Numbers 9:6-13

New Catholic Bible

⁶ Now there were some men who had become unclean by touching a dead body, and they could not observe the Passover on that day. They came to Moses and Aaron on that day ⁷ and they said, “We are unclean because we touched a dead person’s body. Why are we prohibited from presenting an offering to the Lord at its appointed time with the rest of the people of Israel?”

⁸ Moses said to them, “Stand here, and I will listen to what the Lord commands concerning your situation.” ⁹ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁰ “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, ‘If any of you or your descendants is unclean because that person comes into contact with a dead body or he is on a journey and is far away, that person shall still observe^[a] the Passover of the Lord. ¹¹ You will celebrate it the fourteenth day of the second month, you will eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. ¹² You shall not leave any leftovers until the morning, nor shall you break any of its bones. You will observe it according to the ordinances of the Passover of the Lord.

¹³ “ ‘But if some person is ritually clean and is not off on a journey and that person refuses to observe the Passover, let that person be cut off from among his people. He did not bring his offerings at the appointed time, so he will bear his sin.