Numbers 5
New International Reader's Version
Making the Camp Pure
5 The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, 2 “Tell the Israelites that certain people must be sent away from the camp. Command them to send away anyone who has a skin disease. They must send away all those who have liquid waste coming from their bodies. And they must send away those who are ‘unclean’ because they have touched a dead body. 3 That applies to men and women alike. Send them out of the camp. They must not make their camp ‘unclean.’ That is where I live among them.” 4 So the Israelites did what the Lord commanded. They sent out of the camp those who were “unclean.” They did just as the Lord had directed Moses.
Sins Against Others Must Be Paid For
5 The Lord said to Moses, 6 “Speak to the Israelites. Say to them, ‘Suppose a man or woman does something wrong to someone else. Then that person is not being faithful to the Lord. People like that are guilty. 7 They must admit they have committed a sin. They must pay in full for what they did wrong. And they must add a fifth of the value to it. Then they must give all of it to the person they have sinned against. 8 But suppose that person has died. And suppose that person does not have a close relative who can be paid for the sin that was committed. Then what is paid belongs to the Lord. It must be given to the priest. A ram must be given along with it. The ram must be sacrificed to the Lord to pay for the sin. 9 All the sacred gifts the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him. 10 Sacred gifts belong to their owners. But what they give to the priest will belong to the priest.’ ”
The Test for an Unfaithful Wife
11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses again. He said, 12 “Speak to the Israelites. Say to them, ‘Suppose a man’s wife goes astray. And suppose she is not faithful to her husband. 13 Suppose another man has sex with her. And suppose this is hidden from her husband. No one knows she is not “clean.” So there is no witness against her. And she has not been caught in the act. 14 Suppose her husband becomes jealous. He does not trust his wife, and she is really “unclean.” Or suppose he does not trust her even though she is “clean.” 15 Then he must take his wife to the priest. He must also bring an offering. It must be eight cups of barley flour. The offering is for his wife. He must not pour olive oil on it. And he must not put incense on it. It is a grain offering for being jealous. It calls attention to the wrong thing a person has done.
16 “ ‘The priest must have her stand in front of the Lord. 17 He must pour some holy water into a clay jar. He must get some dust from the floor of the holy tent. And he must put it into the water. 18 The priest must have the woman stand in front of the Lord. Then he must untie her hair. He must place in her hands the offering that calls attention to the wrong thing a person has done. It is the grain offering for being jealous. The priest must keep the bitter water with him. It is the water that brings a curse. 19 Then the priest must have the woman give her word. He must say to her, “Suppose no other man has had sex with you. And suppose you haven’t gone astray. You have kept yourself pure while you are married to your husband. Then may the bitter water that brings a curse not harm you. 20 But suppose you have gone astray while you are married to your husband. You have made yourself ‘unclean.’ You have had sex with a man who isn’t your husband.” 21 At that point the priest must put the woman under the curse that will come if she breaks her word. He must say, “May the Lord cause you to become a curse among your people. You will become a curse when the Lord makes your body unable to have children. 22 May this water that brings a curse enter your body. May it make your body unable to have children.”
“ ‘Then the woman must say, “Amen. Let it happen.”
23 “ ‘The priest must write the curses on a scroll. He must wash them off in the bitter water. 24 It is the water he will make the woman drink. It is bitter water that brings a curse. It will enter her body. And it will cause her to suffer bitterly. 25 The priest must take from her hands the grain offering for being jealous. He must lift it up and wave it in front of the Lord. He must bring it to the altar. 26 Then the priest must take a handful of the grain offering. It is the offering that calls attention to the wrong thing a person has done. The priest must burn it on the altar. After that, he must have the woman drink the water. 27 Suppose she has made herself “unclean.” She has not been faithful to her husband. And she has drunk the water that brings a curse. Then it will go into her body. It will cause her to suffer bitterly. It will make her body unable to have children. She will become a curse. 28 Suppose the woman has not made herself “unclean.” But suppose she is “clean.” Then she will be free of guilt. And she will be able to have children.
29 “ ‘This is the law about being jealous. It applies to a woman who has gone astray. She has made herself “unclean” while she is married to her husband. 30 And it applies to a man who becomes jealous. He has doubts about his wife. The priest must have her stand in front of the Lord. He must apply the entire law to her. 31 The husband will not be guilty of doing anything wrong. But the woman will be punished for her sin.’ ”
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.
Números 5
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Leyes sobre los inmundos
5 Y el Señor le dijo a Moisés: 2 «Manda a los israelitas que echen del campamento a todo leproso(A), a todo el que padece de flujo(B) y a todo el que es inmundo por causa de un muerto(C). 3 Ustedes echarán tanto a hombres como a mujeres. Los echarán fuera del campamento para que no contaminen su campamento, donde Yo habito en medio de ellos(D)». 4 Y así lo hicieron los israelitas, y los echaron fuera del campamento. Tal como el Señor había dicho a Moisés, así lo hicieron los israelitas.
Ley sobre la restitución
5 Entonces el Señor dijo a Moisés: 6 «Habla a los israelitas y diles: “El hombre o la mujer que cometa cualquiera de los pecados(E) de la humanidad, actuando pérfidamente contra el Señor, esa persona es culpable; 7 entonces confesará los pecados que ha cometido(F), y hará completa restitución por el daño causado, añadirá un quinto y lo dará al que él perjudicó(G). 8 Pero si la persona no tiene pariente a quien se le haga la restitución por el daño, la restitución hecha por el daño debe ir al Señor, para el sacerdote, además del carnero de expiación, con el cual se hace expiación por él. 9 También toda ofrenda(H) correspondiente a todas las cosas consagradas de los israelitas que ofrecen al sacerdote, serán suyas. 10 Las cosas consagradas de toda persona serán del sacerdote; lo que una persona dé al sacerdote será de él(I)”».
La ley sobre los celos
11 El Señor dijo además a Moisés: 12 «Habla a los israelitas, y diles: “Si la mujer de alguien se desvía(J) y le es infiel, 13 teniendo relaciones carnales con otro sin que su marido se dé cuenta, ni sea descubierta, aunque ella se haya contaminado y no haya testigo contra ella, ni haya sido sorprendida en el acto mismo(K), 14 y un espíritu de celo viene sobre él y tiene celos de su mujer, habiéndose ella contaminado, o si viene un espíritu de celos sobre él y tiene celos(L) de su mujer, no habiéndose ella contaminado, 15 el hombre llevará su mujer al sacerdote y llevará como ofrenda por ella 2.2 litros de harina de cebada. No derramará aceite sobre la ofrenda, ni pondrá sobre ella incienso, porque es una ofrenda de cereal, de celos, una ofrenda memorial de cereal, un recordatorio de iniquidad(M).
16 ”El sacerdote hará que ella se acerque y la pondrá delante del Señor, 17 y el sacerdote tomará agua santa en una vasija de barro; tomará del polvo que está sobre el piso del tabernáculo[a], y lo pondrá en el agua. 18 Luego el sacerdote hará que la mujer esté delante del Señor y descubrirá la cabeza de la mujer, y pondrá en sus manos la ofrenda memorial de cereal, que es la ofrenda de celos, y en la mano del sacerdote estará el agua de amargura que trae maldición.
19 ”Entonces el sacerdote hará que ella pronuncie juramento, y dirá a la mujer: ‘Si ningún hombre se ha acostado contigo, y si no te has desviado(N) a la inmundicia, estando sujeta a tu marido, sé inmune a esta agua de amargura que trae maldición; 20 pero si te has desviado(O), estando sujeta a tu marido, y te has corrompido, y otro hombre que no es tu marido se ha llegado a ti’, 21 (entonces el sacerdote hará que la mujer jure con el juramento de maldición(P), y el sacerdote dirá a la mujer): ‘El Señor te haga maldición y juramento entre tu pueblo, haciendo el Señor que tu muslo se enjute y tu vientre se hinche; 22 y esta agua que trae maldición entrará en tus entrañas, y hará que tu vientre se hinche y tu muslo se enjute’. Y la mujer dirá: ‘Amén, amén(Q)’.
23 ”Entonces el sacerdote escribirá estas maldiciones en un rollo, y las lavará en el agua de amargura. 24 Después hará que la mujer beba el agua de amargura que trae maldición, para que el agua que trae maldición entre a ella para causar amargura. 25 Y el sacerdote tomará la ofrenda de cereal de los celos de la mano de la mujer, y mecerá la ofrenda de cereal delante del Señor y la llevará al altar; 26 el sacerdote tomará un puñado de la ofrenda de cereal como su ofrenda memorial y la quemará en el altar(R), y después hará que la mujer beba el agua. 27 Cuando le haya hecho beber el agua, sucederá que si ella se ha contaminado y ha sido infiel a su marido, el agua que trae maldición entrará en ella para producir amargura, y su vientre se hinchará, su muslo se enjutará y la mujer vendrá a ser una maldición(S) en medio de su pueblo. 28 Pero si la mujer no se ha contaminado y es limpia, quedará libre y concebirá hijos.
29 ”Esta es la ley de los celos: Cuando una mujer que esté sujeta a su marido, se desvíe(T) y se contamine, 30 o cuando un espíritu de celos venga sobre alguien y esté celoso de su mujer, entonces hará que la mujer se presente delante del Señor, y el sacerdote le aplicará a ella toda esta ley. 31 Además, el marido quedará libre de culpa, pero la mujer llevará su culpa(U)”».
Footnotes
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民数记 5
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
不洁净的人
5 耶和华吩咐摩西说： 2 “你要吩咐以色列人，把一切患麻风[a]的、患漏症的和因尸体而不洁净的，都送到营外去。 3 无论男女你都要送，把他们送到营外去，免得他们玷污了他们的营，这是我住在他们中间的地方。” 4 以色列人就照样做，把他们送到营外去。耶和华怎样吩咐摩西，以色列人就照样做了。
认罪和赔偿
5 耶和华吩咐摩西说： 6 “你要吩咐以色列人：无论男女，若犯了人所常犯的任何罪[b]，以致干犯耶和华，那人就有了罪。 7 他要承认所犯的罪，将所亏负人的如数赔偿，另外再加五分之一，交给所亏负的人。 8 那人若没有至亲可接受所赔偿的，所赔偿的就要归耶和华，交给祭司；另外还要献一只赎罪的公羊为他赎罪。 9 以色列人一切的圣物中，所奉给祭司的一切礼物都要归给祭司。 10 各人自己的圣物归自己，给祭司的要归给祭司。”
疑妻不贞的案件
11 耶和华吩咐摩西说： 12 “你要吩咐以色列人，对他们说：若任何人的妻子背离妇道，对丈夫不贞， 13 有人与她同寝交合，这事瞒过她的丈夫，没有被发现；她玷污自己，没有证人指控她，也没有被捉住； 14 丈夫若生了疑忌的心，对妻子起了疑忌，认为她玷污自己；或是丈夫生了疑忌的心，对妻子起了疑忌，虽然她没有玷污自己， 15 这人要带妻子到祭司那里，同时为她带十分之一伊法大麦面粉作供物。不可浇上油，也不可加乳香，因为这是疑忌的素祭，是纪念的素祭，使人记得罪孽。
16 “祭司要使那妇人近前来，站在耶和华面前。 17 祭司要把圣水盛在瓦器里，从帐幕的地上取些尘土，放在水中。 18 祭司要带那妇人站在耶和华面前，使她蓬头散发，再把纪念的素祭，就是疑忌的素祭，放在她的手掌，祭司手里捧着致诅咒的苦水。 19 祭司要叫妇人起誓，对她说：‘若没有人与你同寝，若你未曾背着丈夫做污秽的事，你就能免去这致诅咒的苦水。 20 但你背着丈夫，玷污自己，跟丈夫以外的人同寝。’ 21 祭司叫妇人赌咒起誓，祭司对她说：‘当耶和华使你大腿萎缩，肚腹肿胀时，愿耶和华使你在你百姓中成为诅咒和咒骂； 22 愿这致诅咒的水进入你体内，使你肚腹肿胀，大腿萎缩。’妇人要说：‘阿们，阿们。’
23 “祭司要把这诅咒写在册上，然后用苦水涂去， 24 又叫妇人喝这致诅咒的苦水，这诅咒的水要进入她里面，令她痛苦。 25 祭司要从妇人手中取那疑忌的素祭，把素祭在耶和华面前摇一摇，拿到祭坛前； 26 又要从素祭中取出一把，作为纪念，烧在坛上，然后叫妇人喝这水。 27 祭司叫她喝了以后，她若玷污自己，确实对丈夫不贞，这致诅咒的水必进入她里面，令她痛苦，她的肚腹就要肿胀起来，大腿萎缩；这妇人就在她百姓中成为诅咒。 28 这妇人若没有玷污自己，是贞洁的，就要免受这灾，并且能够生育。
29 “这是疑忌的条例。妻子背离丈夫玷污自己， 30 或是丈夫生了疑忌的心，对妻子起了疑忌，祭司要使那妇人站在耶和华面前，在她身上照这条例而行。 31 男人可免罪责；女人必须担当自己的罪孽。”
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