Orthodox Jewish Bible

Bamidbar 9:1-9 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

1. And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in the Midbar Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of Eretz Mitzrayim, saying,

2. Let the Bnei Yisroel also observe the Pesach at its appointed season.

3. In the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, ye shall observe it in its appointed season; according to kol chukkot of it, according to all the mishpatim thereof, shall ye observe it.

4. And Moshe spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel, that they should observe the Pesach.

5. And they observed the Pesach on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight in the Midbar Sinai; according to all that Hashem commanded Moshe, so did the Bnei Yisroel.

6. And there were certain men, who were teme'im by the nefesh (dead body) of an adam, that they could not observe the Pesach on that day; and they came before Moshe and before Aharon on that day;

7. And those men said unto him, We are teme'im (unclean) by the nefesh of a man; but why should we be kept back, that we may not offer a korban Hashem in its appointed season among the Bnei Yisroel?

8. And Moshe said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what Hashem will command concerning you.

9. And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,