1. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the wilderness of Sinai, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying,
2. `Also, the sons of Israel prepare the passover in its appointed season;
3. in the fourteenth day of this month between the evenings ye prepare it in its appointed season; according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances ye prepare it.'
4. And Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel to prepare the passover,
5. and they prepare the passover in the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evenings, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses, so have the sons of Israel done.
6. And there are men who have been defiled by the body of a man, and they have not been able to prepare the passover on that day, and they come near before Moses, and before Aaron, on that day,
7. and those men say unto him, `We are defiled by the body of a man; why are we withheld so as not to bring near the offering of Jehovah in its appointed season, in the midst of the sons of Israel?'
8. And Moses saith unto them, `Stand ye, and I hear what Jehovah hath commanded concerning you.'
9. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
10. `Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Though any man is unclean by a body or in a distant journey (of you or of your generations), yet he hath prepared a passover to Jehovah;
11. in the second month, on the fourteenth day, between the evenings they prepare it; with unleavened and bitter things they eat it;