Regulations concerning Priests

21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them:

(A)No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people,

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But there were some men who were (A)unclean because of contact with a [a]dead person, so that they could not celebrate Passover on that day; and (B)they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. Those men said to him, “Though we are unclean because of a [b]dead person, why are we kept from presenting the offering of the Lord at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?” Moses then said to them, “[c](C)Wait, and I will listen to what the Lord will command concerning you.”

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead [d]person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, celebrate the Passover to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 9:6 Lit soul of man
  2. Numbers 9:7 Lit soul of man
  3. Numbers 9:8 Lit Stand
  4. Numbers 9:10 Lit soul

11 (A)The one who touches the dead body of any [a]person will also be unclean for seven days.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:11 Lit soul of mankind

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