Numbers 9:2
1 In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:
“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.
3 You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”
4 So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.
- KJV
- Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
- WEB
- “Let the children of Israel keep the Passover in its appointed season.
- ASV
- Moreover let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed season.
- DARBY
- Let the children of Israel also hold the passover at its set time;
- BLB
- “And let the sons of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.
- ÅB
- Israels barn skal holde påske på den fastsatte tid.
- OTB
- "Israelittene skal holde påsken til den fastsatte tid.
- B1930
- Israels barn skal holde påske på den fastsatte tid.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 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.
Read in context2 Chronicles 35:1
Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Read in contextLeviticus 23:5
The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Read in contextExodus 12:1–20
Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Read in contextLuke 22:7
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
Read in contextMark 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?”
Read in contextNumbers 28:16
The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
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