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Números 9

BLIVRE · Chapter 9/36

1E falou o SENHOR a Moisés no deserto de Sinai, no segundo ano de sua saída da terra do Egito, no mês primeiro, dizendo:

2Os filhos de Israel farão a páscoa a seu tempo.

3No décimo quarto dia deste mês, entre as duas tardes, a fareis a seu tempo: conforme todos os seus ritos, e conforme todas suas leis a fareis.

4E falou Moisés aos filhos de Israel, para que fizessem a páscoa.

5E fizeram a páscoa no mês primeiro, aos catorze dias do mês, entre as duas tardes, no deserto de Sinai: conforme todas as coisas que mandou o SENHOR a Moisés, assim fizeram os filhos de Israel.

6E houve alguns que estavam impuros por causa de morto, e não puderam fazer a páscoa aquele dia; e chegaram diante de Moisés e diante de Arão aquele dia;

7E disseram-lhe aqueles homens: Nós somos impuros por causa de morto; por que seremos impedidos de oferecer oferta ao SENHOR a seu tempo entre os filhos de Israel?

8E Moisés lhes respondeu: Esperai, e ouvirei que mandará o SENHOR acerca de vós.

9E o SENHOR falou a Moisés, dizendo:

10Fala aos filhos de Israel, dizendo: Qualquer um de vós ou de vossas gerações, que for impuro por causa de morto ou estiver de viajem longe, fará páscoa ao SENHOR:

11No mês segundo, aos catorze dias do mês, entre as duas tardes, a farão: com pães ázimos e ervas amargas a comerão;

12Não deixarão dele para a manhã, nem quebrarão osso nele: conforme todos os ritos da páscoa a farão.

13Mas o que estiver limpo, e não estiver de viajem, se deixar de fazer a páscoa, a tal pessoa será eliminada de seus povos: porquanto não ofereceu a seu tempo a oferta do SENHOR, o tal homem levará seu pecado.

14E se morar convosco peregrino, e fizer a páscoa ao SENHOR, conforme o rito da páscoa e conforme suas leis assim a fará: um mesmo rito tereis, tanto o peregrino como o natural da terra.

15E no dia que o tabernáculo foi levantado, a nuvem cobriu o tabernáculo sobre a tenda do testemunho; e à tarde havia sobre o tabernáculo como uma aparência de fogo, até a manhã.

16Assim era continuamente: a nuvem o cobria, e de noite a aparência de fogo.

17E segundo que se erguia a nuvem do tabernáculo, os filhos de Israel se partiam: e no lugar onde a nuvem parava, ali alojavam os filhos de Israel.

18À ordem do SENHOR os filhos de Israel se partiam: e à ordem do SENHOR assentavam o acampamento: todos os dias que a nuvem estava sobre o tabernáculo, eles estavam parados.

19E quando a nuvem se detinha sobre o tabernáculo muitos dias, então os filhos de Israel guardavam a ordenança do SENHOR e não partiam.

20E quando sucedia que a nuvem estava sobre o tabernáculo poucos dias, ao dito do SENHOR alojavam, e ao dito do SENHOR partiam.

21E quando era que a nuvem se detinha desde a tarde até a manhã, quando à manhã a nuvem se levantava, eles partiam: ou se havia estado no dia, e à noite a nuvem se levantava, então partiam.

22Ou se dois dias, ou um mês, ou ano, enquanto a nuvem se detinha sobre o tabernáculo ficando sobre ele, os filhos de Israel se estavam acampados e não moviam: mas quando ela se erguia, eles moviam.

23Ao dito do SENHOR assentavam, e ao dito do SENHOR partiam, guardando a ordenança do SENHOR, como o havia o SENHOR dito por meio de Moisés.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

Israel celebrates the second Passover since leaving Egypt. A case arises of people who were unclean and could not take part on the set date, and God institutes a 'second chance' a month later. The chapter ends by describing how the cloud over the tabernacle guided the camp's departures and stops.

Explanation

The institution of an alternate Passover for those who were unclean or traveling shows God's sensitivity to legitimate circumstances that kept someone from fulfilling a command — the law was not so rigid as to permanently exclude someone with a genuine hindrance, but it also did not allow negligence without valid reason. The detailed description of the cloud guiding Israel — stopping for a day, a month, or even a year — teaches a profound lesson about trust: the people had to be ready to move or to wait, without controlling the timing, simply responding to God's visible direction. The application today: following God often requires flexibility and patience in the face of timing we do not control, trusting that he guides with wisdom even when the wait is long.

Fun facts

  • This 'second Passover' (Pesach Sheni), celebrated a month later for those who were unclean or traveling, is still observed by some practicing Jews today, on the fourteenth day of the second month of the Jewish calendar.
  • The image of the cloud by day and fire by night covering the tabernacle (vv. 15-16) directly echoes the cloud and pillar of fire that guided Israel out of Egypt (Exodus 13:21), showing continuity in how God visibly guided his people.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Números 9:1This chapter goes back in time: the date here is the first month of the second year, one month before the census in chapter 1, showing that Numbers does not follow a strictly chronological order.
  2. Números 9:2The command is simple: the people of Israel are to keep the Passover at its appointed time, marking one year since leaving Egypt.
  3. Números 9:3The date is set: the fourteenth day of that month, at twilight, following all the statutes and rites already established for the feast.
  4. Números 9:4Moses passes the command on to the people, and the Passover is officially kept there in the wilderness.
  5. Números 9:5The people obey and keep the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai, exactly as the Lord had commanded.
  6. Números 9:6Some men had become unclean by touching a dead body, probably while burying someone, and so could not take part in the Passover on the appointed day. They refused to simply be left out and went to Moses to ask if there was a solution, which led to the rule in the next verse.
  7. Números 9:7The unclean men explain their situation to Moses and ask why they should be kept from offering to the Lord just because of an impurity they never chose to have.
  8. Números 9:8Moses does not improvise an answer: he asks them to wait while he consults the Lord about what to do.
  9. Números 9:9The Lord answers Moses, providing the solution to the case raised by the unclean men.
  10. Números 9:10The rule applies to anyone, now or in future generations, who was unclean because of a dead body or away on a long journey: even so, that person could still keep the Passover.
  11. Números 9:11Because of that case, God establishes a second date, one month later, so that anyone unclean or on a long journey at the appointed time could still keep the Passover. It is an exception designed so no one would be left out for a reason beyond their control.
  12. Números 9:12When keeping the Passover on that second date, the same rules from the first applied: nothing was to be left over until morning, and none of the animal’s bones were to be broken.
  13. Números 9:13But whoever was clean and not on a journey, yet simply failed to keep the Passover, would be cut off from among the people, because he did not bring the offering at the appointed time without a valid excuse.
  14. Números 9:14The same law of the Passover also applied to the stranger living among the people: one single rule, the same for everyone, whether born in Israel or not.
  15. Números 9:15A cloud covered the tabernacle by day, and at night it had the appearance of fire. This visible sign showed God’s presence guiding the people, and it determined when the camp should stay still or move on, as the next verses explain.
  16. Números 9:16This pattern repeated continually: by day the cloud covered the tabernacle, and by night it looked like fire.
  17. Números 9:17Whenever the cloud rose from the tent, the people knew it was time to set out; wherever it stopped, there they pitched camp.
  18. Números 9:18Setting out or staying put depended entirely on the movement of the cloud: as long as it remained over the tabernacle, the people stayed camped in the same place.
  19. Números 9:19When the cloud stayed still for many days in a row, the people simply waited, without trying to move on their own initiative.
  20. Números 9:20Sometimes the cloud stayed only a few days over the tabernacle, and the people set out again soon after, always following its rhythm.
  21. Números 9:21There were times when the cloud stayed only from night until morning; as soon as it rose, whether by day or at dawn, the people set out without delay.
  22. Números 9:22Whether the cloud stayed two days, a month, or even a year, the people remained camped for however long was needed, moving only when it moved.
  23. Números 9:23The chapter closes by reinforcing the central idea: the entire rhythm of stopping and setting out came from the Lord’s command, passed on through Moses, and the people followed that direction without question.

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