13 But the man that is clean and is not in a [a]journey, and is negligent to keep the Passover, the same person shall be cut off from his people: because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his due season, that man shall bear his [b]sin.

14 And if a stranger dwell among you, and will keep the Passover unto the Lord, as the ordinance of the Passover, and as the manner thereof is, so shall he do: (A)ye shall have one law both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the same land.

15 (B)And when the Tabernacle was reared up, a cloud covered the Tabernacle, namely, the Tabernacle of the Testimony: and at even there was upon the Tabernacle, as the [c]appearance of fire until morning.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 9:13 When the Passover is celebrated.
  2. Numbers 9:13 Or, punishment of his sin.
  3. Numbers 9:15 Like a pillar, read Exod. 13:22.

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(A) for not presenting the Lord’s offering at the appointed time. They will bear the consequences of their sin.

14 “‘A foreigner(B) 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.’”

The Cloud Above the Tabernacle

15 On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law,(C) was set up,(D) the cloud(E) covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.(F)

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