Numbers 9:6
“And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And those men said unto him,.... To Moses, who was the chief magistrate, though Aaron was the high priest. Jarchi says,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Certain men - Probably Mishael and Elizaphan, who buried their cousins, Nadab and Abihu, within a week of this Passover…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Numbers 9:1-14
Here we have,
I. An order given for the solemnization of the passover, the day twelvemonth after they came out of Egypt,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Uncleanness prevented any share in a sacrificial feast on pain of death (Lev 7:20), and contact with a dead body was a…
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