^9:6It happened that some men¹² who were ceremonially defiled¹³ by the dead body of a man¹⁴ could not keep¹⁵ the Passover on that day, so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

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Footnotes

12 In the Hebrew text the noun has no definite article, and so it signifies “some” or “certain” men.
13 The meaning, of course, is to be ceremonially unclean, and therefore disqualified from entering the sanctuary.
14 Or “a human corpse” (so , ). So also in v. 7; cf. v. 10.
15 This clause begins with the vav (ו) conjunction and negative before the perfect tense. Here is the main verb of the sentence: They were not able to observe the Passover. The first part of the verse provides the explanation for their problem.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And there were certain men who were unclean through touching a dead body, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean on account of a dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same day

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But there were some men who were unclean because of a human corpse, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. These men came before Moses and Aaron the same day

NLTNew Living Translation

But some of the men had been ceremonially defiled by touching a dead body, so they could not celebrate the Passover that day. They came to Moses and Aaron that day

LEBThe Lexham English 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.

KJV 1900King 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:

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