1.
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
am 2514, bc 1490, An, Ex, Is, 2, Abib
in the first month: The first fourteen verses of this chapter evidently refer to a time previous to the commencement of this book; but as there is no evidence of a transposition, it is better to conclude with Houbigant, that "it is enough to know, that these books contain an account of things transacted in the days of Moses, though not in their regular or chronological order." Numbers 1:1, Exodus 40:2
Reciprocal: Exodus 40:17 - the first month Numbers 7:66 - On the tenth day Numbers 7:73 - General Numbers 10:11 - on Numbers 10:12 - out of the Joshua 5:10 - kept the passover
2.
Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
keep: Exodus 12:1-20
his appointed: Numbers 28:16, Exodus 12:6, Exodus 12:14, Leviticus 23:5, Deuteronomy 16:1, Deuteronomy 16:2, Joshua 5:10, 2 Chronicles 35:1, Ezra 6:19, Mark 14:12, Luke 22:7, 1 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Corinthians 5:8
Reciprocal: Exodus 12:21 - and take Exodus 23:15 - the feast Numbers 9:7 - we may not offer Numbers 9:13 - because Numbers 28:2 - General 2 Kings 23:21 - as it is written Ezekiel 45:21 - ye shall
3.
In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
Exodus 12:7-11
the fourteenth: 2 Chronicles 30:2, 2 Chronicles 30:15
at even: Heb. between the two evenings, Exodus 12:6, *marg. Hebrews 9:26
according to all the rites: Numbers 9:11, Numbers 9:12
Reciprocal: Numbers 9:13 - because Numbers 28:2 - General Numbers 28:4 - at even Numbers 28:16 - General Deuteronomy 16:6 - at even 2 Chronicles 35:1 - the fourteenth
4.
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.
5.
And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
they kept: Joshua 5:10
according: Numbers 8:20, Numbers 29:40, Genesis 6:22, Genesis 7:5, Exodus 39:32, Exodus 39:42, Deuteronomy 1:3, Deuteronomy 4:5, Matthew 28:20, John 15:14, Acts 26:19, Hebrews 3:5, Hebrews 11:8
Reciprocal: Numbers 10:11 - on Numbers 10:12 - out of the
6.
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:
defiled: Numbers 5:2, Numbers 6:6, Numbers 6:7, Numbers 19:11, Numbers 19:16, Numbers 19:18, Leviticus 21:11, John 18:28
they came: Numbers 15:33, Numbers 27:2, Numbers 27:5, Exodus 18:15, Exodus 18:19, Exodus 18:26, Leviticus 24:11
Reciprocal: Numbers 9:10 - be unclean 2 Chronicles 30:19 - though he be not Ezra 6:21 - all such Haggai 2:13 - General John 11:55 - to purify
7.
And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
we may not offer: Numbers 9:2, Exodus 12:27, Deuteronomy 16:2, 2 Chronicles 30:17-19, 1 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Corinthians 5:8
Reciprocal: Numbers 9:10 - be unclean Numbers 9:13 - because Numbers 28:2 - General Ezra 6:21 - all such
8.
And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.
9.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
10.
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.
be unclean: Numbers 9:6, Numbers 9:7, Romans 15:8-19, Romans 16:25, Romans 16:26, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:2, Ephesians 2:12, Ephesians 2:13, Ephesians 3:6-9
yet he shall keep: Matthew 5:24, 1 Corinthians 11:28
Reciprocal: Numbers 19:11 - toucheth the dead 2 Chronicles 30:2 - in the second month 2 Chronicles 30:18 - had not cleansed Ezra 6:21 - all such 1 Corinthians 11:27 - whosoever
11.
The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
fourteenth: Numbers 9:3, Exodus 12:2-14, Exodus 12:43-49, 2 Chronicles 30:2-15, John 19:36
and eat it: Exodus 12:8
Reciprocal: Numbers 10:11 - on Deuteronomy 16:3 - eat no Deuteronomy 16:6 - at even
12.
They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
shall leave: Exodus 12:10
break any bone: In the East, Belon says, he "met with shepherds who were roasting sheep whole, which they sold to travellers stuck upon sticks of willow tree. The entrails were taken out, and the body again sewed up." Exodus 12:46, John 19:36
according: Numbers 9:3, Exodus 12:43
Reciprocal: Exodus 34:25 - be left Hebrews 9:1 - had
13.
But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
forbeareth: Numbers 15:30, Numbers 15:31, Numbers 19:13, Genesis 17:14, Exodus 12:15, Leviticus 17:4, Leviticus 17:10, Leviticus 17:14-16, Hebrews 2:3, Hebrews 6:6, Hebrews 10:26-29, Hebrews 12:25
because: Numbers 9:2, Numbers 9:3, Numbers 9:7
bear his sin: Numbers 5:31, Leviticus 20:20, Leviticus 22:9, Ezekiel 23:49, Hebrews 9:28
Reciprocal: Exodus 12:19 - even that Exodus 12:47 - All the Exodus 28:43 - bear not iniquity Exodus 30:33 - cut off Leviticus 5:1 - bear Leviticus 24:15 - bear his sin Numbers 19:9 - clean Numbers 28:2 - General 1 Corinthians 11:27 - whosoever
14.
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
Exodus 12:48, Exodus 12:49, Leviticus 19:10, Leviticus 22:25, Leviticus 24:22, Leviticus 25:15, Deuteronomy 29:11, Deuteronomy 31:12, Isaiah 56:3-7, Ephesians 2:19-22
Reciprocal: Exodus 12:43 - There shall Numbers 15:15 - One Numbers 15:29 - one law Numbers 29:6 - according
15.
And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
on the day: Exodus 40:2, Exodus 40:18
the cloud: Numbers 14:14, Exodus 14:19, Exodus 14:20, Exodus 14:24, Exodus 33:9, Exodus 33:10, Exodus 40:34, Nehemiah 9:12, Nehemiah 9:19, Psalms 78:14, Psalms 105:39, Isaiah 4:5, Ezekiel 10:3, Ezekiel 10:4, 1 Corinthians 10:1
at even: Exodus 13:21, Exodus 40:38
Reciprocal: Exodus 26:36 - the tent Exodus 38:21 - tabernacle of testimony Deuteronomy 1:33 - in fire 1 Kings 8:9 - when Acts 7:36 - and in the wilderness Acts 7:44 - the tabernacle
16.
So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
Numbers 9:18-22, Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22, Exodus 40:38, Deuteronomy 1:33, Nehemiah 9:12, Nehemiah 9:19, Psalms 78:14, Psalms 105:39, Isaiah 4:5, Isaiah 4:6, 1 Corinthians 10:1, 2 Corinthians 5:19, Revelation 21:3, This cloud not only enlightened the Israelites, but also protected them, and was a continual pledge of God's presence and protection. To this manifestation of the Divine glory, the prophet Isaiah alludes, when he says - Isaiah 4:5, "The Lord will create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night." God is the director, protector, and glory of his church.
17.
And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
when the cloud: Numbers 10:11, Numbers 10:33, Numbers 10:34, Exodus 40:36-38, Psalms 80:1, Psalms 80:2, Isaiah 49:10, John 10:3-5, John 10:9
and in the: Exodus 33:14, Exodus 33:15, Psalms 32:8, Psalms 73:24, John 10:3, John 10:4, John 10:9
Reciprocal: Numbers 9:22 - abode Numbers 33:2 - journeys Psalms 136:16 - General
18.
At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
and at the: Numbers 9:20, Numbers 10:13, Exodus 17:1, 2 John 1:6
as long as: 1 Corinthians 10:1, There is no time lost, while we are waiting God's time. It is as acceptable a piece of submission to the will of God, to sit still contentedly when our lot requires it, as to work for him when we are called to it.
Reciprocal: Numbers 9:16 - General
19.
And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
tarried long: Heb. prolonged
kept the: Numbers 1:52, Numbers 1:53, Numbers 3:8, Zechariah 3:7
Reciprocal: Exodus 40:37 - General Leviticus 8:35 - keep Numbers 9:23 - they kept 2 Chronicles 13:11 - we keep
20.
And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
Reciprocal: Numbers 9:18 - and at the Deuteronomy 7:21 - the Lord
21.
And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
abode: Heb. was, Nehemiah 9:12, Nehemiah 9:19
22.
Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
abode: Numbers 9:17, Numbers 1:54, Numbers 8:20, Numbers 23:21, Numbers 23:22, Exodus 39:42, Exodus 40:16, Exodus 40:36, Exodus 40:37, Deuteronomy 1:6, Deuteronomy 1:7, Deuteronomy 2:3, Deuteronomy 2:4, Psalms 32:8, Psalms 48:14, Psalms 73:24, Psalms 77:20, Psalms 107:7, Psalms 143:10, Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 3:6, Acts 1:4
23.
At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
they kept: Numbers 9:19, Genesis 26:5, Joshua 22:3, Ezekiel 44:8, Zechariah 3:7, Some of the Levites may have been appointed to watch the moving of the pillar, and to give timely notice to the camp of its beginning to stir; and this is called "keeping the charge of the Lord." It is uncomfortable staying when God is departed, but very safe and pleasant going, when we see God go before us, and resting where he appoints us to rest.
Reciprocal: Numbers 10:13 - General