Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Numbers 9:6

Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Numbers 9:6 - 9:6

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Numbers 9:6 - 9:6

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9:6 - 9:6
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There were certain men who were defiled by human corpses (see Lev 19:28), and could not eat the Passover on the day appointed. These men came to Moses, and asked, “Why are we diminished (prevented) from offering the sacrificial gift of Jehovah at its season in the midst of the children of Israel (i.e., in common with the rest of the Israelites)?” The exclusion of persons defiled from offering the Passover followed from the law, that only clean persons were to participate in a sacrificial meal (Lev 7:21), and that no one could offer any sacrifice in an unclean state.