The Meaning of Numbers 9:3 Explained

Numbers 9:3

KJV: In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.

YLT: in the fourteenth day of this month between the evenings ye prepare it in its appointed season; according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances ye prepare it.'

Darby: on the fourteenth day in this month between the two evenings, ye shall hold it at its set time; according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof shall ye hold it.

ASV: In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in its appointed season: according to all the statutes of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof, shall ye keep it.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In the fourteenth  day  of this month,  at even,  ye shall keep  it in his appointed season:  according to all the rites  of it, and according to all the ceremonies  thereof, shall ye keep  it. 

What does Numbers 9:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 9:1-14 - Keeping The Passover
The Passover was celebrated in Egypt, Exodus 12:1-51; in the Wilderness, Leviticus 1:14; and in the land of Canaan, Joshua 5:1-15. The thought of our redemption must underpin all the great movements of individuals and the Church, This one was specially memorable, because it led to the institution of "the little Passover," Numbers 9:6-7. Moses did not hasten to give an answer of his own, but waited upon God. The divine nature makes allowance for disabilities, over which we have no control. See 2 Chronicles 30:13-20.
In the welcome given to strangers, we discover the wideness of God's mercy. We, too, were strangers and foreigners, Ephesians 2:19-21. My soul, never forget how thou wast once a stranger to the covenant of promise! Thine were the crumbs of the feast! But God has made thee sit with the children and included thee in the gracious provisions of His covenant! [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 9

1  The Passover is again commanded
6  A second Passover for the unclean or absent
15  The cloud directs the removals and encampments of the Israelites

What do the individual words in Numbers 9:3 mean?

On four [and] ten the day of month this at twilight you shall keep it at its appointed time According to all its rites and ceremonies it
בְּאַרְבָּעָ֣ה עָשָֽׂר־ י֠וֹם בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַזֶּ֜ה בֵּ֧ין הָֽעֲרְבַּ֛יִם‪‬ תַּעֲשׂ֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ בְּמוֹעֲד֑וֹ כְּכָל־ חֻקֹּתָ֥יו וּכְכָל־ מִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו אֹתֽוֹ

בְּאַרְבָּעָ֣ה  On  four 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, masculine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
עָשָֽׂר־  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
י֠וֹם  the  day 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ  of  month 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הַזֶּ֜ה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
בֵּ֧ין  at 
Parse: Preposition
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
הָֽעֲרְבַּ֛יִם‪‬  twilight 
Parse: Article, Noun, md
Root: עֶרֶב  
Sense: evening, night, sunset.
תַּעֲשׂ֥וּ  you  shall  keep 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
בְּמוֹעֲד֑וֹ  at  its  appointed  time 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מֹועֵד  
Sense: appointed place, appointed time, meeting.
כְּכָל־  According  to  all 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
חֻקֹּתָ֥יו  its  rites 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חֻקָּה  
Sense: statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed.
מִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו  ceremonies 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.