Numbers 9:7

Revised Version 1885

and those men said unto him, We are unclean by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of the LORD in its appointed season among the children of Israel?

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:2

And thou shalt sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

Numbers 9:2

Moreover let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed season.

Exodus 12:27

that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

Numbers 9:6

And there were certain men, who were unclean by the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

Numbers 9:8

And Moses said unto them, Stay ye; that I may hear what the LORD will command concerning you.