Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Passover » Special passover, for those who were unclean, or on a journey, to be held in the second month
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, and those men say unto him, 'We are defiled by the body of a man; why are we withheld so as not to bring near the offering of Jehovah in its appointed season, in the midst of the sons of Israel?' And Moses saith unto them, 'Stand ye, and I hear what Jehovah hath commanded concerning you.' read more.
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Though any man is unclean by a body or in a distant journey (of you or of your generations), yet he hath prepared a passover to Jehovah; in the second month, on the fourteenth day, between the evenings they prepare it; with unleavened and bitter things they eat it; they do not leave of till morning; and a bone they do not break in it: according to all the statute of the passover they prepare it.
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Though any man is unclean by a body or in a distant journey (of you or of your generations), yet he hath prepared a passover to Jehovah; in the second month, on the fourteenth day, between the evenings they prepare it; with unleavened and bitter things they eat it; they do not leave of till morning; and a bone they do not break in it: according to all the statute of the passover they prepare it.
And the king taketh counsel, and his heads, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to make the passover in the second month, for they have not been able to make it at that time, for the priests have not sanctified themselves sufficiently, and the people have not been gathered to Jerusalem. And the thing is right in the eyes of the king, and in the eyes of all the assembly,