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Numbers 9:6

King James Version (KJV)

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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:

Numbers 9:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 9:6

Theological / Devotional

By the dead body. Hence, unclean (ch. 19:11). As in chs. 5:2; 6:11, the Hebrew word here rendered as “dead body” is nephesh, “soul.”

Could not keep. An unclean person who partook of a sacrificial feast was to be “cut off” from his people (Lev. 7:20). On “cut off” see on (Ex. 12:15).

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