God’s Word Translation
Numbers 9:2
2“The Israelites must celebrate the Passover at the same time every year.
Numbers 9:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
- New International Version (NIV)“Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Let the children of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.
Context of Numbers 9:2
1In the first month of the second year after the Israelites left Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai. He said, “The Israelites must celebrate the Passover at the same time every year. 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.” 4So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover,
Read all of Numbers 9Numbers 9:2 word by word
וְיַעֲשׂ֧וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת־הַפָּ֖סַח בְּמוֹעֲדֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 9:2
- Exodus 12:1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt,
- Numbers 28:16“The fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord’s Passover.
- Exodus 12:6Take care of it until the fourteenth ⌞day⌟ of this month. “Then at dusk, all the assembled people from the community of Israel must slaughter their animals.
- Leviticus 23:5“The fourteenth day of the first month, in the evening, is the Lord’s Passover.
- Deuteronomy 16:1Honor the Lord your God by celebrating Passover in the month of Abib. In the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt at night.
- Joshua 5:10The people of Israel camped at Gilgal in the Jericho plain. There they celebrated the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month.
- 2 Chronicles 35:1Josiah celebrated the Passover for the Lord in Jerusalem. The Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- Ezra 6:19On the fourteenth day of the first month, those who had returned from exile celebrated the Passover.
- Mark 14:12Killing the Passover lamb was customary on the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The disciples asked Jesus, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal for you?”
- Luke 22:7The day came during the Festival of Unleavened Bread when the Passover lamb had to be killed.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7Remove the old yeast ⌞of sin⌟ so that you may be a new batch of dough, since you don’t actually have the yeast ⌞of sin⌟. Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
Commentaries on Numbers 9:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-5Verses 1-5 Passover at Sinai. This, as being kept in the first month, was prior in time to the numbering of Numbers 1:1 ff, and to the other events narrated in this book. It is, however, recorded here as introductory to the ordinance of Numbers 9:6-14 in this chapter respecting the supplementary Passover; the observance of which was one of the last occurrences during the halt at Sinai. Numbers 9:5 In some details, the present Passover differed both from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3God told the Hebrews to celebrate Passover at the set time (see Exodus 12:6). at twilight: The Hebrew day starts at sunset.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-52-5. Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season, &c.--The date of this command to keep the passover in the wilderness was given shortly after the erection and consecration of the tabernacle and preceded the numbering of the people by a month. (Compare Nu 9:1 with Nu 1:1, 2). But it is narrated after that transaction in order to introduce the notice of a particular case, for which a law was provided to meet the occasion. This…Read the comment
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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
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