6 And there were certain men who were unclean ^wthrough touching a dead body, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and ^xthey came before Moses and Aaron on that day. 7 And those men said to him, “We are unclean through touching a dead body. Why are we kept from bringing the Lord’s offering at its appointed time among the people of Israel?” 8 And Moses said to them, ^y“Wait, ^zthat I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”

9 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If any one of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is on a long journey, he shall still keep the Passover to the Lord. 11 ^aIn the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight they shall keep it. They shall eat it ^bwith unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They shall ^cleave none of it until the morning, ^dnor break any of its bones; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it. 13 But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not bring the Lord’s offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.

11 ^g“Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days. 12 He shall cleanse himself with the water ^hon the third day and on the seventh day, and so be clean. But if he does not cleanse himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not become clean. 13 Whoever touches a dead person, the body of anyone who has died, and does not cleanse himself, ⁱdefiles the tabernacle of the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not thrown on him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is still ^jon him.