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So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover,
Numbers 9:4 Meaning and Commentary
Numbers 9:4
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. ] The time now drawing nigh for the observation of it, it being now almost a year since their coming out of Egypt.
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“Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time.
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Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with all its rules and regulations.”
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So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover,
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and they did so in the Desert of Sinai at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD commanded Moses.
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But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean on account of a dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same day