Parallel Verses
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,
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.
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 offered Passover the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: and did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses. 6 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, 7 and said, "We are defiled upon a dead corpse, wherefore are we kept back that we may not offer an offering unto the LORD in the due season, among the children of Israel?"
Cross References
Exodus 18:15
And Moses said unto his father-in-law, "Because the people came unto me to seek counsel of God.
Numbers 27:2
came and stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and before the lords and all the multitude in the door of the tabernacle of witness, saying,
Numbers 5:2
"Command the children of Israel that they put out of the host all the lepers and all that have issues and all that are defiled upon the dead;
Numbers 19:11
"'He that toucheth any dead person, shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers 19:16
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the fields, or a dead person, or a bone of a dead man, or a grave: shall be unclean seven days.
Exodus 18:19
But hear my voice, and I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee. Be thou unto the people to Godward, and bring the causes unto God,
Exodus 18:26
And they judged the people at all seasons, and brought the hard causes unto Moses: and judged all small matters 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 vessels and on the souls that were there, and upon him that touched a bone or a slain person or a dead body or a grave.
John 18:28
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas into the hall of judgment. It was in the morning, and they themselves went not into the judgment hall lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the paschal lamb.
Leviticus 21:11
neither shall go to any dead body nor make himself unclean: no not on his father or mother,
Leviticus 24:11
And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed 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
As long as he abstaineth unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body:
Numbers 15:33
And they that found him gathering sticks, brought him unto Moses and Aaron and unto all the congregation:
Numbers 27:5
And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.