Numbers 9:10

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 9:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah.
Numbers 9:10 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 9

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
10Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, etc.] Not to the men only that came to Moses for advice, but to the body of the people; for the answer of the Lord concerned them all, and carried in it a rule to be observed in the like case, and others mentioned, in all succeeding ages, as long as the passover was an ordinance of God: if any man of you; or “a man, a man”, or any private man; for, according to the Jewish writers, this law only respects private persons, as those were who were the occasion of its being made: or of your posterity; or “in your generations” f94, or “ages”; which shows that this law respected future times, and not the present case only: shall be unclean by reason of a…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Unclean or in a journey - Under these two instances the Hebrews think that other hindrances of like nature are comprehended; as if one be hindered by a disease, or by any other such kind of uncleanness; which may seem probable both from the nature of the thing, and the reason of the law which is the same in other cases. Numbers 9:14”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“be unclean: Num 9:6, Num 9:7; Rom 15:8-19, Rom 16:25, Rom 16:26; Co1 6:9-11; Eph 2:1, Eph 2:2, Eph 2:12, Eph 2:13, Eph 3:6-9 yet he shall keep: Mat 5:24; Co1 11:28 Numbers 9:11”
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