1. During the first month of Israel's second year in the Sinai Desert, the Lord had told Moses
2. to say to the people, “Celebrate Passover
3. in the evening of the fourteenth day of this month and do it by following all the regulations.”
4-5. Moses told the people what the Lord had said, and they celebrated Passover there in the desert in the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month.
6. Some people in Israel's camp had touched a dead body and had become unfit to worship the Lord, and they could not celebrate Passover. But they asked Moses and Aaron,
7. “Even though we have touched a dead body, why can't we celebrate Passover and offer sacrifices to the Lord at the same time as everyone else?”
8. Moses said, “Wait here while I go into the sacred tent and find out what the Lord says about this.”
9. The Lord then told Moses
10. to say to the community of Israel:If any of you or your descendants touch a dead body and become unfit to worship me, or if you are away on a long journey, you may still celebrate Passover.
11. But it must be done in the second month, in the evening of the fourteenth day. Eat the Passover lamb with thin bread and bitter herbs,
12. and don't leave any of it until morning or break any of the animal's bones. Be sure to follow these regulations.