Bamidbar 9

And before that, God spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the second year of their departure from the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying:

"Let the sons of Israel perform the Passover at its appointed time."

"On the fourteenth day of this month, between the two sunsets, you shall perform it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and ordinances you shall perform it."

And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel concerning the performance of the Passover.

And they performed it in the first month, on the fourteenth day of it, between the two sunsets, in the wilderness of Sinai — according to all that God had commanded Moses; so did the sons of Israel.

And there were among them people who had become impure from a dead person, and it was not permitted for them to perform the Passover on that day; so they came forward regarding it, before Moses and Aaron.

And they said: "We are impure from a dead person — why then should we be prevented from bringing the offering of God at its appointed time, among the sons of Israel?"

And Moses said to them: "Wait, until I hear what God will command concerning you."

Then God spoke to Moses directly.

"Command the sons of Israel, saying: Any person who has been impure from a dead person, or is on a journey from among you, or from your generations — let him perform a Passover for God.

In the second month, on the fourteenth day of it, between the two sunsets, perform it at its appointed time; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it.

They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor shall they break a bone of it; and according to the rest of the statutes of the Passover they shall perform it.

But any man who is pure and was not on a journey, and refrained from performing the Passover — that person shall be cut off from among his people, since he did not bring the offering of God at its appointed time; that man has borne his guilt.

And if a stranger enters among you, let him perform a Passover for God; according to the statute of the Passover and its ordinance, so shall he perform it — for one law shall there be for you, for the stranger and for the native-born of the nation."

And on the day of the erection of the tabernacle, the cloud covered it — over the tent of testimony; and at night it would be upon it, like the appearance of fire until the morning.

So it would be continually: the cloud covering it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

And according to the lifting of the cloud from upon the tent, after that the sons of Israel would set out; and in the place where the cloud would settle, there the sons of Israel would encamp.

At the word of God the sons of Israel would set out, and at His word they would encamp; all the duration of the time that the cloud dwelt upon the tabernacle, they remained encamped.

And if the cloud lingered many days upon the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would observe the charge of God and not set out.

And sometimes the cloud was upon the tabernacle for a number of countable days; they would encamp at the word of God, and at His word they would set out.

And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; then it would lift at daybreak and they would set out. Or a day and a night — then it would lift and they would set out.

Or two days, or a month, or a full year: whenever the duration of the cloud upon the tabernacle was prolonged, to dwell upon it — the sons of Israel remained encamped and did not set out; and at its lifting they would set out.

So at the word of God they would encamp, and at His word they would set out; and they kept what He had entrusted to them to keep, of His word, by the hand of Moses.