Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But there were some men who were
King James Version
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:
Holman Bible
But there were some men who were unclean because of a human corpse, so they could not observe the Passover on that day.
International Standard Version
But there were men who couldn't observe the Passover that day because they had come in contact with a corpse. That very day, they approached Moses and Aaron
A Conservative Version
And there were certain men who were unclean by reason of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day,
American Standard Version
And there were certain men, who were unclean by reason of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
Amplified
But there were certain men who were [ceremonially] unclean because of [touching] the dead body of a man, so they could not observe the Passover on that day; so they came before Moses and Aaron that same day.
Bible in Basic English
And there were certain men who were unclean because of a dead body, so that they were not able to keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
Darby Translation
And there were men, who were unclean through the dead body of a man, and could not hold the passover on that day; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
Julia Smith Translation
And there shall be men who were unclean by the soul of man, and they will not be able to do the passover in that day: and they came near before Moses and before Aaron, in that day:
King James 2000
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:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And it happened, men who were unclean {by a dead person} were not able to perform the Passover on that day. And they came {before} Moses and Aaron on that day.
Modern King James verseion
And there were certain men who were defiled by the dead body of a man, so that they could not prepare the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And it chanced that certain men which were defiled with a dead corpse, that they might not offer Passover the same day, came before Moses and Aaron the same day,
NET Bible
It happened that some men who were ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man could not keep the Passover on that day, so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
New Heart English Bible
There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
The Emphasized Bible
But so it was that there were, certain men who had become unclean by a dead person, and could not keep the passover on that day, - therefore came they near before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
Webster
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:
World English Bible
There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
Youngs Literal Translation
And there are men who have been defiled by the body of a man, and they have not been able to prepare the passover on that day, and they come near before Moses, and before Aaron, on that day,
Themes
dead Bodies » Jewish laws concerning
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Touching a dead body or a bone
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 9:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Passover
5
And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month between the two evenings in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the sons of Israel.
6 But there were some men who were
Cross References
Exodus 18:15
And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God.
Numbers 27:2
And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar, the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, saying,
Numbers 5:2
Command the sons of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper and every one that has an issue and anyone who is defiled by the dead.
Numbers 19:11
He that touches the dead body of any human person shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers 19:16
And whoever touches one that is slain with a sword in the open fields or a dead body or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
Exodus 18:19
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people before God that thou may submit the causes unto God.
Exodus 18:26
And they judged the people at all seasons; the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Numbers 19:18
and a clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it upon the tent and upon all the stuff and upon the persons that were there and upon the one that touched the bone or the one slain or the one dead or the grave.
John 18:28
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment, and it was early; and they themselves did not go into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the passover.
Leviticus 21:11
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or for his mother;
Leviticus 24:11
and the Israelite woman's son pronounced the Name and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
Numbers 6:6-7
All the days that they separate themselves unto the LORD they shall come in unto no dead body.
Numbers 15:33
And those that found him gathering firewood brought him unto Moses and Aaron and unto all the congregation.
Numbers 27:5
And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.