and those men said unto him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel?

And these men said to him, We have been made unclean by the dead body of a man; why may we not make the offering of the Lord at the regular time among the children of Israel?

Και ειπον οι ανδρες εκεινοι προς αυτον, Ημεις ειμεθα ακαθαρτοι απο νεκρου σωματος ανθρωπου· δια τι εμποδιζομεθα να προσφερωμεν το δωρον του Κυριου εν τω καιρω αυτου μεταξυ των υιων Ισραηλ;

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?