Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 9

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Numbers 9 . 1 , The passover is again commanded; Numbers 9 . 6 , A second passover for the unclean or absent; Numbers 9 . 15 , The cloud directs the removals and encampments of the Israelites.

Numbers 9:1

In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:

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The first fourteen #### Verses of this chapter evidently refer to a time previous to the commencement of this book; but as there is no evidence of a transposition , it is better to conclude with Houbigant , that "it is enough to know , that these books contain an account of things transacted in the days of Moses , though not in their regular or chronological order."

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Numbers 9:2

"The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

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Numbers 9:3

You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances."

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Heb. between the two evenings

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Exodus 12 . 7-11

Numbers 9:5

and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Numbers 9:6

But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day

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Numbers 9:7

and said to Moses, "We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD's offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?"

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Numbers 9:8

"Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you," Moses replied.

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Numbers 9:10

"Tell the Israelites: 'When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

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Numbers 9:11

Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

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Numbers 9:12

they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.

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In the East , Belon says , he "met with shepherds who were roasting sheep whole , which they sold to travellers stuck upon sticks of willow tree. The entrails were taken out , and the body again sewed up."

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Numbers 9:13

But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD's offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.

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Numbers 9:14

If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.'"

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Numbers 9:15

On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

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Numbers 9:16

It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.

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Numbers 9:17

Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.

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Numbers 9:18

At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:1 There is no time lost , while we are waiting God's time. It is as acceptable a piece of submission to the will of God , to sit still contentedly when our lot requires it , as to work for him when we are called to it

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Numbers 9:19

Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.

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tarried long Heb. prolonged

Numbers 9:20

Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command.

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Numbers 9:21

Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they would set out. Whether it was by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up, they would set out.

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Heb. was

Numbers 9:22

Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.

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Numbers 9:23

They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.

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  • Numbers 9:19
  • Genesis 26:5
  • Joshua 22:3
  • Ezekiel 44:8
  • Zechariah 3:7 Some of the Levites may have been appointed to watch the moving of the pillar , and to give timely notice to the camp of its beginning to stir; and this is called "keeping the charge of the Lord." It is uncomfortable staying when God is departed , but very safe and pleasant going , when we see God go before us , and resting where he appoints us to rest

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web25 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Numbers 9:1-14 → Exodus 12:10, Numbers 9:1-14 → Exodus 12:18
Allusions Numbers 9:1 → Exodus 12:10, Numbers 9:1 → Exodus 12:18, Numbers 9:1 → Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:1 → Exodus 12:48, Numbers 9:1 → Exodus 12:8, Numbers 9:1 → Leviticus 23:5, Numbers 9:1-14 → Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:1-14 → Exodus 12:48-49, Numbers 9:1-14 → Exodus 12:8, Numbers 9:1-14 → Leviticus 23:5, Numbers 9:1-14 → Numbers 5:2, 2 Chronicles 30:18 → Numbers 9:10, 2 Chronicles 30:18-20 → Numbers 9:10, 2 Chronicles 30:2 → Numbers 9:9, 2 Chronicles 30:2-3 → Numbers 9:9-11
Echoes Numbers 9:1 → Numbers 5:2
Trajectories
Camp of Israel (Sacred Geography), Covenant Meals (Fellowship with God), Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence), New Exodus (Second Exodus Pattern), Passover (Christ Our Passover Lamb)
Chiasms
Shaped Numbers 9:1–5, Numbers 9:15–23
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