King James Version, Updated™

KJV:   1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

KJVu: 1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

KJV:   2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.

KJVu: 2 "Let the children of Israel keep the passover at its appointed time.

KJV:   3 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.

KJVu: 3 On the 14th day of this month, at evening, YOU shall keep it in its appointed time; according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies of it, YOU shall keep it. "

KJV:   4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.

KJVu: 4 Moses told the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.

Notes: "Spake" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H1696 with a Strong’s definition of "Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, -|- A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue — answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work."

KJV:   5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai : according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

KJVu: 5 So they kept the passover on the 14th day of the first month at evening in the wilderness of Sinai ; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did.

KJV:   6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day : and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day :

KJVu: 6 There were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, thus they could not keep the passover on that day , and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day .

KJV:   7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man : wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

KJVu: 7 Those men said to him, "We are defiled by the dead body of a man ; why are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering to the LORD in his appointed time among the children of Israel? "

KJV:   8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

KJVu: 8 Moses said to them, "Remain here, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning YOU."

Notes: "Stand Still" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5975 with a Strong’s definition of "To stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand."

KJV:   9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

KJVu: 9 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

KJV:   10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.

KJVu: 10 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, '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.

Notes: "Posterity" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H1755 with a Strong’s definition of "age, evermore, generation, never, posterity -|- Or (shortened) dor {dore}; from duwr; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. An age or generation; also a dwelling — age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity."

KJV:   11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

KJVu: 11 On the 14th day of the second month at evening they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

KJV:   12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

KJVu: 12 They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its bones; according to all the statutes of the passover they shall keep it.

KJV:   13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

KJVu: 13 But the man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and refuses to keep the passover, that same soul shall be cut off from among his people, because he did not bring the offering to the LORD at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.

KJV:   14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do : ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.

KJVu: 14 And if a stranger shall dwell among YOU, and desires to keep the passover to the LORD; according to the statute of the passover, and according to the manner of it, so shall he do ; YOU shall have one statute, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. ' ""

KJV:   15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony : and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

KJVu: 15 On the day that the tabernacle was raised up the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony ; at evening it was on the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

KJV:   16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

KJVu: 16 So it was always; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

KJV:   17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

KJVu: 17 Whenever the cloud lifted up from the tabernacle, after that the children of Israel began their journey; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

KJV:   18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

KJVu: 18 At the command of the LORD the children of Israel traveled, and at the command of the LORD they camped, for as long as the cloud settled on the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

Notes: "Journeyed" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5265 with a Strong’s definition of "To journey, to travel, to depart, to set out."

KJV:   19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.

KJVu: 19 When the cloud continued long on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and did not travel.

Notes: "Tarried Long" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H748 with a Strong’s definition of "intransitive grow long, continue long (i.e. display length or continuance), subject יָמִים Exodus 20:12 = Deuteronomy 5:16; Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 25:15; tarry long Numbers 9:19,22 (subject הֶעָנָן), last (continue) long, (subject כֵּן Proverbs 28:2; be long (literally) of staves of ark 1 Kings 8:8; 2Chronicles 5:9."

KJV:   20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.

KJVu: 20 So it was, when the cloud was on the tabernacle a few days; according to the command of the LORD they settled in their tents, and according to the command of the LORD they traveled.

KJV:   21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

KJVu: 21 And so it was, when the cloud remained from evening until the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they traveled; whether it was by day or by night when the cloud was taken up, they traveled.

KJV:   22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

KJVu: 22 Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud remained on the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children of Israel settled in their tents, and did not travel; but when it was taken up, they traveled.

KJV:   23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

KJVu: 23 At the command of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the command of the LORD they traveled; they kept the charge of the LORD, at the command of the LORD by the hand of Moses.