9. The Lord told Moses
10. to say to the people of Israel, “When any of you or your descendants are unclean from touching a corpse or are far away on a journey, but still want to keep the Passover,
11. you are permitted to observe it one month later instead, on the evening of the fourteenth day of the second month. Celebrate it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
12. Do not leave any of the food until the following morning and do not break any of the animal's bones. Observe the Passover according to all the regulations.
13. But anyone who is ritually clean and not away on a journey and who does not observe the Passover, shall no longer be considered one of my people, because he did not present the offering to me at the appointed time. He must suffer the consequences of his sin.
14. “If foreigners living among you want to keep the Passover, they must observe it according to all the rules and regulations. The same law applies to everyone, whether native or foreigner.”
15-16. On the day the Tent of the Lord's presence was set up, a cloud came and covered it. At night the cloud looked like fire.
17. Whenever the cloud lifted, the people of Israel broke camp, and they set up camp again in the place where the cloud came down.
18. The people broke camp at the command of the Lord, and at his command they set up camp. As long as the cloud stayed over the Tent, they stayed in the same camp.
19. When the cloud stayed over the Tent for a long time, they obeyed the Lord and did not move on.
20. Sometimes the cloud remained over the Tent for only a few days; in any case, they remained in camp or moved, according to the command of the Lord.
21. Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and they moved on as soon as the cloud lifted. Whenever the cloud lifted, they moved on.
22. Whether it was two days, a month, a year, or longer, as long as the cloud remained over the Tent, they did not move on; but when it lifted, they moved.