Numbers 9:6
Context| NETBible | It happened that some men 1 who were ceremonially defiled 2 by the dead body of a man 3 could not keep 4 the Passover on that day, so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day. |
| XREF | Ex 18:15,19,26; Le 21:11; Le 24:11; Nu 5:2; Nu 6:6,7; Nu 15:33; Nu 19:11,16,18; Nu 27:2,5; Joh 18:28 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn In the Hebrew text the noun has no definite article, and so it signifies “some” or “certain” men. 2 tn The meaning, of course, is to be ceremonially unclean, and therefore disqualified from entering the sanctuary. 3 tn Or “a human corpse” (so NAB, NKJV). So also in v.7; cf. v. 10. 4 tn This clause begins with the vav (ו) conjunction and negative before the perfect tense. Here is the main verb of the sentence: They were not able to observe the Passover. The first part of the verse provides the explanation for their problem. |
