Numbers 9:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

“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

Exodus 12:27

And you will answer, “The Passover animal is killed to honour 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 firstborn sons of the Egyptians, but he saved our children from death.” After Moses finished speaking, the people of Israel knelt down and worshipped the LORD.

Numbers 9:2

to say to the people, “Celebrate Passover

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.”

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 worshipped.