Numbers 9:7

Christian Standard Bible

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? ”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:2

Sacrifice to the Lord your God a Passover animal from the herd or flock in the place where the Lord chooses to have his name dwell.

Numbers 9:2

“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

Exodus 12:27

you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice  to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when he struck the Egyptians, and he spared our homes.’ ” So the people knelt low and worshiped.

Numbers 9:6

But there were some men who were unclean because of a human corpse, so they could not observe the Passover on that day.  These men came before Moses and Aaron the same day

Numbers 9:8

Moses replied to them, “Wait here until I hear what the Lord commands for you.”