Numbers 9:7

Contemporary English Version 1995

“Even though we have touched a dead body, why can't we celebrate Passover and offer sacrifices to the Lord at the same time as everyone else?”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:2

The Passover sacrifice must be a cow, a sheep, or a goat, and you must offer it at the place where the Lord chooses to be worshiped.

Numbers 9:2

to say to the people, “Celebrate Passover

Exodus 12:27

And you will answer, “The Passover animal is killed to honor the Lord. We do these things because on that night long ago the Lord passed over the homes of our people in Egypt. He killed the first-born sons of the Egyptians, but he spared our children from death.” After Moses finished speaking, the people of Israel knelt down and worshiped the Lord.

Numbers 9:6

Some people in Israel's camp had touched a dead body and had become unfit to worship the Lord, and they could not celebrate Passover. But they asked Moses and Aaron,

Numbers 9:8

Moses said, “Wait here while I go into the sacred tent and find out what the Lord says about this.”