1出埃及國後第二年正月，上主在西乃曠野吩咐梅瑟說： 1The Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying:
2「以色列子民在定期內當舉行踰越節。 2Let the children of Israel make the phase in its due time,
3於本月十四日黃昏時，在定期內舉行此節；應按一切規定和禮儀舉行。」 3The fourteenth day of this month in the evening, according to all the ceremonies and justifications thereof.
4梅瑟遂號令以色列子民舉行踰越節。 4And Moses commanded the children of Israel that they should make the phase.
5他們就在正月十四日黃昏，於西乃曠野舉行了踰越節；上主怎樣吩咐了梅瑟，以色列子民就怎樣做了。 5And they made it in its proper time: the fourteenth day of the month at evening, in mount Sinai. The children of Israel did according to all things that the Lord had commanded Moses.
6但是，有些人因沾染了死人的不潔，不能在那一天舉行踰越節，就在那天來到梅瑟和亞郎前； 6But behold some who were unclean by occasion of the soul of a man, who could not make the phase on that day, coming to Moses and Aaron,
7這些人對他說：「我們沾染了死人的不潔；為什麼我們就被拒絕，而不能在以色列子民中，於定期內奉獻上主供物？」 7Said to them: We are unclean by occasion of the soul of a man. Why are we kept back that we may not offer in its season the offering to the Lord among the children of Israel?
8梅瑟對他們說：「你們等一下，我去聽上主對你們有何吩咐。」 8And Moses answered them: Stay that I may consult the Lord what he will ordain concerning you.
9上主吩咐梅瑟說： 9And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
10「你訓示以色列子民說：幾時你們中或你們後裔中，若有人沾了死人的不潔，或因到遠方旅行，仍要為上主舉行踰越節， 10Say to the children of Israel: The man that shall be unclean by occasion of one that is dead, or shall be in a journey afar off in your nation, let him make the phase to the Lord.
11應在二月十四日黃昏舉行，同時吃無酵餅和苦菜， 11In the second month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, they shall eat it with unleavened bread and wild lettuce:
12不要剩下什麼到早晨。也不要折斷羔羊的骨頭：應全依照踰越節的規定舉行此節。 12They shall not leave any thing thereof until morning, a nor break a bone thereof, they shall observe all the ceremonies of the phase.
13但如有人是潔淨的，又不在旅行中，竟忽略了過踰越節，這人就應由民間剷除，因為他沒有在定期內奉獻上主供物，這人應自負罪債。 13But if any man is clean, and was not on a journey, and did not make the phase, that soul shall be cut off from among his people, because he offered not sacrifice to the Lord in due season: he shall bear his sin.
14至於與你們同住的僑民，若為上主舉行踰越節，應按照踰越節的規定和禮儀舉行；不論是僑民，或是本國公民，你們應守同樣的法律。」 14The sojourner also and the stranger if they be among you, shall make the phase to the Lord according to the ceremonies and justifications thereof. The same ordinance shall be with you both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
15在豎立帳幕那一天，有雲彩遮蓋了帳幕，即會幕；到晚上雲彩停在帳幕上，形狀似火，直到早晨。 15Now on the day that the tabernacle was reared up, a cloud covered it. But from the evening there was over the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire until the morning.
16白天有雲彩遮蓋，夜間雲彩形狀似火：常是如此。 16So it was always: by day the cloud covered it, and by night as it were the appearance of fire.
17幾時雲彩由帳幕上升起，以色列子民隨即起程；雲彩在那裡停住了，以色列子民就在那裡紮營。 17And when the cloud that covered the tabernacle was taken up, then the children of Israel marched forward: and in the place where the cloud stood still, there they camped.
18以色列子民照上主的命令起程，亦照上主的命令紮營：雲彩停留在帳幕上幾日，他們就幾日紮營不動。 18At the commandment of the Lord they marched, and at his commandment they pitched the tabernacle. All the days that the cloud abode over the tabernacle, they remained in the same place:
19雲彩若多日停留在帳幕上，以色列子民就遵照上主的命令，不移營前行。 19And if it was so that it continued over it a long time, the children of Israel kept the watches of the Lord, and marched not,
20有時雲彩只數日停留在帳幕上，他們就依照上主的命令紮營不動，並依照上主的命令起程。 20For as many days soever as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle. At the commandment of the Lord they pitched their tents, and at his commandment they took them down.
21有時雲彩從晚上到早晨停住，一到早晨就上升，他們就隨之起程；或者一日一夜以後纔上升，他們也隨之起程。 21If the cloud tarried from evening until morning, and immediately at break of day left the tabernacle, they marched forward: and if it departed after a day and a night, they took down their tents.
22如雲彩兩日或一月，或一年停留在帳幕上，無論停留多久，以色列子民也就安營不動多久；只在雲彩上升時，方起程前行。 22But if it remained over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a longer time, the children of Israel remained in the same place, and marched not: but immediately as soon as it departed, they removed the camp.
23他們依照上主的命令紮營，依照上主的命令起程；他們全照上主藉梅瑟所吩咐的，遵守上主的訓示。 23By the word of the Lord they pitched their tents, and by his word they marched: and kept the watches of the Lord according to his commandment by the hand of Moses.
9:1-14
本段可视为出12关於逾越节所记的补遗。作者在此特地补述二月，即依雅尔月十四日黄昏时，应补行逾越节的事。参阅户28:16-25；肋23:4-8；申16:1-8；编下30。
9:15-23
云彩或火柱指示天主的亲临（出40:34-38）。选民的一行一动完全追随天主的旨意，此处已显出神权政体制。