Numbers 9:6

“But there were men who were unclean through a dead human being, and they could not keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.”
Numbers 9:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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But there wereוַיְהִיmenאֲנָשִׁיםwhoאֲשֶׁרwereהָיוּuncleanטְמֵאִיםthrough a deadלְנֶפֶשׁhuman being,אָדָםand they could notוְלֹא יָכְלוּkeepלַעֲשֹׂתthe Passoverהַפֶּסַחon thatהַהוּאday;בַּיּוֹםand they cameוַיִּקְרְבוּbeforeלִפְנֵיMosesמֹשֶׁהand beforeוְלִפְנֵיAaronאַהֲרֹןon thatהַהוּאday.בַּיּוֹם

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John 11:55 says that many went up to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves; Numbers 9:6-12 deals with those who were unclean and could not keep it.

The same term appears in both passages.

פֶּסַחpesajH6453πάσχαpaschaG3957“Passover”

Numbers 9:6, word by word

But there wereיְהִיyehi

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “yehi” appears

menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “anashim” appears

uncleanטְמֵאִיםtemeim

unclean

Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".

Where else “temeim” appears

through a deadנֶפֶשׁnefesh

person

Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.

Where else “nefesh” appears

human beingאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears

and they could notיָכְלוּyachlu

be able

To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.

Where else “yachlu” appears

keepעֲשֹׂתasot

prepare

To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.

Where else “asot” appears

the Passoverפֶּסַחpesach

Passover

Passover (pesach): the festival that recalls the night when God "passed over" the houses of Israel and brought them out of Egypt; also the animal sacrificed that night.

Where else “pesach” appears

dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears

and they cameיִּקְרְבוּyikrvu

come near

To come near to someone or something.

Where else “yikrvu” appears

beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “fene” appears

Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

Where else “moshe” appears

Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

Where else “aharon” appears

The context

5And they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that YHWH had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did.

6 · This verse (above)

7And those men said to him, “We are unclean through a dead human being. Why should we be kept back from presenting the offering of YHWH at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?”

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