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Numbers 9:2
2“Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time.
Numbers 9:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Tell the Israelites to celebrate the Passover at the prescribed time,
Context of Numbers 9:2
1The Lord spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they came out of Egypt. He said, “Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time. 3Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with all its rules and regulations.” 4So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover,
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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“ ‘On the fourteenth day of the first month the Lord’s Passover is to be held.
- Exodus 12:6Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.
- Leviticus 23:5The Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of Aviv and celebrate the Passover of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night.
- Joshua 5:10On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover.
- 2 Chronicles 35:1Josiah celebrated the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- Ezra 6:19On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles celebrated the Passover.
- Mark 14:12On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”
- Luke 22:7Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For 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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