“Say to the children of Israel, ‘If any man of you or of your generations is unclean by reason of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, he shall still keep the Passover to the LORD.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 10. Unclean, in what manner soever. Philo.—Nation; or at a great distance, whether in the country or out of it. The Rabbins say 15 miles, or leagues, ( Calmet.) which make 45 miles. Bible.—Septuagint all such were bound to observe the passover in the second month, as the whole people did under Ezechias; (2 Chronicles 30) though the Rabbins falsely pretend, that when the greater part of the people were under this predicament, the law did not oblige, and they might eat the paschal lamb in the month of Nisan. Women were not bound to make the second Phase. Exodus 12:19. Calmet.—This festival was never transferred beyond the second month. Menochius.