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9:1 The Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872> in the wilderness <04057> of Sinai <05514>, in the first <07223> month <02320> of the second <08145> year <08141> after they had come out <03318> of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>: 9:2 “The Israelites <03478> <01121> are to observe <06213> the Passover <06453> at its appointed time <04150>. 9:3 In the fourteenth <06240> <0702> day <03117> of this <02088> month <02320>, at twilight <06153>, you are to observe <06213> it at its appointed time <04150>; you must keep it in accordance with all <03605> its statutes <02708> and all <03605> its customs <04941>.” 9:4 So Moses <04872> instructed <01696> the Israelites <03478> <01121> to observe <06213> the Passover <06453>. 9:5 And they observed <06213> the Passover <06453> on the fourteenth <06240> <0702> day <03117> of the first <07223> month <02320> at twilight <06153> in the wilderness <04057> of Sinai <05514>; in accordance with all <03605> that <0834> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> Moses <04872>, so <03651> the Israelites <03478> <01121> did <06213>. 9:6 It happened <01961> that some men <0582> who <0834> were <01961> ceremonially defiled <02931> by the dead body <05315> of a man <0120> could <03201> not <03808> keep <06213> the Passover <06453> on that day <03117>, so they <01931> came <07126> before <06440> Moses <04872> and before <06440> Aaron <0175> on that <01931> day <03117>. 9:7 And those <01992> men <0376> said <0559> to <0413> him, “We <0587> are ceremonially defiled <02931> by the dead body <05315> of a man <0120>; why <04100> are we kept back <01639> from <01115> offering <07126> the Lord’s <03068> offering <07133> at its appointed time <04150> among <08432> the Israelites <03478> <01121>?” 9:8 So Moses <04872> said <0559> to <0413> them, “Remain <05975> here and I will hear <08085> what <04100> the Lord <03068> will command <06680> concerning you.”

• Num 9:1-14 -- Passover Regulations

• Passover

  [ebd] the name given to the chief of the three great historical annual festivals of the Jews. It was kept in remembrance of the Lord's passing over the houses of the Israelites (Ex. 12:13) when the first born of all the Egyptians ...
  [isbe] PASSOVER - pas'-o-ver (pecach, from pacach, "to pass" or "spring over" or "to spare" (Ex 12:13,23,17; compare Isa 31:5]. Other conjectures connect the word with the "passing over" into a new year, with assyr pasahu, meaning ...
  [smith] the first of the three great annual festivals of the Israelites celebrated in the month Nisan (March-April, from the 14th to the 21st. (Strictly speaking the Passover only applied to the paschal supper and the feast of unleav...
  [nave] PASSOVER Institution of, Ex. 12:3-49; 23:15-18; 34:18; Lev. 23:4-8; Num. 9:2-5, 13, 14; 28:16-25; Deut. 16:1-8, 16; Psa. 81:3, 5. Design of, Ex. 12:21-28. Special passover, for those who were unclean, or on journey, to be ...
  

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF

  [isbe] NUMBERS, BOOK OF - num'-berz: I. TITLE AND CONTENTS 1. Title 2. Contents II. LITERARY STRUCTURE 1. Alleged Grounds of Distribution 2. Objections to Same (1) Hypothesis Unproved (2) Written Record Not Impossible (3) No Book E...
  

• Sacrifice

  [ebd] The offering up of sacrifices is to be regarded as a divine institution. It did not originate with man. God himself appointed it as the mode in which acceptable worship was to be offered to him by guilty man. The language an...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Sinai

  [nave] SINAI 1. A mountain in the peninsula E. of Red Sea. Called also Sina-Hora. Children of Israel arrive at, in their wanderings in the wilderness, Ex. 16:1; 19:2; Deut. 1:2. The law delivered to Moses upon, Ex. 19:3-25; 20; 24...
  

• MOSES

  [isbe] MOSES - mo'-zez, mo'-ziz (mosheh; Egyptian mes, "drawn out," "born"; Septuagint Mouse(s)). The great Hebrew national hero, leader, author, law-giver and prophet. I. LIFE 1. Son of Levi 2. Foundling Prince 3. Friend of the Pe...
  

• EZEKIEL, 2

  [isbe] EZEKIEL, 2 - II. Significance of Ezekiel in Israel's Religious History. Under the first head we will consider the formal characteristics and significance of the book; and the examination of its contents will form the subject...
  

• Sanitation

  [nave] SANITATION. Carcasses Lev. 5:2; Lev. 10:4, 5; Lev. 11:24-28, 31-40; Lev. 22:4, 6; Num. 9:6, 10; Num. 19:11-16; Num. 31:19; Deut. 21:22, 23 Childbirth Lev. 12:3; Ezek. 16:4 Circumcision See: Circumcision. Contagion Le...
  

• Uncleaess

  [nave] UNCLEAESS, Lev. 5:2, 3; 7:20, 21; 17:15; 21:1-15; 22:2-8; Num. 5:2, 3; 9:6-11; 19; 31:19; Deut. 23:10, 11. See: Defilement; Purification; Sanitation; Washing.
  

• WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL

  [isbe] WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL - won'-der-ingz: I. CONDITIONS 1. The Wilderness 2. Four Separate Regions Included 3. "The Sandy Tract" 4. Description of the Arabah 5. Physical Condition of the Wilderness 6. Difficulties Regarding the ...
  

• Dead Body

  [nave] DEAD BODY Gen. 15:11; Lev. 21:11; 22:4; 26:30; Num. 5:2; 6:6, 11; 9:6, 6, 7, 10; 14:29, 32, 33; 19:11, 13; 1 Sam. 17:46, 31:10; 2 Kin. 19:35; 2 Chr. 20:24, 25; Psa. 110:6; Isa. 14:19; 34:3; 37:36; 66:24; Jer. 31:40; 33:5; 41...
  

• Prophets

  [nave] PROPHETS Called Seers, 1 Sam. 9:19; 2 Sam. 15:27; 24:11; 2 Kin. 17:13; 1 Chr. 9:22; 29:29; 2 Chr. 9:29; 12:15; 29:30; Isa. 30:10; Mic. 3:7. Schools of, 1 Kin. 20:35; 2 Kin. 2:3-15; 4:1, 38; 9:1. Kept the chronicles, 1 Chr....
  

• LAW, JUDICIAL

  [isbe] LAW, JUDICIAL - joo-dish'-al: This was the form of Divine law which, under the dominion of God, as the Supreme Magistrate, directed the policy of the Jewish nation, and hence, was binding only on them, not on other peoples. ...
  

• BALAAM

  [isbe] BALAAM - ba'-lam bil`am, "devourer"): The son of Beor, from a city in Mesopotamia called Pethor, a man possessing the gift of prophecy, whose remarkable history may be found in Nu 22:2 through 24:25; compare Num 31:8,16; Dt ...
  

• CRITICISM

  [isbe] CRITICISM - (The Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis) I. PRELIMINARY 1. Thesis 2. Historical Perspective 3. Inspiration and Criticism II. THE LEGISLATION 1. Groups 2. Covenant Code 3. The Sanctuary 4. Kinds of Sacrifice 5. Sacrifice ...
  

• DEATH

  [isbe] DEATH - (maweth; thanatos): PHYSIOLOGICAL AND FIGURATIVE VIEW The word "Death" is used in the sense of (1) the process of dying (Gen 21:16); (2) the period of decease (Gen 27:7); (3) as a possible synonym for poison (2 Ki 4:...
  

• EVENINGS, BETWEEN THE

  [isbe] EVENINGS, BETWEEN THE - The time of day (the Revised Version (British and American) reads "at even," margin, "between the two evenings") when the Passover lamb was slain (Ex 12:6; Nu 9:3), or the offering made of the evening...
  

• EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2

  [isbe] EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2 - II. Structure of the Book According to the Scriptures and According to Modern Analyses. In the following section (a) serves for the understanding of the Biblical text; (b) is devoted to the discussio...
  

• Passover

  

• Why are there two passover dates listed in the Old Tesatment?
  I'm inclined to suppose that by "two Passover dates" you mean the two Passovers of Numbers 9:1-14 (see also 2 Chronicles 30:1ff.). The second Passover was authorized for those who were ceremonially unclean, and unable to obse...

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