“And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:”

Numbers 9:6 (KJV) |

Numbers 9:6

From Numbers 9, in the Book of Numbers (Old Testament).

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And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.

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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.

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And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

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And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

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And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

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