Numbers 9:6

New International Reader's Version

But some of them couldn’t celebrate the Passover Feast on that day. That’s because they weren’t “clean.” They had gone near a dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same day.

Cross References

Exodus 18:15

Moses answered, “The people come to me to find out what God wants them to do.

Exodus 18:19

Listen to me. I’ll give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must speak to God for the people. Take their problems to him.

Exodus 18:26

They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses. But they decided the easy ones themselves.

Leviticus 21:11

He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself “unclean,” even if his father or mother dies.

Leviticus 24:11

The son of the Israelite woman spoke evil things against the Lord by using a curse. So the people brought him to Moses. The name of the man’s mother was Shelomith. She was the daughter of Dibri. Dibri was from the tribe of Dan.

Numbers 15:33

They brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole community.

Numbers 19:11

“Anyone who touches a dead person’s body will be ‘unclean’ for seven days.

Numbers 19:14

“Here is the law that applies when a person dies in a tent. Anyone who enters the tent will be ‘unclean’ for seven days. Anyone in the tent will also be ‘unclean’ for seven days.

Numbers 19:16

“Suppose someone is out in the country. And suppose they touch someone who has been killed by a sword. Or they touch someone who has died a natural death. Or they touch a human bone or a grave. Then anyone who touches any of those things will be ‘unclean’ for seven days.

Numbers 19:18

Then a man who is ‘clean’ must dip branches of a hyssop plant in the water. He must sprinkle the tent with it. Everything that belongs to the tent must be sprinkled with it. The people in the tent must also be sprinkled. Anyone who has touched a human bone or a grave must be sprinkled. So must anyone who has touched someone who has been killed. And so must anyone who has touched someone who has died a natural death.

Numbers 27:2

the entrance to the tent of meeting. There they stood in front of Moses and Eleazar the priest. The leaders and the whole community were there too. Zelophehad’s daughters said,

Numbers 27:5

So Moses brought their case to the Lord.

Numbers 5:2

“Tell the Israelites that certain people must be sent away from the camp. Command them to send away anyone who has a skin disease. They must send away all those who have liquid waste coming from their bodies. And they must send away those who are ‘unclean’ because they have touched a dead body.

Numbers 9:7

They said to Moses, “We went near a dead body. So we aren’t ‘clean.’ But why should we be kept from bringing the Lord’s offering at the appointed time? Why shouldn’t we bring it along with the other Israelites?”

John 18:28

Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning. The Jewish leaders did not want to be made “unclean.” They wanted to be able to eat the Passover meal. So they did not enter the palace.