1 N ow the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying:

The Lord said to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt,

2 “ Let the children of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.

Let the Israelites keep the Passover at its appointed time.

3 O n the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time. According to all its rites and ceremonies you shall keep it.”

On the fourteenth day of this month in the evening, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and ordinances you shall keep it.

4 S o Moses told the children of Israel that they should keep the Passover.

So Moses told the Israelites they should keep the Passover.

5 A nd they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, at twilight, in the Wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did.

And they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month in the evening in the Wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the Israelites did.

6 N ow there were certain men who were defiled by a human corpse, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and Aaron that day.

And there were certain men who were defiled by touching the dead body of a man, so they could not keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.

7 A nd those men said to him, “We became defiled by a human corpse. Why are we kept from presenting the offering of the Lord at its appointed time among the children of Israel?”

Those men said to, We are defiled by touching the dead body. Why are we prevented from offering the Lord’s offering at its appointed time among the Israelites?

8 A nd Moses said to them, “Stand still, that I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”

And Moses said to them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.

9 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

10 “ Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If anyone of you or your posterity is unclean because of a corpse, or is far away on a journey, he may still keep the Lord ’s Passover.

Say to the Israelites, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of touching a dead body or is far off on a journey, still he shall keep the Passover to the Lord.

11 O n the fourteenth day of the second month, at twilight, they may keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

On the fourteenth day of the second month in the evening they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

12 T hey shall leave none of it until morning, nor break one of its bones. According to all the ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it.

They shall leave none of it until the morning nor break any bone of it; according to all the statutes for the Passover they shall keep it.

13 B ut the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and ceases to keep the Passover, that same person shall be cut off from among his people, because he did not bring the offering of the Lord at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.

But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, yet does not keep the Passover, that person shall be cut off from among his people because he did not bring the Lord’s offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.

14 ‘ And if a stranger dwells among you, and would keep the Lord ’s Passover, he must do so according to the rite of the Passover and according to its ceremony; you shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and the native of the land.’” The Cloud and the Fire

And if a stranger sojourns among you and will keep the Passover to the Lord, according to statutes and its ordinances, so shall he do; you shall have one statute both for the temporary resident and for him who was born in the land.

15 N ow on the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the Testimony; from evening until morning it was above the tabernacle like the appearance of fire.

And on the day that the tabernacle was erected, the cloud covered the tabernacle, that is, the Tent of the Testimony; and at evening it was over the tabernacle, having the appearance of fire until the morning.

16 S o it was always: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

So it was constantly; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

17 W henever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, after that the children of Israel would journey; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the children of Israel would pitch their tents.

Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, after that the Israelites journeyed; and in the place where the cloud rested, there the Israelites encamped.

18 A t the command of the Lord the children of Israel would journey, and at the command of the Lord they would camp; as long as the cloud stayed above the tabernacle they remained encamped.

At the Lord’s command the Israelites journeyed, and at command they encamped. As long as the cloud rested upon the tabernacle they remained encamped.

19 E ven when the cloud continued long, many days above the tabernacle, the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord and did not journey.

Even when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, the Israelites kept the Lord’s charge and did not set out.

20 S o it was, when the cloud was above the tabernacle a few days: according to the command of the Lord they would remain encamped, and according to the command of the Lord they would journey.

And sometimes the cloud was only a few days upon the tabernacle, but according to the command of the Lord they remained encamped, and at His command they journeyed.

21 S o it was, when the cloud remained only from evening until morning: when the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they would journey; whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud was taken up, they would journey.

And sometimes the cloud remained from evening only until morning, but when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed; whether it was taken up by day or by night, they journeyed.

22 W hether it was two days, a month, or a year that the cloud remained above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would remain encamped and not journey; but when it was taken up, they would journey.

Whether it was two days or a month or a longer time that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, dwelling on it, the Israelites remained encamped; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

23 A t the command of the Lord they remained encamped, and at the command of the Lord they journeyed; they kept the charge of the Lord, at the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

At the command of the Lord they remained encamped, and at command they journeyed; they kept the charge of the Lord, at the command of the Lord through Moses.