Números 5
Biblia del Jubileo
5 ¶ Y el SEÑOR habló a Moisés, diciendo:
2 Manda a los hijos de Israel que echen del campamento a todo leproso, y a todos los que padecen de flujo, y a todo contaminado sobre muerto.
3 Así hombres como mujeres echaréis, fuera del campamento los echaréis; para que no contaminen el campamento de aquellos entre los cuales yo habito.
4 Y lo hicieron así los hijos de Israel, los echaron fuera del campamento; como el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés, así lo hicieron los hijos de Israel.
5 Además habló el SEÑOR a Moisés, diciendo:
6 Habla a los hijos de Israel: El hombre o la mujer que cometiere alguno de todos los pecados de los hombres, haciendo prevaricación contra el SEÑOR; aquella persona es culpable;
7 confesarán su pecado que cometieron, y restituirán su culpa enteramente, y añadirán sobre ello la quinta parte, y lo darán a aquel contra quien es culpable.
8 Y si aquel varón no tuviere redentor al cual el delito sea restituido, el delito se restituirá al SEÑOR, al sacerdote, a más del carnero de las reconciliaciones, con el cual se hará reconciliación.
9 Y toda ofrenda de todas las cosas santas que los hijos de Israel presentaren al sacerdote, suya será.
10 Y lo santificado de cualquiera será suyo; asimismo lo que cualquiera diere al sacerdote, suyo será.
11 ¶ Y el SEÑOR habló a Moisés, diciendo:
12 Habla a los hijos de Israel, y diles: Cuando la mujer de alguno errare, e hiciere traición contra él,
13 que alguno se hubiere echado con ella por ayuntamiento de simiente, y su marido no lo hubiera visto por haberse ella contaminado ocultamente, ni hubiere testigo contra ella, ni ella hubiere sido cogida en el acto;
14 si viniere sobre él espíritu de celo, y tuviere celos de su mujer, habiéndose ella contaminado; o viniere sobre él espíritu de celo, y tuviere celos de su mujer, no habiéndose ella contaminado;
15 entonces el marido traerá su mujer al sacerdote, y traerá su ofrenda con ella, la décima de un efa de harina de cebada; no echará sobre ella aceite, ni pondrá sobre ella incienso, porque es presente de celos, presente de recordación, que trae en memoria iniquidad.
16 Y el sacerdote la hará acercar, y la hará poner delante del SEÑOR.
17 Luego tomará el sacerdote del agua santa en un vaso de barro; tomará también el sacerdote del polvo que hubiere en el suelo del tabernáculo, y lo echará en el agua.
18 Y hará el sacerdote estar en pie a la mujer delante del SEÑOR, y descubrirá la cabeza de la mujer, y pondrá sobre sus manos el presente de la recordación, que es el presente de celos; y el sacerdote tendrá en la mano las aguas amargas que acarrean maldición.
19 Y el sacerdote la conjurará, y dirá a la mujer: Si ninguno hubiere dormido contigo, y si no te has apartado de tu marido a inmundicia, limpia seas de estas aguas amargas que traen maldición.
20 Mas si te has apartado de tu marido, y te has contaminado, y alguno hubiere puesto en ti su simiente, fuera de tu marido;
21 (el sacerdote conjurará a la mujer con juramento de maldición, y dirá a la mujer): el SEÑOR te dé en maldición y en conjuración en medio de tu pueblo, haciendo el SEÑOR a tu muslo que falle, y a tu vientre que se te hinche;
22 y estas aguas que dan maldición entren en tus entrañas, y hagan henchir tu vientre, y fallar tu muslo. Y la mujer dirá: Amén, amén.
23 Y el sacerdote escribirá estas maldiciones en un libro, y las borrará con las aguas amargas;
24 y dará a beber a la mujer las aguas amargas que traen maldición; y las aguas que obran maldición entrarán en ella por amargas.
25 Después tomará el sacerdote de la mano de la mujer el presente de los celos, y mecerá la ofrenda delante del SEÑOR, y lo ofrecerá delante del altar.
26 Y tomará el sacerdote un puñado del presente, en memoria de ella, y hará perfume de ello sobre el altar, y después dará a beber las aguas a la mujer.
27 Le dará, pues, a beber las aguas; y será, que si fuere inmunda y hubiere hecho traición contra su marido, las aguas que obran maldición entrarán en ella en amargura, y su vientre se hinchará, y fallará su muslo; y la tal mujer será por maldición en medio de su pueblo.
28 Mas si la mujer no fuere inmunda, sino que estuviere limpia, ella será libre, y será fecunda.
29 Esta es la ley de los celos, cuando la mujer errare estando en poder de su marido, y se contaminare;
30 o del marido, sobre el cual pasare espíritu de celo, y tuviere celos de su mujer; la presentará entonces delante del SEÑOR, y el sacerdote ejecutará en ella toda esta ley.
31 Y aquel varón será libre de iniquidad, y la mujer llevará su iniquidad.
Numbers 5
King James Version
5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.
5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty;
7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, 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 earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:
18 And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar:
26 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
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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