Bible Commentary

The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, [and] eat it with unleavened bread and bitter [herbs]. The later Jews speak of this as the little Passover. Coming, as it did, a month after the proper Passover, it afforded ample time for a man to purify himself from legal defilement, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 9:11”

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or [be] in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. 10. Provision is made both for accidental uncleanness, and also for absence on a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 9:10”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, And the Lord spake unto Moses,…. From between the cherubim, after he had laid the case before him, and he gave him an answer: saying; as follows. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible Jehovah gave these general instructions: “ Every one who is defiled by a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 9:9”

And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. God having promised to answer and direct him upon his address to him in difficult cases. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole 8-14. Moses said unto them, Standstill, and I will hear what … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 9:8”

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? Verse 7. We are defiled by the dead body of a man] It is probable … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 9:7”

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: 6. Uncleanness prevented any share in a sacrificial feast on pain of death (Lev 7:20), and contact with a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 9:6”

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. And they kept the passover on the fourteenth, day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai,…. No … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 9:5”

And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. The time now drawing nigh for the observation of it, it being now almost a year since their coming out of Egypt. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 9:4”

In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. 3. all the statutes of it ] These were laid down in Exo 12:1-20; Exo 12:43-49 (P ), Exo 12:21 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 9:3”

Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. 2. And let the children of Israel &c.] If the text is correct some previous command or portion of the sentence has been lost. This may have been due to the transposition of the section from its original position. LXX. reads . … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 9:2”