Numbers 9:13

9:13 If they ignored the required Passover, they must be cut off from the community. It is not clear whether this refers to the death penalty or banishment (see study note on Lev 7:20-21).

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When the Passover is celebrated.

Or, punishment of his sin.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

(13) Shall bear his sin—i.e., shall be put to death. (Comp. Lev_24:15; Num_18:22.)

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

13. shall be cut off] He shall suffer death by divine agency, not by punishment inflicted at the hands of the community.

shall bear his sin] Shall suffer the consequences of his sin; cf. Num_18:22; Num_18:32 (P ), Lev_19:17; Lev_20:20; Lev_22:9; Lev_24:15 (H), Eze_23:49.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the Lord,.... Then he must become a proselyte of righteousness, and be circumcised, or otherwise be might not eat of the passover, Exo 12:48; Ben Gersom interprets this of the second passover, and of a proselyte that was not obliged to the first, he not being then a proselyte, but became one between the first and the second; and so Aben Ezra understands it of a second passover, though he observes, that some say the first is meant:

according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do; according to the several rites and ceremonies, whether of the first or second passover, that an Israelite was obliged to observe, the same a proselyte was to observe, and what they were has been already taken notice of:

ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and for him that was born in the land: for a proselyte, and a native of Israel; see Exo 12:49.

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The man that forbeareth to keep the passover, through contempt or neglect, without these or any other just impediments, as before.

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13. Forbeareth to keep the passover — For sins of omission resulting from obstinate unbelief the wicked will be sentenced to everlasting punishment. See Mat_25:45-46; Joh_3:18; Joh_16:9.

Shall be cut off — It is not easy to determine the precise meaning of these words. The original terms are too strong for the idea of excommunication, and they legitimately imply capital punishment. This was done by the sentence of the judge when the crime is known, otherwise it is implied, say the Jewish writers, that he should fall by the hand of Jehovah cutting him off prematurely. See Lev_17:10, note. But several of the rabbinical writers, as Maimonides, interpret these words as signifying not only temporal but eternal death. The threatening is a severe one, and is designed to inspire the deepest reverence for the divine ordinances.

Shall bear his sin — The punishment of sin. Lev_10:17; Lev_22:9, notes. Dr. Hodge asserts that “when נשׂא, nasah, is construed with sin, it plainly means, ‘to bear sin’ in the sense of being personally responsible for it.” According to this, Jesus Christ was punished for our sins, a statement which we cannot receive. We prefer a broader signification of the phrase. (1.) One bears his own sin by suffering its punishment. (2.) He may bear another’s sin by suffering in consequence of it. (3.) He may bear another’s sin aimed against himself by withholding his displeasure and treating the offender graciously. See Lev_10:17, note. (4.) Or he may endure sufferings which are not penal, but a conditional substitute for the penal sufferings of guilty persons. Such were the sufferings of Christ in taking away the sin of the world. For an exhaustive discussion see Bibliotheca Sacra, 18:284, 30:422; 32:475; and Dr. Miley’s Atonement in Christ.

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But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey. This threat was added no doubt in order to prevent men from taking advantage of the permission to keep a supplemental passover in order to suit their own convenience or interest. Only two reasons could absolve a man from the absolute necessity of keeping the passover at the due season, and these reasons must be bona fide, and not pretended. Because he brought not the offering of the Lord. In the original institution the paschal lamb did not appear distinctly in the character of an offering made to God, although undoubtedly it was such. It was rather the eating of the lamb that was insisted upon, as placing the partaker in communion with the God and Church of Israel, and so in a state of salvation. But after the law of sacrifices had been elaborated, then the paschal lamb, though prior to them all, naturally took its place amongst them as the greatest of them all, and as uniting in itself the special beauties of all.

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any person who is clean

A person who God considers spiritually acceptable is spoken of as if the person were physically clean. (See: Metaphor)

keep the Passover

Here the word "keep" means to observe. AT: "observe the Passover" or "celebrate the Passover" (See: Idiom)

that person must be cut off

Here the phrase "cut off" means to be disowned and sent away. AT: "that person must be sent away" or "you must send that person away" (See: Metaphor and Active or Passive)

fixed

set or predetermined

That man must carry his sin

Here the concept of the man having to bear the consequences of his sin is spoken of as if his sin were a heavy object object that he had to carry. AT: "That man must bear the punishment for his sin" (See: Metaphor)

lives among you

Here "you" is plural and refers to the people of Israel. (See: Forms of You)

he must keep it and do all he commands

"that stranger must keep it and do all that Yahweh commands"

keeping the rules of the Passover, and obeying the laws for it

These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are used together to emphasize that the stranger must obey all of the rules about the Passover. (See: Parallelism)

in the land

"in the land of Israel"

translationWords

clean

cut off

sacrifice

sin

honor

command

obey

law, laws

alien

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