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Numbers 9:8
8Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the Lord commands concerning you.”
Numbers 9:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Moses said to them, "Wait, that I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Moses said to them, “Stand still, that I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Moses answered, “Wait here until I have received instructions for you from the Lord.”
Context of Numbers 9:8
6But 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 7and said to Moses, “We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the Lord’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?” Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the Lord commands concerning you.” 9Then the Lord said to Moses, 10“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate the Lord’s Passover,
Read all of Numbers 9Numbers 9:8 word by word
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֖ם מֹשֶׁ֑ה עִמְד֣וּ וְאֶשְׁמְעָ֔ה מַה־יְצַוֶּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לָכֶֽם׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 9:8
- Exodus 14:13Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.
- 2 Chronicles 20:17You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you.’ ”
- Numbers 27:5So Moses brought their case before the Lord,
- Psalms 25:14The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.
- Psalms 85:8I will listen to what God the Lord says; he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants— but let them not turn to folly.
- Proverbs 3:5Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
- Ezekiel 2:7You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.
- Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.
- John 7:17Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.
- John 17:8For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
- Acts 20:27For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.
- 1 Corinthians 4:4My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me.
- 1 Corinthians 11:23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread,
- Hebrews 3:5“Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house,” bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future.
Commentaries on Numbers 9:8
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Moses agreed to ask the Lord about this difficult case (compare 7:89).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
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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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