Numbers 9:2

Translations

Modern

“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

Traditional

Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.

Literal

“And let the sons of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.

Latin

Faciant filii Israël Phase in tempore suo,

Original

Hebrew

English

“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

Notes

Numbers 9:2–3

God told the Hebrews to celebrate Passover at the set time (see Exodus 12:6).
at twilight: The Hebrew day starts at sunset.

Numbers 9:1–14

A year after Israel left Egypt, it was time for them to celebrate their second Passover in the Sinai wilderness. Those unable to celebrate at the set time could do so a month later.

Theme notes and profiles

Moses The Cross and Passover The Passover

Related verses

1 Corinthians 5:7–8
Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
Deuteronomy 16:1–2
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Leviticus 23:5
The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2 Chronicles 35:1
Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Joshua 5:10
On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.
Exodus 12:1–20
Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Mark 14:12
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
Numbers 28:16
The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
Luke 22:7
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
Ezra 6:19
On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.

Parallels

Exodus 12:1–13

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Passover: An annual Jewish feast commemorating the Exodus

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Feasts and Festivals of Israel Numbers, Book of

Topics

Israel: Second Passover Observed Journey of Israel Through The Desert: To Mount Sinai: Passover First Commemorated Passover: Institution of Sanitation: Rest Commanded Sinai: Wilderness of Kept the Passover Festival In

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