민수기 5
Korean Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
정결함에 대한 규정
5 주께서 모세에게 말씀하셨다. 2 “너는 이스라엘 자손에게 명하여 악성 피부병 환자와 무슨 종류이든 고름을 흘리는 사람과 주검에 닿아 부정을 탄 사람은 모두 진 밖으로 내보내게 하여라. 3 남자든 여자든 꼭 같이 내보내야 한다. 그들을 진 밖으로 내보내어 그들이 진을 더럽히는 일이 없도록 하여라. 내가 진 안에 너희와 함께 머물고 있다.”
4 이스라엘 자손은 명령받은 대로 그런 사람들을 진 밖으로 내보냈다. 그들은 주께서 모세에게 명하신 대로 하였다.
잘못을 저질렀을 때의 보상
(레 6:1-7)
5 주께서 모세에게 말씀하셨다. 6 “이스라엘 자손에게 전하여라. ‘어떤 남자나 여자가 다른 사람에게 어떤 잘못이든 저질러 주를 배신하였으면 그 사람은 유죄이다. 7 그런 사람은 자기가 저지른 죄를 고백하여야 한다. 그리고 자기가 저지른 잘못으로 피해를 입은 사람이 손해 본 액수에다 오분의 일을 더 얹어서 갚아야 한다. 8 만약 그 피해자가 죽고 보상을 대신 받을 가까운 친척도 없으면 그 보상액은 주께로 돌아간다. 그러므로 그 돈을 제사장에게 주어라. 거기에 숫양을 한 마리 더 바쳐라. 그러면 제사장은 그 숫양을 희생제물로 바쳐 그 사람의 죄를 속해 주어라. 9 이스라엘 자손이 제사장에게 따로 특별하게 바치는 거룩한 예물은 모두 그 제사장의 몫이다. 10 각 사람이 바친 거룩한 제물은 바친 사람의 것이다. 그러나 그가 제사장에게 준 것은 제사장의 것이 된다.’”
아내의 행동을 의심하는 남편들
11 주께서 모세에게 말씀하셨다. 12 “이스라엘 자손에게 전하여라. ‘어떤 남자의 아내가 곁길로 나가 남편을 배신하고 13 다른 남자와 성관계를 가졌다고 하자. 그런데 그 여자가 현장에서 붙잡히지도 않았고 본 사람이 없어 그 여자에게 불리한 증언을 할 사람이 없을 수도 있다. 그러면 그 여자의 남편은 이 사실을 모르기 때문에 그 여자가 불결하다는 것을 알지 못할 것이다. 14 그런데도 그 남편이 질투심에 휩싸여 자기 아내를 의심하고 아내가 몸을 더럽혔다고 생각하게 되면 15 그 사람은 자기 아내를 제사장에게 데려와야 한다. 그리고 아내 몫으로 보릿가루 십분의 일 에바[a]를 바쳐야 한다. 그는 제물에 기름을 붓거나 향을 얹어서는 안 된다. 그것은 질투심 때문에 바치는 곡식제물이며 죄를 기억나게 하려고 바치는 곡식제물이기 때문이다.
16 그러면 제사장은 그 여자를 앞으로 나오게 하여 주 앞에 세운다. 17 그리고 오지항아리에 거룩한 물을 조금 담은 다음 성막 바닥에 있는 흙을 긁어모아 그 물에 탄다. 18 제사장은 그 여자를 주 앞에 세운 다음 여자의 머리채를 풀게 한다. 그런 다음 그 여자에게 죄를 기억하게 하는 곡식제물, 곧 질투심 때문에 바치는 곡식제물을 그 여자에게 주어 들고 있게 한다. 그러는 동안 제사장 자신은 저주를 내리는 쓴 물을 들고 있어야 한다. 19 그런 다음 제사장은 그 여자에게 거짓말하지 않겠다는 맹세를 시키고 이렇게 말한다. “만약 네가 어떤 다른 남자와 성관계를 가진 적이 없고 지금의 남편과 결혼한 뒤로 곁길로 나가 몸을 더럽힌 일이 없다면, 저주를 내리는 이 쓴 물이 네게 아무런 해도 입히지 않을 것이다. 20 그러나 네가 남편과 결혼생활을 하면서도 곁길로 나가 다른 남자와 성관계를 가져 네 몸을 더럽혔다면, 21 (이때에 제사장은 그 여자에게 저주를 받아도 좋다는 맹세를 하게 한다.) 주께서 네 몸이 다시는 아기를 낳지 못하게 하시고 네 배가 부어오르게 하실 것이다. 그리하여 네 백성이 네 이름으로 다른 사람을 저주하게 하실 것이다[b]. 22 저주를 내리는 이 물이 네 몸 속으로 들어가면 네 배가 부어오르고 네 몸이 다시는 아기를 낳지 못하게 될 것이다.”
그러면 그 여자는 “아멘. 아멘.” 이라고 말해야 한다.
23 그런 다음 제사장은 이런 저주의 말을 두루마리에 적고 그것을 쓴 물에 담가서 씻는다. 24 그리고 그 여자에게 저주를 내리는 쓴 물을 마시게 하면 그 물이 그 여자의 몸속으로 들어가 쓰라린 고통을 일으킬 것이다. 25 제사장은 질투심에 불타는 남편이 가져온 곡식제물을 여자의 손에서 받아 그것을 주 앞에 높이 들어 바친 다음 제단으로 가져간다. 26 그런 다음 곡식제물 가운데서 상징적 부분으로 한 줌을 덜어내어 그것을 제단 위에서 불태워야 한다. 그런 다음 그 여자에게 그 쓴 물을 마시게 한다. 27 만약 그 여자가 자신의 몸을 더럽히고 남편을 배신하였으면 저주를 내리는 그 물이 여자의 몸속에 들어가 쓰라린 고통을 일으킬 것이다. 그 여자의 배가 부어오르고 그 여자의 몸이 다시는 아기를 가지지 못할 것이다. 그리고 그 여자는 자기 겨레 가운데서 저주받은 사람이 될 것이다. 28 그러나 만약 그 여자가 몸을 더럽힌 일이 없이 깨끗하다면 그 여자는 죄를 깨끗이 벗게 되고 자식도 낳을 수 있을 것이다.
29 이것은 남편 있는 여자가 곁길로 나가 몸을 더럽혔을 때를 위한 질투의 법이다. 30 또는 남자가 자기 아내를 의심하는 마음이 생겼을 때를 위한 법이기도 하다. 그는 여자를 주 앞에 서게 하고 제사장은 이 모든 법을 그 여자에게 실시하여야 한다. 31 남편에게는 아무런 잘못이 없다. 그러나 그 여자는 자기 죗값을 치러야 한다.’”
Numbers 5
New King James Version
Ceremonially Unclean Persons Isolated(A)
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 “Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every (B)leper, everyone who has a (C)discharge, and whoever becomes (D)defiled [a]by a corpse. 3 You shall put out both male and female; you shall put them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camps (E)in the midst of which I dwell.” 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the Lord spoke to Moses, so the children of Israel did.
Confession and Restitution(F)
5 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6 “Speak to the children of Israel: (G)‘When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit in unfaithfulness against the Lord, and that person is guilty, 7 (H)then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass (I)in full, plus one-fifth of it, and give it to the one he has wronged. 8 But if the man has no [b]relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for the wrong must go to the Lord for the priest, in addition to (J)the ram of the atonement with which atonement is made for him. 9 Every (K)offering[c] of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be (L)his. 10 And every man’s [d]holy things shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest shall be (M)his.’ ”
Concerning Unfaithful Wives
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and behaves unfaithfully toward him, 13 and a man (N)lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and it is concealed that she has defiled herself, and there was no witness against her, nor was she (O)caught— 14 if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he becomes (P)jealous of his wife, who has defiled herself; or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he becomes jealous of his wife, although she has not defiled herself— 15 then the man shall bring his wife to the priest. He shall (Q)bring the offering required for her, one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of jealousy, an offering for remembering, for (R)bringing iniquity to remembrance.
16 ‘And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord. 17 The priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water. 18 Then the priest shall stand the woman before the (S)Lord, uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering for remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy. And the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse. 19 And the priest shall put her under oath, and say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray to uncleanness while under your husband’s authority, be free from this bitter water that brings a curse. 20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has lain with you”— 21 then the priest shall (T)put the woman under the oath of the curse, and he shall say to the woman—(U)“the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the Lord makes your thigh [e]rot and your belly swell; 22 and may this water that causes the curse (V)go into your stomach, and make your belly swell and your thigh rot.”
‘(W)Then the woman shall say, “Amen, so be it.”
23 ‘Then the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall scrape them off into the bitter water. 24 And he shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter her to become bitter. 25 (X)Then the priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy from the woman’s hand, shall (Y)wave the offering before the Lord, and bring it to the altar; 26 and the priest shall take a handful of the offering, (Z)as its memorial portion, burn it on the altar, and afterward make the woman drink the water. 27 When he has made her drink the water, then it shall be, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, that the water that brings a (AA)curse will enter her and become bitter, and her belly will swell, her thigh will rot, and the woman (AB)will become a curse among her people. 28 But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she shall be free and may conceive children.
29 ‘This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, (AC)goes astray and defiles herself, 30 or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon a man, and he becomes jealous of his wife; then he shall stand the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute all this law upon her. 31 Then the man shall be free from [f]iniquity, but that woman (AD)shall bear her [g]guilt.’ ”
Footnotes
- Numbers 5:2 by contact with
- Numbers 5:8 redeemer, Heb. goel
- Numbers 5:9 heave offering
- Numbers 5:10 consecrated
- Numbers 5:21 Lit. fall away
- Numbers 5:31 guilt
- Numbers 5:31 iniquity
Numbers 5
New International Version
The Purity of the Camp
5 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease[a](A) or a discharge(B) of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean(C) because of a dead body.(D) 3 Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.(E)” 4 The Israelites did so; they sent them outside the camp. They did just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
Restitution for Wrongs
5 The Lord said to Moses, 6 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way[b] and so is unfaithful(F) to the Lord is guilty(G) 7 and must confess(H) the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution(I) for the wrong they have done, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the person they have wronged. 8 But if that person has no close relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the Lord and must be given to the priest, along with the ram(J) with which atonement is made for the wrongdoer.(K) 9 All the sacred contributions the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.(L) 10 Sacred things belong to their owners, but what they give to the priest will belong to the priest.(M)’”
The Test for an Unfaithful Wife
11 Then the Lord said to Moses, 12 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray(N) and is unfaithful to him 13 so that another man has sexual relations with her,(O) and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act), 14 and if feelings of jealousy(P) come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure—or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure— 15 then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah[c](Q) of barley flour(R) on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy,(S) a reminder-offering(T) to draw attention to wrongdoing.
16 “‘The priest shall bring her and have her stand before the Lord. 17 Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water. 18 After the priest has had the woman stand before the Lord, he shall loosen her hair(U) and place in her hands the reminder-offering, the grain offering for jealousy,(V) while he himself holds the bitter water that brings a curse.(W) 19 Then the priest shall put the woman under oath and say to her, “If no other man has had sexual relations with you and you have not gone astray(X) and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse(Y) not harm you. 20 But if you have gone astray(Z) while married to your husband and you have made yourself impure by having sexual relations with a man other than your husband”— 21 here the priest is to put the woman under this curse(AA)—“may the Lord cause you to become a curse[d] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell. 22 May this water(AB) that brings a curse(AC) enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”
“‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.(AD)”
23 “‘The priest is to write these curses on a scroll(AE) and then wash them off into the bitter water. 24 He shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and this water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering will enter her. 25 The priest is to take from her hands the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the Lord(AF) and bring it to the altar. 26 The priest is then to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial[e] offering(AG) and burn it on the altar; after that, he is to have the woman drink the water. 27 If she has made herself impure and been unfaithful to her husband, this will be the result: When she is made to drink the water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering, it will enter her, her abdomen will swell and her womb will miscarry, and she will become a curse.(AH) 28 If, however, the woman has not made herself impure, but is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children.
29 “‘This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray(AI) and makes herself impure while married to her husband, 30 or when feelings of jealousy(AJ) come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the Lord and is to apply this entire law to her. 31 The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences(AK) of her sin.’”
Footnotes
- Numbers 5:2 The Hebrew word for defiling skin disease, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
- Numbers 5:6 Or woman who commits any wrong common to mankind
- Numbers 5:15 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms
- Numbers 5:21 That is, may he cause your name to be used in cursing (see Jer. 29:22); or, may others see that you are cursed; similarly in verse 27.
- Numbers 5:26 Or representative
Numbers 5
English Standard Version
Unclean People
5 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the people of Israel that they (A)put out of the camp everyone who is leprous[a] or has (B)a discharge and everyone who is (C)unclean through contact with the dead. 3 You shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, (D)in the midst of which I dwell.” 4 And the people of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the Lord said to Moses, so the people of Israel did.
Confession and Restitution
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6 “Speak to the people of Israel, (E)When a man or woman commits any of the sins that people commit by breaking faith with the Lord, and that person realizes his guilt, 7 (F)he shall confess his sin that he has committed.[b] (G)And he shall make full restitution for his wrong, adding a fifth to it and giving it to him to whom he did the wrong. 8 But if the man has no next of kin to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for wrong shall go to the Lord for the priest, in addition to (H)the ram of atonement with which atonement is made for him. 9 And (I)every contribution, all the holy donations of the people of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his. 10 Each one shall keep his holy donations: whatever anyone gives to the priest shall be his.”
A Test for Adultery
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “Speak to the people of Israel, If any man's wife goes astray and breaks faith with him, 13 if a man (J)lies with her sexually, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, (K)since she was not taken in the act, 14 and if the spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself, or if the spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself, 15 then the man shall bring his wife to the priest and bring the offering required of her, a tenth of an ephah[c] of barley flour. (L)He shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, (M)bringing iniquity to remembrance.
16 “And the priest shall bring her near and set her before the Lord. 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water. 18 And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord and (N)unbind the hair of the woman's head and place in her hands the grain offering of remembrance, which is the grain offering of jealousy. And in his hand the priest shall have the water of bitterness that brings the curse. 19 Then the priest shall make her take an oath, saying, ‘If no man has lain with you, and if you have not turned aside to uncleanness while you were under your husband's authority, be free from this water of bitterness that brings the curse. 20 But if you have gone astray, though you are under your husband's authority, and if you have defiled yourself, and some man other than your husband has lain with you, 21 then’ (let the priest make the woman take the oath of the curse, and say to the woman) (O)‘the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the Lord makes your thigh fall away and your body swell. 22 May this water that brings the curse (P)pass into your bowels and make your womb swell and your thigh fall away.’ And the woman shall say, (Q)‘Amen, Amen.’
23 “Then the priest shall write these curses in a book and wash them off into the water of bitterness. 24 And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain. 25 And the priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand (R)and shall wave the grain offering before the Lord and bring it to the altar. 26 And the priest (S)shall take a handful of the grain offering, as its memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water. 27 And when he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and has broken faith with her husband, the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her womb shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away, and the woman (T)shall become a curse among her people. 28 But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children.
29 “This is the law in cases of jealousy, when a wife, (U)though under her husband's authority, goes astray and defiles herself, 30 or when the spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife. Then he shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall carry out for her all this law. 31 The man shall be free from iniquity, but the woman (V)shall bear her iniquity.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 5:2 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
- Numbers 5:7 Hebrew they shall confess their sin that they have committed
- Numbers 5:15 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
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