“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.”
But anyone who is clean and is not on a journey, and yet refrains from keeping the Passover, shall be cut off from the people, for not presenting the LORD's offering at its appointed time; such a person shall bear their guilt — the severity now shifts: those without legitimate excuse who skip Passover face covenant exile ('cut off from the people,' karat from the congregation). The language 'shall bear their guilt' (nasah avon) indicates they absorb the consequences of covenant violation. This verse establishes that Passover, like all covenant obligations, admits no casual nonparticipation.
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