Numbers 9 · Verse 10

Numbers 9:10

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord.
Numbers 9:10, King James Version

Numbers 9:10 in other translations

BSB“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.
WEB“Say to the children of Israel, ‘If any man of you or of your generations is unclean by reason of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, he shall still keep the Passover to the LORD.
ASVSpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah.
YLT‘Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Though any man is unclean by a body or in a distant journey (of you or of your generations), yet he hath prepared a passover to Jehovah;
DARBYSpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any one of you or of your generations be unclean by reason of a dead body or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall hold the passover to Jehovah.
BBESay to the children of Israel, If any one of you or of your families is unclean because of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, still he is to keep the Passover to the Lord:
WebsterSpeak to the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover to the LORD.

What does Numbers 9:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 9:8-14

8-14. 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…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 9:1-14

God gave particular orders for the keeping of this passover, and, for aught that appears, after this, they kept no passover till they came to Canaan, Jos 5:10. It early showed that the ceremonial institutions were not to continue always, as so soon after they were appointed, some were suffered to sleep for many years. But the ordinance of the Lord's Supper was not thus set aside in the first days of the Christian…

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Numbers 9:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

דַּבֵּ֛רda.BerspeakH1696
אֶל\־'el-toH413
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
אִ֣ישׁ'isha manH376
אִ֣ישׁ'isha manH376
כִּי\־ki-ifH3588
יִהְיֶֽה\־yih.yeh-he will beH1961
טָמֵ֣א\׀ta.Me'uncleanH2931
לָנֶ֡פֶשׁla.Ne.feshto a corpseH5315
אוֹ֩'oorH176
בְדֶ֨רֶךְve.De.rekhon a journeyH1870
רְחֹקָ֜הׄre.cho.KahdistantH7350
לָכֶ֗םla.Khemto you
א֚וֹ'oorH176
לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םle.do.Ro.tei.Khemto generations yourH1755
וְעָ֥שָׂהve.'A.sahand he will observeH6213
פֶ֖סַחFe.sacha passoverH6453
לַיהוָֽה\׃la.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068

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Cross references for Numbers 9:10

  • Romans 15:8-19

    Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. …

  • Ephesians 2:1-2

    And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

  • Matthew 5:24

    Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:28

    But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

  • Ephesians 3:6-9

    That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

  • Romans 16:25-26

    Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

  • 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

    Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

  • Ephesians 2:12-13

    That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

  • Numbers 9:6-7

    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: And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the Lord in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

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be unclean.
6,7; Ro 15:8-19; 16:25,26; 1Co 6:9-11; Eph 2:1,2,12,13; 3:6-9
yet he shall keep.
Mt 5:24; 1Co 11:28

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Context

  • Numbers 9:9

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Numbers 9:10

    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord.

  • Numbers 9:11

    The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

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Numbers 9:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Habla á los hijos de Israel, diciendo: Cualquiera de vosotros ó de vuestras generaciones, que fuere inmundo por causa de muerto ó estuviere de viaje lejos, hará pascua á Jehová:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Parle aux fils d’Israël, en disant: Si un homme d’entre vous ou de votre postérité est impur à cause d’un corps mort, ou est en voyage au loin, il fera la Pâque à l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Rede zu den Kindern Israel und sprich: Wenn irgend jemand von euch oder von euren Geschlechtern unrein ist wegen einer Leiche oder ist auf einem fernen Wege, so soll er dem Jehova Passah feiern;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Loquere filiis Israël: Homo, qui fuerit immundus super anima, sive in via procul in gente vestra, faciat Phase Domino