Numbers, Chapter 9:

Number Verses, Chapter 9 of the Bible's Book of Numbers.

Numbers - Old Testament — Numbers – Old Testament

Easter celebration

1. And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the second year of his departure from the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying:
2. The children of Israel will celebrate the Passover at its appointed time.
3. On the fourteenth day of this month, in the twilight of the evening, at its appointed time, you shall do it; according to all his statutes and according to all his ordinances you shall do it.
4. Moses then told the children of Israel to keep the Passover.
5. And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, at even, in the wilderness of Sinai; According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
6. And there were some who were defiled by the body of a dead man, so that they could not keep the passover that day; So they came before Moses and Aaron on the same day,
7. and the men said to him: We are defiled by the body of a dead man; why should we be excluded from presenting the Lord's offering at its appointed time, among the children of Israel?
8. And Moses said unto them, Wait, and I will hear what the Lord shall command you.
9. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
10. Speak to the children of Israel, saying: If any of you or of your descendants is unclean by reason of a dead body, or is on a journey far from you, yet he shall celebrate the Passover to the Lord.
11. In the second month, on the fourteenth day, in the evening, they will celebrate it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
12. They will not leave anything of it until morning, nor will they break any bone of it; according to the whole statute of the Passover they shall celebrate it.
13. But whoever is clean, and is not on a journey, and fails to celebrate the Passover, that soul will be cut off from his people; because he did not offer the Lord's offering at his appointed time, he will bear his sin.
14. And when a foreigner dwells with you, and also celebrates the Passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the Passover and according to his rite, he shall celebrate it; there will be a statute for you, both for the foreigner and for the native of the land.

The cloud above the tabernacle

15. And on the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle over the tent of testimony; and in the evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire, until the morning.
16. Thus it happened continually: the cloud covered him, and at night there was the appearance of fire.
17. And when the cloud lifted from the tent, then the children of Israel set out on their way; and in the place where the cloud stood, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
18. According to the command of the Lord the children of Israel set out on their journey, and according to the command of the Lord they pitched their tents; For all the days that the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they camped.
19. And when the cloud remained many days over the tabernacle, then the children of Israel observed the ordinance of the Lord, and did not depart.
20. Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for a few days; then, according to the command of the Lord, they stopped, and according to the command of the Lord, they departed.
21. And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and, rising in the morning, they set out; whether day or night, the cloud rising, they departed.
22. Or for two days, or for a month, or for many days, when the cloud stood over the tabernacle, and remained over it, the children of Israel camped and did not depart; However, when she got up, they left.
23. According to the command of the Lord they camped, and according to the command of the Lord they departed; They did their duty to the Lord, according to the commandment of the Lord through Moses.