Numbers 9

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh vemidbar-sinay bashanah hashenit letsetam me'erets mitsrayim bakhodesh harishon lemor

GOD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, on the first new moon of the second year after the exodus from the land of Egypt, saying:

veya'asu vene-yisra'el et-happasakh bemo'ado

Let the Israelite people offer the passover sacrifice at its set time:

be'arba'ah asar-yom bakhodesh hazzeh ben ha'arbayim ta'asu oto bemo'ado kekhol-khuqqotayw ukhekhol-mishpatayw ta'asu oto

you shall offer it on the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, at its set time; you shall offer it in accordance with all its rules and rites.

vayedabber mosheh el-bene yisra'el la'asot happasakh

Moses instructed the Israelites to offer the passover sacrifice;

vayya'asu et-happesakh barishon be'arba'ah asar yom lakhodesh ben ha'arbayim bemidbar sinay kekhol asher tsivvah Adonai et-mosheh ken asu bene yisra'el

and they offered the passover sacrifice in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai. Just as GOD had commanded Moses, so the Israelites did.

vayehi anashim asher hayu teme'im lenefesh adam velo-yakhelu la'asot-happesakh bayyom hahu vayyiqrevu lifne mosheh velifne aharon bayyom hahu

But there were some who were impure by reason of a corpse and could not offer the passover sacrifice on that day. Appearing that same day before Moses and Aaron,

vayyomeru ha'anashim hahemmah elayw anakhnu teme'im lenefesh adam lammah niggara levilti haqriv et-qorban Adonai bemo'ado betokh bene yisra'el

those affected said to them, “Impure though we are by reason of a corpse, why must we be debarred from presenting GOD’s offering at its set time with the rest of the Israelites?”

vayyomer alehem mosheh imdu ve'eshme'ah mah-yetsavveh Adonai lakhem

Moses said to them, “Stand by, and let me hear what instructions GOD gives about you.”

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

And GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

dabber el-bene yisra'el lemor ish ish ki-yihyeh-tame lanefesh o vederekh rekhoqah lakhem o ledorotekhem ve'asah fesakh la-Adonai

Speak to the Israelite people, saying: Regarding anyone—whether you or your posterity—who is defiled by a corpse or is on a long journey and would offer a passover sacrifice to GOD:

bakhodesh hasheni be'arba'ah asar yom ben ha'arbayim ya'asu oto al-matsot umerorim yokheluhu

They shall offer it in the second month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs,

lo-yashiru mimmennu ad-boqer ve'etsem lo yishberu-vo kekhol-khuqqat happesakh ya'asu oto

and they shall not leave any of it over until morning. They shall not break a bone of it. They shall offer it in strict accord with the law of the passover sacrifice.

veha'ish asher-hu tahor uvederekh lo-hayah vekhadal la'asot happesakh venikhretah hannefesh hahiv me'ammeha ki qorban Adonai lo hiqriv bemo'ado kheto yissa ha'ish hahu

But if anyone who is pure and not on a journey refrains from offering the passover sacrifice, that person shall be cut off from kin, for GOD’s offering was not presented at its set time; that party shall bear the guilt.

vekhi-yagur ittekhem ger ve'asah fesakh la-Adonai kekhuqqat happesakh ukhemishpato ken ya'aseh khuqqah akhat yihyeh lakhem velagger ule'ezrakh ha'arets

And when a stranger who resides with you would offer a passover sacrifice to GOD, it must be offered in accordance with the rules and rites of the passover sacrifice. There shall be one law for you, whether stranger or citizen of the country.

uveyom haqim et-hammishkan kissah he'anan et-hammishkan le'ohel ha'edut uva'erev yihyeh al-hammishkan kemareh-esh ad-boqer

On the day that the Tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the Tabernacle, the Tent of the Pact; and in the evening it rested over the Tabernacle in the likeness of fire until morning.

ken yihyeh tamid he'anan yekhassennu umareh-esh layelah

It was always so: the cloud covered it, appearing as fire by night.

ulefi he'alot he'anan me'al ha'ohel ve'akhare khen yisu bene yisra'el uvimqom asher yishkon-sham he'anan sham yakhanu bene yisra'el

And whenever the cloud lifted from the Tent, the Israelites would set out accordingly; and at the spot where the cloud settled, there the Israelites would make camp.

al-pi Adonai yisu bene yisra'el ve'al-pi Adonai yakhanu kol-yeme asher yishkon he'anan al-hammishkan yakhanu

At GOD’s command the Israelites broke camp, and at GOD’s command they made camp: they remained encamped as long as the cloud stayed over the Tabernacle.

uveha'arikh he'anan al-hammishkan yamim rabbim veshameru vene-yisra'el et-mishmeret Adonai velo yissa'u

When the cloud lingered over the Tabernacle many days, the Israelites observed GOD’s mandate and did not journey on.

veyesh asher yihyeh he'anan yamim mispar al-hammishkan al-pi Adonai yakhanu ve'al-pi Adonai yissa'u

At such times as the cloud rested over the Tabernacle for but a few days, they remained encamped at GOD’s command, and broke camp at GOD’s command.

veyesh asher-yihyeh he'anan me'erev ad-boqer vena'alah he'anan babboqer venasa'u o yomam valaylah vena'alah he'anan venasa'u

And at such times as the cloud stayed from evening until morning, they broke camp as soon as the cloud lifted in the morning. Day or night, whenever the cloud lifted, they would break camp.

o-yomayim o-khodesh o-yamim beha'arikh he'anan al-hammishkan lishkon alayw yakhanu vene-yisra'el velo yissa'u uvehe'aloto yissa'u

Whether it was two days or a month or a year—however long the cloud lingered over the Tabernacle—the Israelites remained encamped and did not set out; only when it lifted did they break camp.

al-pi Adonai yakhanu ve'al-pi Adonai yissa'u et-mishmeret Adonai shamaru al-pi Adonai beyad-mosheh

On a sign from GOD they made camp and on a sign from GOD they broke camp; they observed GOD’s mandate—at GOD’s bidding through Moses.