Thus the LORD spoke
to Moses
in the wilderness
of Sinai
, in athe first
month
of the second
year
after they had come
out of the land
of Egypt
, saying
,
"Now, let the sons of Israel
observe
the Passover
at aits appointed
time
.
"On the fourteenth day
of this
month
, 1at twilight
, you shall observe
it at its appointed
time
; you shall observe
it according to all
its statutes
and according to all
its ordinances
."
So Moses 1told
the sons
of Israel
to observe
the Passover
.
aThey observed the Passover
in the first
month, on the fourteenth
day
of the month
, at twilight
, in the wilderness
of Sinai
; baccording to all
that the LORD
had commanded
Moses
, so
the sons
of Israel
did
.
But there were some men who
were aunclean
because of the 1dead
person
, so that they could
not observe
Passover
on that day
; so bthey came
before
Moses
and Aaron
on that day
.
Those men
said
to him, "Though we are unclean
because of the 1dead
person
, why
are we restrained
from presenting
the offering
of the LORD
at its appointed
time
among
the sons
of Israel
?"
Moses therefore said
to them, " 1 aWait
, and I will listen
to what
the LORD
will command
concerning you."
Then the LORD spoke
to Moses
, saying
,
"Speak to the sons
of Israel
, saying
, `If
any
one
of you or
of your generations
becomes
unclean
because of a dead 1person
, or
is on a distant
journey
, he may, however, observe
the Passover
to the LORD
.
`In the second month
on the afourteenth
day
at twilight
, they shall observe
it; they bshall eat
it with unleavened
bread
and bitter
herbs
.
`They ashall leave none
of it until
morning
, bnor
break
a bone
of it; according to all
the statute
of the Passover
they shall observe
it.
` aBut the man who
is clean
and is not on a journey
, and yet 1neglects
to observe
the Passover
, that 2person
shall then be cut
off
from his people
, for he did not present
the offering
of the LORD
at its appointed
time
. That man
bwill bear
his sin
.
` aIf an alien
sojourns
among
you and 1observes
the Passover
to the LORD
, according to the statute
of the Passover
and according to its ordinance
, so
he shall do
; you shall have
bone
statute
, both for the alien
and for the native
of the land
.' "
Now on athe day that the tabernacle
was erected
bthe cloud
covered
the tabernacle
, the ctent
of the testimony
, and din the evening
it was like the appearance
of fire
over
the tabernacle
, until
morning
.
So it was continuously
; athe cloud
would cover
it by day, and the appearance
of fire
by night
.
aWhenever the cloud
was lifted
from over
the tent
, afterward
the sons
of Israel
would then set
out; and in the place
where
the cloud
settled
down
, there
the sons
of Israel
would camp
.
At the 1command of the LORD
the sons
of Israel
would set
out, and at the 1command
of the LORD
they would camp
; aas long
as the cloud
settled
over
the tabernacle
, they remained
camped
.
Even when the cloud lingered
over
the tabernacle
for many
days
, 1the sons
of Israel
would keep
the LORD'S
charge
and not set
out.
If 1sometimes the cloud
remained
a few
days
over
the tabernacle
, aaccording
to the 2command
of the LORD
they remained
camped
. Then according
to the 2command
of the LORD
they set
out.
If 1sometimes the cloud
2remained
from evening
until
morning
, when the cloud
was lifted
in the morning
, they would move
out; or
if it remained in the daytime
and at night
, whenever the cloud
was lifted
, they would set
out.
Whether it was two days
or
a month
or
a year
that the cloud
lingered
over
the tabernacle
, staying
above
it, the sons
of Israel
remained
camped
and did not set
out; but awhen it was lifted
, they did set
out.
aAt the 1command of the LORD
they camped
, and at the 1command
of the LORD
they set
out; they kept
the LORD'S
charge
, according
to the 1command
of the LORD
through
Moses
.