逾越节

以色列人离开埃及后第二年的一月,耶和华在西奈旷野对摩西说: “以色列人要在指定的时间守逾越节, 就是在一月十四日黄昏按照有关的律例和典章守逾越节。” 于是,摩西吩咐以色列人守逾越节。 一月十四日黄昏,以色列人照耶和华对摩西的吩咐,在西奈山守逾越节。

可是,有几个人因碰到死尸而不洁净,不能在那天守逾越节,他们就来见摩西和亚伦, 说:“我们不过因碰到死尸而不洁净,为什么不准我们跟其他以色列人一起在指定的时间向耶和华献供物?” 摩西说:“你们等一下,我要去听听耶和华对这事有什么吩咐。”

耶和华对摩西说: 10 “你把以下条例告诉以色列人。

“如果你们或你们的子孙中有人因为碰了死尸而不洁净,或是出了远门,可以改期为耶和华守逾越节。 11 他们可以在二月十四日黄昏守逾越节,要配无酵饼和苦菜一起吃逾越节的羊羔。 12 食物不可留到天明,也不可折断羊羔的一根骨头。要遵守逾越节的一切律例。 13 如果有人是洁净的,又没有出远门,却不守逾越节,要将他从民中铲除。他不在指定的时间向耶和华献供物,就必须自负罪责。 14 如果寄居在你们中间的外族人也想为耶和华守逾越节,他们也要遵守这些律例和典章。不论是外族人还是以色列人,都要遵守同样的律例。”

云彩遮盖会幕

15 安放约柜的圣幕支起来那天,云彩遮盖了它。当晚,云彩整夜像火焰一般。 16 之后,每天如此:白天云彩遮盖圣幕,晚上云彩像火。 17 云彩什么时候从圣幕上升起,以色列人就启行;云彩在哪里停下来,以色列人就在哪里安营。 18 他们无论启行还是安营,都遵照耶和华的吩咐。云彩在圣幕上停留多久,他们就安营多久。 19 有时云彩在圣幕上停留多日,他们就遵照耶和华的吩咐安营多日。 20 有时云彩在圣幕上只停留几天,他们就遵照耶和华的吩咐只安营几天。随后再照耶和华的吩咐启行。 21 有时云彩整夜停留在圣幕上,到早晨才升起,他们就早晨才启行。不管白天黑夜,云彩一升起,他们就启行。 22 不管是两天、一个月或是一年,只要云彩停留在圣幕上,以色列人就安营不动;云彩一升起,他们就启行。 23 他们遵照耶和华的吩咐安营,也遵照耶和华的吩咐启行。他们遵行耶和华借摩西吩咐的话。

Het volk viert voor de tweede keer het Paasfeest

De Heer zei tegen Mozes in de Sinaï-woestijn, in de eerste maand van het tweede jaar nadat ze uit Egypte vertrokken waren: "De Israëlieten moeten het Paasfeest vieren op de dag die Ik heb aangewezen. Vier het feest op de avond van de 14e dag van deze maand. Houd je daarbij aan alle wetten en regels die Ik daarvoor heb gegeven." Toen beval Mozes de Israëlieten om het Paasfeest te vieren. En op de avond van de 14e dag van de eerste maand vierden ze het Paasfeest in de Sinaï-woestijn. De Israëlieten deden precies wat de Heer aan Mozes bevolen had.

Nu waren er een paar mannen die onrein waren doordat ze een dode hadden aangeraakt. Daardoor konden ze die dag niet het Paasfeest vieren. Ze gingen aan Mozes en Aäron vragen wat ze doen moesten. Ze vroegen hen: "Wij zijn onrein doordat we een dode hebben aangeraakt. Mogen wij nu niet samen met de andere Israëlieten het Paasfeest vieren?" Mozes antwoordde: "Wacht hier, dan ga ik aan de Heer vragen wat jullie moeten doen." De Heer zei tegen Mozes: 10 "Zeg tegen de Israëlieten: Als iemand onrein is doordat hij een dode heeft aangeraakt, en ook als iemand een verre reis maakt, moet hij tóch mijn Paasfeest vieren. Dat geldt voor jullie en voor alle families ná jullie. 11 Maar hij moet het vieren op de avond van de 14e dag van de vólgende maand, met ongegiste broden en bittere kruiden. 12 Er mag niets van overblijven tot de volgende morgen. Ook mag er geen één bot van gebroken worden. Hij moet het precies volgens de wetten en regels vieren die Ik daarvoor heb gegeven. 13 Maar iemand die rein is en niet op reis is, maar tóch het Paasfeest niet viert, moet worden gedood. Want hij heeft niet op de voorgeschreven dag het offer aan Mij geofferd. Hij moet worden gestraft.

14 Als er vreemdelingen bij jullie wonen die voor Mij het Paasfeest willen vieren, moeten ze het vieren volgens de wetten en regels die Ik voor het Paasfeest heb gegeven. Israëlieten én vreemdelingen moeten zich aan dezelfde wetten en regels houden."

De wolk boven de tent

15 Op de dag dat de tent van ontmoeting werd opgezet, bedekte de wolk de tent van ontmoeting. Van de avond tot de ochtend leek die wolk op een vuur. 16 Zo was het altijd: overdag bedekte de wolk de tent, en 's nachts het vuur. 17 Als de wolk opsteeg van boven de tent, reisden de Israëlieten verder. Op de plaats waar de wolk bleef stilstaan, zetten de Israëlieten hun tentenkamp weer op. 18 Als de Heer op die manier het bevel gaf om te vertrekken, trokken de Israëlieten verder. En als de Heer op die manier het bevel gaf om het tentenkamp weer op te zetten, zetten ze het tentenkamp weer op. Zolang de wolk op de tent van ontmoeting was, bleven ze waar ze waren. 19 Als de wolk lange tijd op de tent van ontmoeting bleef, dienden de Israëlieten de Heer bij de tent van ontmoeting en reisden ze niet verder. 20 Soms bleef de wolk maar een paar dagen op de tent van ontmoeting. Op het bevel van de Heer zetten ze het tentenkamp op, en op het bevel van de Heer trokken ze weer verder. 21 Soms was de wolk er van de avond tot de morgen. Als de wolk dan 's morgens opsteeg, trokken ze verder. Het maakte niet uit of het dag was of nacht, als de wolk opsteeg trokken ze verder. 22 Als de wolk langere tijd op de tent van ontmoeting bleef, bleven de Israëlieten ook al die tijd waar ze waren en trokken niet verder. Dat kon twee dagen duren of een maand of nog langer. Pas als de wolk opsteeg, trokken ze verder. 23 Op het bevel van de Heer zetten ze het tentenkamp op, en op het bevel van de Heer trokken ze verder. En ze dienden de Heer bij de tent van ontmoeting, zoals de Heer het Mozes bevolen had.

The Passover

Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in (A)the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, “Now the sons of Israel are to [a]celebrate the Passover at (B)its appointed time. On the fourteenth day of this month, [b]at twilight, you shall celebrate it at its appointed time; you shall celebrate it in accordance with all its statutes and all its ordinances.” So Moses [c]told the sons of Israel to celebrate the Passover. And (C)they celebrated the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; (D)in accordance with everything that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did. But there were some men who were (E)unclean because of contact with a [d]dead person, so that they could not celebrate Passover on that day; and (F)they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. Those men said to him, “Though we are unclean because of a [e]dead person, why are we kept from presenting the offering of the Lord at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?” Moses then said to them, “[f](G)Wait, and I will listen to what the Lord will command concerning you.”

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead [g]person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, celebrate the Passover to the Lord. 11 In the second month on the (H)fourteenth day at twilight, they shall celebrate it; they (I)shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They (J)shall not leave any of it until morning, (K)nor break a bone of it; they shall celebrate it in accordance with the whole statute of the Passover. 13 (L)But the person who is clean and is not on a journey, yet refrains from celebrating the Passover, that [h]person shall then be cut off from his people, because he did not present the offering of the Lord at its appointed time. That person (M)will bear the responsibility for his sin. 14 And (N)if a stranger resides among you and [i]celebrates the Passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the Passover and its ordinance, so he shall celebrate it; you shall have [j]the (O)same statute, both for the stranger and for the native of the land.’”

The Cloud on the Tabernacle

15 Now on (P)the day that the tabernacle was erected, (Q)the cloud covered the tabernacle, the (R)tent of the testimony, and (S)in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle until morning. 16 That is how it was continuously; (T)the cloud would cover it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 (U)Whenever the cloud was lifted from over the tent, afterward the sons of Israel would set out; and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the sons of Israel would camp. 18 At the [k]command of the Lord the sons of Israel would set out, and at the [l]command of the Lord they would camp; (V)as long as the cloud settled over the tabernacle, they remained camped. 19 Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, [m]the sons of Israel would comply with the Lords ordinance and not set out. 20 If [n]sometimes the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle, (W)in accordance with the [o]command of the Lord they remained camped. Then in accordance with the [p]command of the Lord they set out. 21 If [q]sometimes the cloud [r]remained from evening until morning, when the cloud was lifted in the morning they would set out; or if it remained in the daytime and at night, whenever the cloud was lifted, they would set out. 22 Whether it was two days, a month, or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but (X)when it was lifted, they did set out. 23 (Y)At the [s]command of the Lord they camped, and at the [t]command of the Lord they set out; they did what the Lord required, in accordance with the [u]command of the Lord through Moses.

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 9:2 Lit perform, and so throughout the ch
  2. Numbers 9:3 Lit between the two evenings, and so throughout the ch
  3. Numbers 9:4 Lit spoke to
  4. Numbers 9:6 Lit soul of man
  5. Numbers 9:7 Lit soul of man
  6. Numbers 9:8 Lit Stand
  7. Numbers 9:10 Lit soul
  8. Numbers 9:13 Lit soul
  9. Numbers 9:14 Or would celebrate
  10. Numbers 9:14 Or one statute
  11. Numbers 9:18 Lit mouth
  12. Numbers 9:18 Lit mouth
  13. Numbers 9:19 Lit and the
  14. Numbers 9:20 Lit it was that
  15. Numbers 9:20 Lit mouth
  16. Numbers 9:20 Lit mouth
  17. Numbers 9:21 Lit it was that
  18. Numbers 9:21 Lit was
  19. Numbers 9:23 Lit mouth
  20. Numbers 9:23 Lit mouth
  21. Numbers 9:23 Lit mouth

The Passover

The Lord spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month(A) of the second year after they came out of Egypt.(B) He said, “Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover(C) at the appointed time.(D) Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month,(E) in accordance with all its rules and regulations.(F)

So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover,(G) and they did so in the Desert of Sinai(H) at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.(I) The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.(J)

But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean(K) on account of a dead body.(L) So they came to Moses and Aaron(M) that same day and 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?(N)

Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the Lord commands concerning you.”(O)

Then the Lord said to Moses, 10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body(P) or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate(Q) the Lord’s Passover, 11 but they are to do it on the fourteenth day of the second month(R) at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.(S) 12 They must not leave any of it till morning(T) or break any of its bones.(U) When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.(V) 13 But if anyone who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, they must be cut off from their people(W) for not presenting the Lord’s offering at the appointed time. They will bear the consequences of their sin.

14 “‘A foreigner(X) residing among you is also to celebrate the Lord’s Passover in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for both the foreigner and the native-born.’”

The Cloud Above the Tabernacle

15 On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law,(Y) was set up,(Z) the cloud(AA) covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.(AB) 16 That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.(AC) 17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the Israelites set out;(AD) wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped.(AE) 18 At the Lord’s command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained(AF) in camp. 19 When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the Lord’s order(AG) and did not set out.(AH) 20 Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the Lord’s command they would encamp, and then at his command they would set out. 21 Sometimes the cloud stayed only from evening till morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out. 22 Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out. 23 At the Lord’s command they encamped, and at the Lord’s command they set out. They obeyed the Lord’s order, in accordance with his command through Moses.