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Numbers 9:7 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Numbers 9:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 9 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?”
Numbers 9:7 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 9:7
The defiled men's question 'Wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season?' expresses genuine grief over exclusion from corporate worship. Their phrase 'kept back' (Hebrew gara—diminished/restrained) reveals they felt impoverished by missing the feast. This holy desire for participation led to divine accommodation. The principle emerges that God responds to sincere longing for His presence and ordinances. Their question also raises the theological issue of how purity laws relate to covenant participation, ultimately resolved in Christ who mak...
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Cross-References for Numbers 9:7
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“that you may be a new lump”
“εἰπὸν καὶ ποιείτωσαν οἱ υἱοὶ ισραηλ τὸ πασχα καθ' ὥραν αὐτοῦ”
“to sanctify them to Yahweh.”
“of the flock and the herd”
“'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover”