^{6 Ref} There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

^{7 Ref} Those men said to him, "We are unclean because of the dead body of a man. Why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season among the children of Israel?"

^{8 Ref} Moses answered them, "Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command concerning you."

⁹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

^{10 Ref} "Say to the children of Israel, 'If any man of you or of your generations is unclean by reason of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, he shall still keep the Passover to Yahweh.