Numbers 9:7

Numbers 9:7 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

7and 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?”

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

7Those men said to him, “Though we are unclean because of a dead person, why are we kept from presenting the offering of the Lord at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?”

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

7Those men said to Moses, “We are [ceremonially] unclean because of [touching] a dead body. Why are we being restrained from presenting the Lords offering at its appointed time among the Israelites?”

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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

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American Standard Version (ASV)

7and those men said unto him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel?

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

7And those men said vnto him, We are defiled by a dead man: wherefore are wee kept backe that we may not offer an offering vnto the Lord in the time thereunto appointed among the children of Israel?

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

7Those men said to him, “We are unclean because of the dead body of a man. Why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season among the children of Israel?”

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

7They said to Moses, “We went near a dead body. So we aren’t ‘clean.’ But why should we be kept from bringing the Lord’s offering at the appointed time? Why shouldn’t we bring it along with the other Israelites?”

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

7They said to Moses, ‘We are not clean because we touched a dead body. But we would like to offer our gift to the Lord at the proper time with the other Israelites.’

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

7and those men say to him, “We are defiled by the body of a man; why are we withheld so as not to bring the offering of YHWH near in its appointed time, in the midst of the sons of Israel?”

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