{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/numbers/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T13:26:48.603Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Numbers","bookSlug":"numbers","chapter":9,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":8,"nextChapter":10,"totalChapters":36,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the wilderness of Sinai, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"'Also, the sons of Israel prepare the passover in its appointed season;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"in the fourteenth day of this month between the evenings ye prepare it in its appointed season; according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances ye prepare it.'"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel to prepare the passover,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and they prepare the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evenings, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses, so have the sons of Israel done."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And there are men who have been defiled by the body of a man, and they have not been able to prepare the passover on that day, and they come near before Moses, and before Aaron, on that day,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"and those men say unto him, 'We are defiled by the body of a man; why are we withheld so as not to bring near the offering of Jehovah in its appointed season, in the midst of the sons of Israel?'"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Moses saith unto them, 'Stand ye, and I hear what Jehovah hath commanded concerning you.'"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Though any man is unclean by a body or in a distant journey (of you or of your generations), yet he hath prepared a passover to Jehovah;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"in the second month, on the fourteenth day, between the evenings they prepare it; with unleavened and bitter things they eat it;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"they do not leave of till morning; and a bone they do not break in it: according to all the statute of the passover they prepare it."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"'And the man who is clean, and hath not been on a journey, and hath ceased to prepare the passover, even that person hath been cut off from his people; because the offering of Jehovah he hath not brought near, in its appointed season, that man doth bear his sin."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"'And when a sojourner sojourneth with you, then he hath prepared a passover to Jehovah, according to the statute of the passover, and according to its ordinance, so he doth; one statute is to you, even to a sojourner, and to a native of the land.'"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And in the day of the raising up of the tabernacle hath the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony; and in the evening there is on the tabernacle as an appearance of fire till morning;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"so it is continually; the cloud covereth it, also the appearance of fire by night."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And according to the going up of the cloud from off the tent and afterwards do the sons of Israel journey; and in the place where the cloud doth tabernacle, there do the sons of Israel encamp;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"by the command of Jehovah the sons of Israel journey, and by the command of Jehovah they encamp; all the days that the cloud doth tabernacle over the tabernacle they encamp."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And in the cloud prolonging itself over the tabernacle many days, then have the sons of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journey not,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"and so when the cloud is a number of days over the tabernacle; by the command of Jehovah they encamp, and by the command of Jehovah they journey."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And so when the cloud is from evening till morning, when the cloud hath gone up in the morning, then they have journeyed; whether by day or by night, when the cloud hath gone up, then they have journeyed."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Whether two days, or a month, or days, in the cloud prolonging itself over the tabernacle, to tabernacle over it, the sons of Israel encamp, and journey not; and in its being lifted up they journey;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"by the command of Jehovah they encamp, and by the command of Jehovah they journey; the charge of Jehovah they have kept, by the command of Jehovah in the hand of Moses."}],"citation":{"inline":"Numbers 9 (YLT)","markdown":"[Numbers 9](https://primebible.com/ylt/numbers/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/numbers/9 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}