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 sons of Israel to celebrate the Passover. 5And they celebrated the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; in accordance with everything that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did. But there were some men who were unclean because of contact with a dead person, so that they could not celebrate Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. 7Those men said to him, “Though we are unclean because of a dead person, why are we kept from presenting the offering of the Lord at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?” 8Moses then 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

• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
• deadנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• so that they couldיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• not celebrateעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• Passoverפֶּ֫סַחpesach · PassoverH6453
• on that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• they cameקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• and Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175

Cross-references for Numbers 9:6

• Numbers 5:2“Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp everyone with leprosy, everyone having a discharge, and everyone who is unclean because of contact with a dead person.
• Numbers 6:6‘All the days of his life as a Nazirite for the Lord he shall not come up to a dead person.
• Numbers 19:11‘The one who touches the dead body of any person will also be unclean for seven days.
• Leviticus 21:11nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;
• John 18:28Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter the Praetorium, so that they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
• Numbers 15:33And those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation;
• Numbers 27:2They stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, before the leaders, and all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying,
• Exodus 18:15Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
• Leviticus 24:11And the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name 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