Numbers 9:6
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:
Cross-references
Numbers 9:10 provides the divine provision for those unclean, directly resolving the dilemma from verse 6.
Numbers 19:18 describes the purification ritual for those unclean from a dead body, addressing how they become clean.
Numbers 19:16 expands defilement to touching a corpse in the field, bone, or grave — same category of uncleanness.
Numbers 19:11 specifies seven-day uncleanness for touching a dead body, the precise law behind their condition.
Numbers 5:2 gives the same law excluding those unclean by a dead body from the camp, background for why they couldn't keep Passover.
Numbers 6:6 also prohibits a Nazirite from contact with a dead body, a parallel purity restriction.
Numbers 6:7 extends the Nazirite's ban on dead body defilement even for parents, echoing the same concern.
John 18:28 shows Jews avoiding defilement to eat the Passover, mirroring the concern in Numbers 9:6 about uncleanness and Passover.
Exodus 18:15 describes people coming to Moses to inquire of God, exactly the situation when the defiled men approach him.
2 Chronicles 30:19 shows a later appeal for uncleanness during Passover, echoing the concern but with prayer for cleansing.
Ezra 6:21 describes those who separated from uncleanness keeping Passover, applying the principle from Numbers of needing purity.
Haggai 2:13 discusses corpse defilement transferring uncleanness, the same impurity that prevented Passover in Numbers.
In John 11:55, people purify themselves before Passover — mirroring the defilement concern here from contact with a dead body.
Exodus 18:19 outlines Moses' role as mediator before God, which he fulfills when the unclean men bring their case.
Leviticus 24:11 also has a case brought to Moses for judgment, showing a consistent pattern for unclear legal matters.
Leviticus 21:11 forbids the high priest from defilement by any dead body, a stricter parallel to the general law.
Exodus 18:26 notes hard cases are brought to Moses; the unclean men's case was a hard one needing divine direction.