Numbers 9:7–9

9:7 And those men said to him, “We are ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man; why are we kept back from offering the Lord’s offering at its appointed time among the Israelites?” 9:8 So Moses said to them, “Remain16 here and I will hear17 what the Lord will command concerning you.”

9:9 The Lord spoke to Moses:

16	tn The verb is simply “stand,” but in the more general sense of waiting to hear the answer.
17	tn The cohortative may be subordinated to the imperative: “stand … [that I] may hear.”