Numbers 9:8

8 Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you.”

Numbers 9:8 in Other Translations

8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

8 And Moses said to them, "Wait, that I may hear what the LORD will command concerning you."

8 Moses answered, “Wait here until I have received instructions for you from the LORD .”

8 Moses said, "Give me some time; I'll find out what God says in your circumstances."

8 Moses replied to them, "Wait here until I hear what the Lord commands for you."

Numbers 9:8 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 9:8

And Moses said unto them, stand still
Where they were; Aben Ezra says, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you;
as it was a singular case, of which there had been no instance before, Moses would not determine anything about it himself, but would inquire of the Lord his mind and will concerning it; and for that purpose, very probably, went into the most holy place, where the Lord had promised to meet him and commune with him, from off the mercy seat, about any matter of difficulty he should inquire about, ( Exodus 25:22 ) .

Numbers 9:8 In-Context

6 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

7 and said to Moses, “We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”

8 Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you.”

9 Then the LORD said to Moses,

10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate the LORD’s Passover,

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 18:15; Leviticus 24:12; Numbers 15:34; Numbers 27:5,21; Psalms 85:8