King James 2000

Numbers 9:1-10 King James 2000 (KJ2000)

1. And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

2. Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at its appointed time.

3. In the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you shall keep it in its appointed time: according to all its rites, and according to all its ceremonies , shall you keep it.

4. And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.

5. And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at evening in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

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

7. And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in its appointed time among the children of Israel?

8. And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

9. And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

10. Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your descendants shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a