Numbers 9:2–14

²“Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover^b at the appointed time.^{c 3}Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month,^d in accordance with all its rules and regulations.^e”

⁴So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover,^{f 5}and they did so in the Desert of Sinai^g at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.^h The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.ⁱ

⁶But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean^j on account of a dead body.^k So they came to Moses and Aaron^l that same day ⁷and said to Moses, “We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the Lord’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?^m”

⁸Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the Lord commands concerning you.”ⁿ

⁹Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹⁰“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body^o or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate^p the Lord’s Passover, ¹¹but they are to do it on the fourteenth day of the second month^q at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.^{r 12}They must not leave any of it till morning^s or break any of its bones.^t When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.^{u 13}But if anyone who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, they must be cut off from their people^v for not presenting the Lord’s offering at the appointed time. They will bear the consequences of their sin.

¹⁴“ ‘A foreigner^w residing among you is also to celebrate the Lord’s Passover in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for both the foreigner and the native-born.’ ”