Numbers 5

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 5 of 36

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Command the sons of Israel, and they shall send every leper out of the camp, and everyone flowing, and everyone defiled by a dead body.

3 You shall send out from male and female. You shall send them to the outside of the camp. And they shall not defile their camps in the midst of which I dwell.

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Chapter Summary

Instructions for removing the unclean from camp, laws of restitution for wrongs committed, and the law of jealousy including the trial by bitter water for a suspected unfaithful wife.

Key Hebrew Words

יַשְׁקֶ֥ה cause to drink water H8248 · TWOT 2452
מַ֖עַל unfaithful H4604 · TWOT 1230a
קָדְשֵׁ֧י apartness H6944 · TWOT 1990a
קְדֹשִׁ֖ים sacred H6918 · TWOT 1990b
שֹׁכֵ֥ן settle down H7931 · TWOT 2387

People & Context

Law of the Unclean

Jehovah commands that lepers, those with discharges, and those defiled by a dead body be sent outside the camp. This prevents them from defiling the c…

Law of Restitution

When a person sins unfaithfully against Jehovah, they must confess and make full restitution. They add a fifth to the principal amount and give it to …

Trial of Jealousy

A ritual is established for a man who suspects his wife of infidelity without proof. The priest makes her swear an oath and drink bitter holy water; i…

Timeline

Law of the Unclean

Jehovah commands that lepers, those with discharges, and those defiled by a dead body be sent outside the camp. This prevents them from defiling the camp where God dwells.

Numbers 5:1-4
Law of Restitution

When a person sins unfaithfully against Jehovah, they must confess and make full restitution. They add a fifth to the principal amount and give it to the wronged party or the priest.

Numbers 5:5-10
Trial of Jealousy

A ritual is established for a man who suspects his wife of infidelity without proof. The priest makes her swear an oath and drink bitter holy water; if guilty, her belly swells and thigh falls, but if pure, she conceives seed.

Numbers 5:11-31

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