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Numbers 9:6-8

King James Version (KJV)

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6. 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: 7. 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? 8. And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

Numbers 9:6-8 — 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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