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 instructed the Israelites to observe the Passover. 5And they 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. It happened that some men who were ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man could not keep the Passover on that day, so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day. 7And those men said to him, “We are ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man; why are we kept back from offering the Lord’s offering at its appointed time among the Israelites?” 8So Moses said to them, “Remain here and I will hear 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 expel from the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse.
• Numbers 6:6“‘All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he must not contact a dead body.
• Numbers 19:11“‘Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days.
• Leviticus 21:11He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.
• John 18:28Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s residence. (Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor’s residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.
• Numbers 15:33Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community.
• Numbers 27:2And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said,
• Exodus 18:15Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
• Leviticus 24:11The Israelite woman’s son misused the Name and cursed, so they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother’s name was Shelomith 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