Numbers 9:1

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Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Numbers 9:1 · New American Standard Bible

Parallel translations

WEB Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
KJV And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
BSB In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:
NKJV Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying:
NLT A year after Israel’s departure from Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai. In the first month of that year he said,

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Quick answer

God spoke to Moses at Sinai in the first month of the second year after the Exodus, about keeping the Passover. The setting anchors the command in covenant history.

Overview

Just before Israel left Sinai, God commanded a renewed Passover, marking one year since their redemption from Egypt. By celebrating the Passover again, Israel rehearsed the salvation that defined them, a feast that points ahead to Christ our Passover, sacrificed for us.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

Num 1:1Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Exod 40:2“On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.

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Christ at the center

In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.

How Numbers 9:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And the LORDיְהֹוָה spakeדָבַר unto Mosesמֹשֶׁה in the wildernessמִדְבָּר of Sinaiסִינַי in the firstרִאשׁוֹן monthחֹדֶשׁ of the secondשֵׁנִי yearשָׁנֶה after they were come outיָצָא of the landאֶרֶץ of Egyptמִצְרַיִם sayingאָמַר

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