성경 주석서

The Supplementary Passover

Provision is here made for the celebration of the Passover a month later for persons who were unavoidably prevented from observing it on the right day. It is the first Passover after the Exodus.

1. in the first month] The month preceding the census (Numbers 1:1).

2. And let the children of Israel &c.] If the text is correct some previous command or portion of the sentence has been lost. This may have been due to the transposition of the section from its original position. LXX. reads εἰπὸν καὶ κ.τ.λ., ‘speak and let the children of Israel keep.’

3. all the statutes of it] These were laid down in Exodus 12:1-20; Exodus 12:43-49 (P ), Exo 12:21–23 (J ). The feast is referred to as a type in 1 Corinthians 5:7 f.; cf. Colossians 1:14, Ephesians 1:7 (with Armitage Robinson’s note).

6. Uncleanness prevented any share in a sacrificial feast on pain of death (Leviticus 7:20), and contact with a dead body was a source of uncleanness (Numbers 19:11).

10. Provision is made both for accidental uncleanness, and also for absence on a journey. This is evidently intended to be exhaustive, and was understood in later days to include all good reasons which might prevent anyone from keeping the festival. Cf. 2 Chronicles 30:2; 2 Chronicles 30:15.

of your generations] i.e. of future generations.

12. nor break a bone thereof] Cf. John 19:36.

13. shall be cut off] He shall suffer death by divine agency, not by punishment inflicted at the hands of the community.

shall bear his sin] Shall suffer the consequences of his sin; cf. Numbers 18:22; Numbers 18:32 (P ), Leviticus 19:17; Leviticus 20:20; Leviticus 22:9; Leviticus 24:15 (H), Ezekiel 23:49.