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The Second Passover
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|Números 9:1| A year after Israel’s departure from Egypt, the lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai. In the first month of that year he said,
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|Números 9:2| “Tell the Israelites to celebrate the Passover at the prescribed time,
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|Números 9:3| at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. Be sure to follow all my decrees and regulations concerning this celebration.”
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|Números 9:4| So Moses told the people to celebrate the Passover
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|Números 9:5| in the wilderness of Sinai as twilight fell on the fourteenth day of the month. And they celebrated the festival there, just as the lord had commanded Moses.
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|Números 9:6| But some of the men had been ceremonially defiled by touching a dead body, so they could not celebrate the Passover that day. They came to Moses and Aaron that day
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|Números 9:7| and said, “We have become ceremonially unclean by touching a dead body. But why should we be prevented from presenting the lord’s offering at the proper time with the rest of the Israelites?”
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|Números 9:8| Moses answered, “Wait here until I have received instructions for you from the lord.”
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|Números 9:9| This was the lord’s reply to Moses.
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|Números 9:10| “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people now or in future generations are ceremonially unclean at Passover time because of touching a dead body, or if they are on a journey and cannot be present at the ceremony, they may still celebrate the lord’s Passover.
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