1. The Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, in the second year after they departed from the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying:
2. "Let the sons of Israel observe the Passover at its proper time,
3. on the fourteenth day of this month, in the evening, according to all of its ceremonies and justifications."
4. And Moses instructed the sons of Israel, so that they would observe the Passover.
5. And they observed it at its proper time: on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, at mount Sinai. The sons of Israel acted according to all the things that the Lord had commanded Moses.
6. But behold, certain ones, who were not able to observe the Passover on that day, being unclean because of the life of a man, approaching Moses and Aaron,
7. said to them: "We are unclean because of the life of a man. Why have we been cheated, in that we are not permitted to offer, at its proper time, the oblation to the Lord among the sons of Israel?"
8. And Moses responded to them: "Remain, so that I may consult the Lord, as to what he will rule about you."
9. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
10. "Say to the sons of Israel: The man who becomes unclean because of a life, or if he is on a distant journey within your nation, let him observe the Passover to the Lord.