Numbers 9:7
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?
Numbers 9:7 in other translations
| BSB | and said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?” |
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| WEB | Those men said to him, “We are unclean because of the dead body of a man. Why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of the LORD in its appointed season among the children of Israel?” |
| ASV | and those men said unto him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel? |
| YLT | and those men say unto him, ‘We are defiled by the body of a man; why are we withheld so as not to bring near the offering of Jehovah in its appointed season, in the midst of the sons of Israel?' |
| DARBY | And those men said to him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not present the offering of Jehovah at its set time among the children of Israel? |
| BBE | And these men said to him, We have been made unclean by the dead body of a man; why may we not make the offering of the Lord at the regular time among the children of Israel? |
| Webster | And those men said to him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in its appointed season among the children of Israel? |
What does Numbers 9:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 9:6-7
Nu 9:6-14. A Second Passover Allowed. 6-7. 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Numbers 9:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 9:7
- 2 Chronicles 30:17-19
For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord. For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
- Deuteronomy 16:2
Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there.
- Numbers 9:2
Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7-8
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
- Exodus 12:27
That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
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Context
- Numbers 9:6
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:
- Numbers 9:7
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?
- Numbers 9:8
And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.
Numbers 9:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijéronle aquellos hombres: Nosotros somos inmundos por causa de muerto; ¿por qué seremos impedidos de ofrecer ofrenda á Jehová á su tiempo entre los hijos de Israel? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ces hommes lui dirent: Nous sommes impurs à cause du corps mort d’un homme; pourquoi serions-nous exclus de présenter l’offrande de l’ Éternel au temps fixé, au milieu des fils d’Israël? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und diese Männer sprachen zu ihm: Wir sind unrein wegen der Leiche eines Menschen; warum sollen wir verkürzt werden, daß wir die Opfergabe Jehovas nicht zur bestimmten Zeit in der Mitte der Kinder Israel darbringen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | dixerunt eis: Immundi sumus super anima hominis: quare fraudamur ut non valeamus oblationem offerre Domino in tempore suo inter filios Israël? |