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
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 9:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Passover
5
They celebrated it on the fourteenth day of the first month at dusk while they were in the Desert of Sinai. The Israelites did everything as Jehovah commanded Moses.
6 But there were some men who were
Cross References
Exodus 18:15
Moses answered: They come here to find out what God wants them to do.
Numbers 27:2
They came to Moses and stood in front of him, the priest Eleazar, the leaders, and the entire congregation at the entrance to the tent of meeting. They said:
Numbers 5:2
Command the Israelites to send outside the camp anyone who has a serious skin disease or a discharge or anyone who is unclean from touching a dead body.
Numbers 19:11
Those who touch a corpse are ritually unclean for seven days.
Numbers 19:16
Whoever is outdoors and touches someone who was killed or has died naturally or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave will be unclean for seven days.
Exodus 18:19
Listen to the advice I give you. May God be with you! You must be the people's representative to God and bring their disagreements to him.
Exodus 18:26
They judged the people on a permanent basis. The difficult cases were taken to Moses but they decided the smaller disputes themselves.
Numbers 19:18
A person who is clean will take a sprig of hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and all the people who were in the tent with the dead body. He must also sprinkle any person who has touched a human bone or a grave and any person who has touched someone who has been killed or who has died naturally.
John 18:28
They lead Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early and they did not enter directly into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
Leviticus 21:11
He must not go near any dead bodies or become unclean, even for his father or mother.
Leviticus 24:11
The Israelite woman's son began cursing Jehovah's name and treating it with contempt. So they brought him to Moses.
Numbers 6:6-7
While they are dedicated to Jehovah as Nazirites, they must never go near a dead body.
Numbers 15:33
He was taken to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation.
Numbers 27:5
So Moses brought their case to Jehovah.