Numbers 9:7

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Those men said to [Moses], We are defiled by touching the dead body. Why are we prevented from offering the Lord's offering at its appointed time among the Israelites?

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:2

You shall offer the Passover sacrifice to the Lord your God from the flock or the herd in the place where the Lord will choose to make His Name [and His Presence] dwell.

Numbers 9:2

Let the Israelites keep the Passover at its appointed time.

Exodus 12:27

You shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, for He passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He slew the Egyptians but spared our houses. And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.

Numbers 9:6

And there were certain men who were defiled by touching the dead body of a man, so they could not keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.

Numbers 9:8

And Moses said to them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.