Numbers 9:11

Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God speaks through Moses to the Israelites regarding those who are ritually unclean or traveling, instructing them on the adjusted timing and components for observing the Passover.

The words — The text specifies בֵּ֥ין הָ/עַרְבַּ֖יִם (bein ha'arbayim), meaning "between the evenings," to mark the precise time of observance, alongside יַעֲשׂ֣וּ (ya'asu), "they will observe," which commands the act itself.

The thread — The adjustment to the second month appears in 2 Chronicles 30:2, while the underlying Passover statutes regarding its timing in the first month and participant restrictions are recorded in Exodus 12:2 and Exodus 12:43.

Why it lands — The passage requires readers to recognize that ritual observance follows specific temporal and physical boundaries, demanding exact compliance with the prescribed date, time, and food elements.

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The Hebrew words

בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁba./Cho.deshin the/ month הַשֵּׁנִ֜יha./she.Ni<the>/ second בְּאַרְבָּעָ֨הbe./'ar.ba.'Ahon/ [the] four-עָשָׂ֥ר'a.Sarteen י֛וֹםYomday בֵּ֥יןbeinbetween הָעַרְבַּ֖יִםha./'ar.Ba.yimthe/ evenings יַעֲשׂ֣וּya.'a.Suthey will observe אֹת֑וֹ'o.T/o<obj.>/ it עַל־'al-with מַצּ֥וֹתma.Tzotunleavened bread<s>וּמְרֹרִ֖יםu./me.ro.Rimand/ bitter herbs יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ׃yo.khe.Lu./huthey will eat/ it

King James Version

The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 30:2 For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,
Exodus 12:2 “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
Exodus 12:43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.
Numbers 9:3 You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”
Deuteronomy 16:3 You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.
John 19:36 Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”