Numbers 9:7
The Scripture
(7) 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?
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
In Numbers chapter 9 the Israelites are afflicted by a plague that strikes those who have not obeyed God’s command to bring the tenth part of their harvest to the altar. The chapter records the Israelites’ response, the death of the unfaithful, and God’s instruction to bring the remaining produce, highlighting faithfulness and the serious consequences of disobedience.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Numbers 9:2Exodus 12:27Deuteronomy 16:2II Chronicles 30:17II Chronicles 30:18II Chronicles 30:19I Corinthians 5:7I Corinthians 5:8
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