Numbers 9:11

Verse

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;

American Standard Version (1901)

In the second month on the fourteenth day at even they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs:

Bible in Basic English

In the second month, on the fourteenth day, in the evening, they are to keep it, taking it with unleavened bread and bitter-tasting plants;

Free Bible Version

You are to observe it in the evening after sunset on the fourteenth day of the second month. You are to eat the lamb with the bread made without yeast, and the bitter herbs.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with matzah ·unleavened bread· and bitter herbs.

Translation for Translators

But you must celebrate it exactly one month later, early in the evening of the fourteenth day of that month. Eat the meat of the lamb for the Passover Festival with bread that is baked without yeast and eat bitter herbs.

Unlocked Literal Bible

In the second month on the fourteenth day at evening, they will eat the Passover meal. They must eat the Passover lamb with bread that is made without yeast and with bitter herbs.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Young's Literal Translation

in the second month, on the fourteenth day, between the evenings they prepare it; with unleavened and bitter things they eat it;

Context

The Second Passover

¹⁰“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.¹¹Such 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;¹²they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.

Summary

This verse instructs the Israelites to observe the Passover according to the regulations given by God. It emphasizes the importance of following God's commands and participating in the sacred rituals as a sign of obedience and faith. The Passover celebration symbolizes deliverance, redemption, and God's faithfulness to His people. By keeping this tradition, the Israelites were reminded of their history and God's miraculous intervention in their lives, fostering a deeper connection with their identity as God's chosen nation.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

They shall leave none of it unto the morning,.... None of the flesh of the passover lamb, what was left was to be burnt with fire, Exo 12:10, nor break any bone of it; the same was enjoined; see Gill on Exo 12:46, according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it: as when observed in its time, excepting the feast of unleavened bread, which followed the first passover, and those rites which were peculiar to the passover, as kept at their first coming out of Egypt; as the sprinkling the blood of the lamb on the doorposts, eating it in haste, &c.