Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 9:13

But the man that [is] clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

13. shall be cut off ] He shall suffer death by divine agency, not by punishment inflicted at the hands of the community.

shall bear his sin ] Shall suffer the consequences of his sin; cf. Num 18:22; Num 18:32 (P ), Lev 19:17; Lev 20:20; Lev 22:9; Lev 24:15 (H), Eze 23:49.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

The man that forbeareth to keep the passover, through contempt or neglect, without these or any other just impediments, as before.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

But the man that [is] clean,…. Free from any pollution by a dead body, or the like:

and is not in a journey; in a distant country; for if he was on a journey in his own nation, he ought to return and attend the passover, which all the males from the several parts of the land were obliged unto; wherefore the Vulgate Latin version of Nu 9:10; is a wrong one; “or in a way afar off in your nation”; for at whatsoever distance they were in their own nation, they were bound to appear:

and forbeareth to keep the passover; the first passover in the first month, the month Nisan, wilfully, through negligence, or not caring to be at the expense and trouble of it, or on any pretence whatsoever: Ben Gersom interprets it of one that will not keep neither the first nor the second passover:

even the same soul shall be cut off from his people; either be excommunicated from them, or cut off by death by the immediate hand of God:

because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed season: this is the ground and reason of the resentment; it was a breach of the divine command, which required this offering; ingratitude to God, being a thank offering for a singular deliverance; and this aggravated by its not being brought at the appointed time, which was the fit ti me for it:

that man shall bear his sin; be chargeable with the guilt of it, and bear the punishment of it; he on himself, as Aben Ezra notes, he, and he only; not his wife and family, for he being the head and master of the family, it lay upon him to provide the passover lamb for himself and his house.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(13) Shall bear his sini.e., shall be put to death. (Comp. Lev. 24:15; Num. 18:22.)

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

13. Forbeareth to keep the passover For sins of omission resulting from obstinate unbelief the wicked will be sentenced to everlasting punishment. See Mat 25:45-46; Joh 3:18; Joh 16:9.

Shall be cut off It is not easy to determine the precise meaning of these words. The original terms are too strong for the idea of excommunication, and they legitimately imply capital punishment. This was done by the sentence of the judge when the crime is known, otherwise it is implied, say the Jewish writers, that he should fall by the hand of Jehovah cutting him off prematurely. See Lev 17:10, note. But several of the rabbinical writers, as Maimonides, interpret these words as signifying not only temporal but eternal death. The threatening is a severe one, and is designed to inspire the deepest reverence for the divine ordinances.

Shall bear his sin The punishment of sin. Lev 10:17; Lev 22:9, notes. Dr. Hodge asserts that “when , nasah, is construed with sin, it plainly means, ‘to bear sin’ in the sense of being personally responsible for it.” According to this, Jesus Christ was punished for our sins, a statement which we cannot receive. We prefer a broader signification of the phrase. (1.) One bears his own sin by suffering its punishment. (2.) He may bear another’s sin by suffering in consequence of it. (3.) He may bear another’s sin aimed against himself by withholding his displeasure and treating the offender graciously. See Lev 10:17, note. (4.) Or he may endure sufferings which are not penal, but a conditional substitute for the penal sufferings of guilty persons. Such were the sufferings of Christ in taking away the sin of the world. For an exhaustive discussion see Bibliotheca Sacra, 18: 284, 30:422; 32:475; and Dr. Miley’s Atonement in Christ.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments