Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
We may not offer
General references
Bible References
We may not offer
Numbers 9:2
"The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.
Exodus 12:27
then you will say, 'It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck Egypt and delivered our households.'" The people bowed down low to the ground,
Deuteronomy 16:2
You must sacrifice the Passover animal (from the flock or the herd) to the Lord your God in the place where he chooses to locate his name.
2 Chronicles 30:17
Because many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites slaughtered the Passover lambs of all who were ceremonially unclean and could not consecrate their sacrifice to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 5:7
Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough -- you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
General references
Leviticus 23:5
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, is a Passover offering to the Lord.
Haggai 2:13
Then Haggai asked, "If a person who is ritually unclean because of touching a dead body comes in contact with one of these items, will it become unclean?" The priests answered, "It will be unclean."