Numbers 9:7

New American Bible - revised edition

and they said to them, “Although we are unclean because of a human corpse, why should we be deprived of presenting the Lord’s offering at its prescribed time along with other Israelites?”

Cross References

Exodus 12:27

you will reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice for the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt; when he struck down the Egyptians, he delivered our houses.’” Then the people knelt and bowed down,

Numbers 9:2

Tell the Israelites to celebrate the Passover at the prescribed time.

Numbers 9:6

There were some, however, who were unclean because of a human corpse and so could not celebrate the Passover that day. These men came up to Moses and Aaron that same day

Numbers 9:8

Moses answered them, “Wait so that I can learn what the Lord will command in your regard.”

Deuteronomy 16:2

You shall offer the Passover sacrifice from your flock and your herd to the Lord, your God, in the place the Lord will choose as the dwelling place of his name.