Numbers 9

9The LORD spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they came out of Egypt. He said,H3068H1696H4872H4057H5514H7223H2320H8145H8141H3318H776H4714H5592"Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time.H1121H3478H6213H6453H41503Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with all its rules and regulations."H702H6240H3117H2320H6153H6213H4150H2708H4941H62134So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover,H4872H1696H1121H3478H6213H64535and they did so in the Desert of Sinai at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD commanded Moses.H6213H6453H702H6240H3117H7223H2320H6153H4057H5514H3068H6680H4872H6213H1121H34786But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean on account of a dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same dayH582H2931H5315H120H3201H6213H6453H3117H7126H6440H4872H6440H175H31177and said to Moses, "We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the LORD's offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?"H1992H582H559H2931H5315H120H1639H7126H7133H3068H4150H8432H1121H34788Moses answered them, "Wait until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you."H4872H559H5975H8085H3068H66809Then the LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H55910"Tell the Israelites: 'When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate the LORD's Passover,H1696H1121H3478H559H376H376H1755H2931H5315H1870H7350H6213H6453H306811but they are to do it on the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.H702H6240H3117H8145H2320H6153H6213H398H4682H484412They must not leave any of it till morning or break any of its bones. When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.H7604H1242H7665H6106H2708H6453H621313But if anyone who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, they must be cut off from their people for not presenting the LORD's offering at the appointed time. They will bear the consequences of their sin.H376H2889H1870H2308H6213H6453H5315H3772H5971H7126H7133H3068H4150H376H5375H239914" 'A foreigner residing among you is also to celebrate the LORD's Passover in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for both the foreigner and the nativeborn.'"H1616H1481H6213H6453H3068H2708H6453H4941H6213H259H2708H1616H249H77615On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.H3117H4908H6965H6051H3680H4908H168H5715H6153H4908H4758H784H124216That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.H8548H6051H3680H4758H784H391517Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped.H6310H6051H5927H168H310H1121H3478H5265H4725H6051H7931H1121H3478H258318At the LORD's command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.H6310H3068H1121H3478H5265H6310H3068H2583H3117H6051H7931H4908H258319When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the LORD's order and did not set out.H6051H748H4908H7227H3117H1121H3478H8104H4931H3068H526520Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the LORD's command they would encamp, and then at his command they would set out.H3426H6051H4557H3117H4908H6310H3068H2583H6310H3068H526521Sometimes the cloud stayed only from evening till morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out.H3426H6051H6153H1242H6051H5927H1242H5265H3119H3915H6051H5927H526522Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out.H3117H2320H3117H6051H748H4908H7931H1121H3478H2583H5265H5927H526523At the LORD's command they encamped, and at the LORD's command they set out. They obeyed the LORD's order, in accordance with his command through Moses.H6310H3068H2583H6310H3068H5265H8104H4931H3068H6310H3068H3027H4872