1 In the first month of the second year after their going out from the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
2 "The children of Israel are to celebrate the Passover at its appointed time.
3 Celebrate it at its appointed time, on the fourteenth day of this month between the two evenings; celebrate it in keeping with all its statutes and all its ordinances."
4 So Moses told the children of Israel to celebrate the Passover,
5 and they celebrated the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the two evenings, in the wilderness of Sinai. The children of Israel did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
6 But there were some men who had become unclean through a human corpse and could not celebrate the Passover on that day. That same day they came before Moses and Aaron,
7 and these men said to him, "We are unclean through a human corpse. Why should we be held back from presenting the LORD's offering at its appointed time along with the children of Israel?"
8 Moses answered them, "Stay here, and let me hear what the LORD commands concerning you."
9 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
10 "Tell the children of Israel: If any of you or your descendants is unclean through a corpse or is away on a distant journey, he may still celebrate the Passover to the LORD.
11 They are to celebrate it in the second month, on the fourteenth day, between the two evenings, eating it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
12 They must not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They are to celebrate it in keeping with every statute of the Passover.
13 But if a man who is clean and not on a journey neglects to celebrate the Passover, that person shall be cut off from his people, for he did not present the LORD's offering at its appointed time. That man will bear his sin.
14 If a foreigner living among you wants to celebrate the Passover to the LORD, he must do it in keeping with the statute of the Passover and its ordinance. You are to have one statute for the foreigner and for the native of the land alike."
15 On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony; and from evening until morning it hung over the tabernacle with an appearance like fire.
16 It was like that continually: the cloud covered it, and by night it looked like fire.
17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the children of Israel would move out after it, and wherever the cloud came to rest, there the children of Israel encamped.
18 At the word of the LORD the children of Israel moved out, and at the word of the LORD they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they stayed encamped.
19 When the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the children of Israel observed the LORD's charge and did not move out.
20 At times the cloud remained over the tabernacle only a few days; at the word of the LORD they encamped, and at the word of the LORD they moved out.
21 At times the cloud stayed only from evening until morning, and when the cloud lifted in the morning they moved out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they moved out.
22 Whether two days, a month, or longer, as long as the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, resting on it, the children of Israel stayed encamped and did not move out; but when it lifted, they moved out.
23 At the word of the LORD they encamped, and at the word of the LORD they moved out; they observed the LORD's charge at the word of the LORD through Moses.