day and hour of the following month…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 9:11

• Bitter Herbs
• Month
• Passover
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• Bitter Herbs
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• Bitter; Bitterness

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