Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bibleand said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?” Young's Literal Translation and those men say unto him, ‘We are defiled by the body of a man; why are we withheld so as not to bring near the offering of Jehovah in its appointed season, in the midst of the sons of Israel?’ King James Bible 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? Hebrew and saidוַ֠יֹּאמְרוּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say to [Moses], אֵלָ֔יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to “We אֲנַ֥חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū) Pronoun - first person common plural Strong's 587: We are unclean טְמֵאִ֖ים (ṭə·mê·’îm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2931: Unclean because of a dead body, אָדָ֑ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being but why לָ֣מָּה (lām·māh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what should we be excluded נִגָּרַ֗ע (nig·gā·ra‘) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 1639: To scrape off, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold from לְבִלְתִּ֨י (lə·ḇil·tî) Preposition-l Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until presenting הַקְרִ֜ב (haq·riḇ) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 7126: To come near, approach the LORD’s יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel offering קָרְבַּ֤ן (qā·rə·ban) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7133: Something brought near the altar, a sacrificial present with בְּת֖וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre the other Israelites בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son at the appointed time?” בְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹ (bə·mō·‘ă·ḏōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting |