Numbers 9
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Second Passover
9 In the first month of the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, the Lord told Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai,(A) 2 ‘The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.(B) 3 You must observe it at its appointed time on the fourteenth day of this month at twilight; you are to observe it according to all its statutes and ordinances.’(C) 4 So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover, 5 and they observed it in the first month on the fourteenth day at twilight in the Wilderness of Sinai. The Israelites did everything as the Lord had commanded Moses.
6 But there were some men who were unclean because of a human corpse, so they could not observe the Passover on that day.(D) These men came before Moses and Aaron the same day 7 and said to him, ‘We are unclean because of a human corpse. Why should we be excluded from presenting the Lord’s offering at its appointed time with the other Israelites? ’
8 Moses replied to them, ‘Wait here until I hear what the Lord commands for you.’
9 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 10 ‘Tell the Israelites: When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a corpse(E) or is on a distant journey, he may still observe the Passover to the Lord. 11 Such people are to observe it in the second month, on the fourteenth day at twilight. They are to eat the animal with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;(F) 12 they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones.(G) They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.
13 ‘But the man who is ceremonially clean, is not on a journey, and yet fails to observe the Passover is to be cut off from his people, because he did not present the Lord’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.
14 ‘If a foreigner resides with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord,(H) he is to do it according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the resident foreigner and the native of the land.’(I)
Guidance by the Cloud
15 On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony,(J) and it appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning. 16 It remained that way continuously: the cloud would cover it,[a] appearing like fire at night.(K) 17 Whenever the cloud was lifted up above the tent, the Israelites would set out; at the place where the cloud stopped, there the Israelites camped.(L) 18 At the Lord’s command the Israelites set out, and at the Lord’s command they camped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they camped.
19 Even when the cloud stayed over the tabernacle many days, the Israelites carried out the Lord’s requirement and did not set out. 20 Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days. They would camp at the Lord’s command and set out at the Lord’s command. 21 Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning; when the cloud lifted in the morning, they set out. Or if it remained a day and a night, they moved out when the cloud lifted. 22 Whether it was two days, a month, or longer,[b] the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle. But when it was lifted, they set out. 23 They camped at the Lord’s command, and they set out at the Lord’s command. They carried out the Lord’s requirement according to his command through Moses.
民数记 9
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
在西奈守逾越节
9 以色列人出埃及地以后，第二年正月，耶和华在西奈旷野吩咐摩西说： 2 “以色列人要在指定的时间守逾越节， 3 就是本月十四日，黄昏的时候，你们要在指定的时间守这节，要照着这节的一切律例和一切典章而行。” 4 于是，摩西吩咐以色列人要守逾越节。 5 他们就在正月十四日，黄昏的时候，在西奈旷野守了逾越节；耶和华怎样吩咐了摩西，以色列人就怎样行了。 6 有几个人因为触着死人而不洁净，以致他们不能在那一天守逾越节；当日他们来到摩西和亚伦面前。 7 这些人对摩西说：“我们虽然因为接触死人而不洁净，为甚么我们被拒绝，不能在以色列人中，在指定的时间献耶和华的供物呢？” 8 摩西对他们说：“你们且等候，我要去听耶和华对你们有甚么吩咐。”
9 耶和华对摩西说： 10 “你要告诉以色列人说：你们或你们的后代中，如果有人因为接触死人而成为不洁净，或因到远方旅行，他还要向耶和华守逾越节； 11 他们要在二月十四日，黄昏的时候，守逾越节，同时要吃无酵饼和苦菜； 12 一点也不留到早晨，羊羔的骨头，一根也不可折断；他们要照着逾越节的一切律例守节。 13 但那洁净的，又不在路上旅行的人，如果忽略守逾越节，那人就要从自己的民中被剪除，因为他没有在指定的时间内献上耶和华的供物，那人必担当自己的罪。 14 如果有外人寄居在你们中间，想要向耶和华守逾越节，他就必须照着逾越节的条例和典章而行；不论是外人或是本地人，只有一样的条例。”
云彩覆盖会幕(A)
15 在竖立帐幕的那一天，有云彩遮盖着帐幕，就是法柜的帐幕；到了晚上，云彩在帐幕上，形状像火，直到早晨。 16 常常是这样：白天（《马索拉文本》无“白天”，现参照各古译本补上）有云彩遮盖帐幕，夜间云彩形状像火。 17 云彩甚么时候从会幕上收去，以色列人就起行；云彩在甚么地方停住，以色列人就在那里安营。 18 以色列人照着耶和华的吩咐起行，也照着耶和华的吩咐安营；云彩在帐幕上停留多久，他们就安营多久。 19 如果云彩多日停留在帐幕上，以色列人就遵守耶和华的吩咐，不起行。 20 有时云彩停留在帐幕上只有几天，他们就照着耶和华的吩咐安营；也照着耶和华的吩咐起行。 21 有时云彩从晚上到早晨停住；到了早晨，云彩一收上去，他们就起行；有时云彩从白昼到晚上都停住；云彩一收上去，他们就起行。 22 云彩停留在帐幕上不论有多久，或两天、或一月、或一年，以色列人就安营，不起行；云彩一收上去，他们就起行。 23 他们照着耶和华的吩咐安营，也照着耶和华的吩咐起行。他们遵守耶和华吩咐的，就是照着耶和华藉摩西吩咐的。
Numbers 9
New King James Version
The Second Passover(A)
9 Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying: 2 “Let the children of Israel keep (B)the Passover at its appointed (C)time. 3 On the fourteenth day of this month, [a]at twilight, you shall [b]keep it at its appointed time. According to all its [c]rites and ceremonies you shall keep it.” 4 So Moses told the children of Israel that they should keep the Passover. 5 And (D)they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, at twilight, in the Wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did.
6 Now there were certain men who were (E)defiled by a human corpse, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day; (F)and they came before Moses and Aaron that day. 7 And those men said to him, “We became defiled by a human corpse. Why are we kept from presenting the offering of the Lord at its appointed time among the children of Israel?”
8 And Moses said to them, “Stand still, that (G)I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”
9 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If anyone of you or your [d]posterity is unclean because of a corpse, or is far away on a journey, he may still keep the Lord’s Passover. 11 On (H)the fourteenth day of the second month, at twilight, they may keep it. They shall (I)eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 (J)They shall leave none of it until morning, (K)nor break one of its bones. (L)According to all the [e]ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it. 13 But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and ceases to keep the Passover, that same person (M)shall be cut off from among his people, because he (N)did not bring the offering of the Lord at its appointed time; that man shall (O)bear his sin.
14 ‘And if a stranger [f]dwells among you, and would keep the Lord’s Passover, he must do so according to the rite of the Passover and according to its ceremony; (P)you shall have one [g]ordinance, both for the stranger and the native of the land.’ ”
The Cloud and the Fire(Q)
15 Now (R)on the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud (S)covered the tabernacle, the tent of the Testimony; (T)from evening until morning it was above the tabernacle like the appearance of fire. 16 So it was always: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 Whenever the cloud (U)was [h]taken up from above the tabernacle, after that the children of Israel would journey; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the children of Israel would pitch their tents. 18 At the [i]command of the Lord the children of Israel would journey, and at the command of the Lord they would camp; (V)as long as the cloud stayed above the tabernacle they remained encamped. 19 Even when the cloud continued long, many days above the tabernacle, the children of Israel (W)kept the charge of the Lord and did not journey. 20 So it was, when the cloud was above the tabernacle a few days: according to the command of the Lord they would remain encamped, and according to the command of the Lord they would journey. 21 So it was, when the cloud remained only from evening until morning: when the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they would journey; whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud was taken up, they would journey. 22 Whether it was two days, a month, or a year that the cloud remained above the tabernacle, the children of Israel (X)would remain encamped and not journey; but when it was taken up, they would journey. 23 At the command of the Lord they remained encamped, and at the command of the Lord they journeyed; they (Y)kept the charge of the Lord, at the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
Footnotes
- Numbers 9:3 Lit. between the evenings
- Numbers 9:3 observe
- Numbers 9:3 statutes
- Numbers 9:10 descendants
- Numbers 9:12 statutes
- Numbers 9:14 As a resident alien
- Numbers 9:14 statute
- Numbers 9:17 lifted up
- Numbers 9:18 Lit. mouth
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