1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, in the desert of Sinai, in the second year after the exodus from Egypt, in the first month, and said:
2 'The Israelites must keep the Passover at its appointed time.
3 The fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, is the time appointed for you to keep it. You will keep it with all the laws and customs proper to it.'
4 Moses told the Israelites to keep the Passover.
5 They kept it, in the desert of Sinai, in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight. The Israelites did everything as Yahweh had ordered Moses.
6 It happened that some men had become unclean by touching a dead body; they could not keep the Passover that day. They came the same day to Moses and Aaron,
7 and said, 'We have become unclean by touching a dead body. Why should we be excluded from bringing an offering to Yahweh at the proper time with the rest of the Israelites?'
8 Moses replied, 'Wait here until I hear what order Yahweh gives about you.'
9 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
10 'Speak to the Israelites and say: "Any of you or your descendants who becomes unclean by touching a dead body, or is away on a long journey, can still keep a Passover for Yahweh.
11 Such persons will keep it in the second month, on the fourteenth day, at twilight. They will eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;
12 nothing of it must be left over until morning, nor will they break any of its bones. They will keep it, following the entire Passover ritual.
13 But anyone who is clean, or who is not on a journey, but fails to keep the Passover, such a person will be outlawed from his people. For not having brought the offering to Yahweh at its appointed time, the person will bear the consequences of the sin.
14 "A resident alien who keeps a Passover for Yahweh, will keep it in accordance with the ritual and customs of the Passover. You will have one law for alien and citizen alike." '
15 On the day the Dwelling was erected, the cloud covered the Dwelling, the Tent of the Testimony. From nightfall until morning it remained over the Dwelling looking like fire.
16 So the cloud covered it all the time, and at night it looked like fire.
17 Whenever the cloud rose from the Tent, the Israelites broke camp, and wherever the cloud halted, there the Israelites pitched camp.
18 At Yahweh's order, the Israelites set out and, at Yahweh's order, the Israelites pitched camp. They remained in camp for as long as the cloud rested on the Dwelling.
19 If the cloud stayed for many days on the Dwelling, the Israelites performed their duty to Yahweh and did not set out.
20 But if the cloud happened to stay for only a few days on the Dwelling, just as they had pitched camp at Yahweh's order, at Yahweh's order they set out.
21 If the cloud happened to remain only from evening to morning, they set out when it lifted the next morning. Or, if it stayed for a whole day and night, they set out only when it lifted.
22 Sometimes it stayed there for two days, a month, or a longer time; however long the cloud rested on the Dwelling, the Israelites remained in camp, and when it lifted they set out.
23 At Yahweh's order they pitched camp, and at Yahweh's order they set out. They performed their duty to Yahweh, as Yahweh had ordered through Moses.
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Numbers 9 describes how the children of Israel celebrated Easter in the Desert of Sinai, following God's instructions to Moses. In addition, the chapter also deals with the cloud that covered the tabernacle and guided the Israelites on his journey. Below are five verses related to these themes:
Exodus 12:14-"This day shall be to you by memory, and you will celebrate it by feast to the Lord; in your generations you shall celebrate him by perpetual status." This verse refers to the institution of Easter as an annual celebration for the people of Israel.
Exodus 13:21 - "And the Lord went before them, day in a cloud column to guide them along the way, and at night in a column of fire to illuminate them, to walk day and night." This verse highlights God's presence guiding the children of Israel through a cloud column during the desert journey.
Numbers 9:15 - "And on the day the tabernacle was raised, the cloud covered the tabernacle over the testimony tent; and in the afternoon there was upon the tabernacle, as a fire appearance until morning." This verse highlights the importance of the cloud that covered the tabernacle, indicating the presence of God among the people.
Numbers 9:18 - "On the day the tabernacle was armed, the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely the tent of the testimony; and in the afternoon there was on the tabernacle, as if an appearance of fire, until the morning." This verse repeats the previous information to emphasize the importance of the cloud in the camp of the Israelites.
Psalm 32:8-"I will instruct you and teach you the way you must go; I will guide you with my eyes." This verse highlights the importance of divine orientation in the lives of believers and can be related to the presence of the cloud that guided the children of Israel during his journey in the desert.
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