Numbers 5
Common English Bible
Instructions about purity in the camp
5 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 Command the Israelites to send out from the camp anyone with a skin disease, an oozing discharge, or who has become unclean from contact with a corpse. 3 You must send out both male and female. You must send them outside the camp so that they will not make their camp, where I live among them, unclean.
4 The Israelites did so and sent them outside the camp. The Israelites did just what the Lord said to Moses.
5 The Lord spoke to Moses: 6 Tell the Israelites: When a man or a woman commits any sin against anyone else, thus breaking faith with the Lord, that person becomes guilty. 7 Such persons will confess the sin they have done. Each will make payment for his guilt, add one-fifth more, and give it to the injured party. 8 If the person has no close relative to whom the payment can be made, then the compensation payment will go to the Lord for the priest. This is in addition to the ram of reconciliation by which the guilty party himself is reconciled. 9 Any gift offering from all the sacred donations that the Israelites offer will be the property of the priest. 10 The sacred donations belong to each person alone; whatever anyone gives to the priest will be his.
A woman accused of adultery
11 The Lord spoke to Moses: 12 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: A man may suspect that his wife has had an affair[a] and has broken faith with him, 13 that a man has had intercourse with her unknown to her husband and that she has defiled herself in secret—even though there are no witnesses and she isn’t caught. 14 If jealousy overcomes him and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself, or if jealousy overcomes him and he is jealous of his wife who hasn’t defiled herself, 15 then the man will bring his wife to the priest. He will bring the offering required for her, one-tenth of an ephah[b] of barley flour. He will not pour oil on it, nor offer frankincense with it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a grain offering for recognition in order to recognize guilt. 16 The priest will bring her close and make her stand before the Lord. 17 The priest will take holy water in a clay jar, and taking dust from the floor of the dwelling, the priest will place it in the water. 18 The priest will make the woman stand before the Lord, let the hair of the woman hang down, and place the grain offering for recognition, that is, the grain offering for jealousy, in her hands. The water of bitterness that brings the curse will be in the hands of the priest.
19 Then the priest will make her swear a solemn pledge, saying to the woman, “If no man has slept with you and if you haven’t had an affair, becoming defiled while married to your husband, then be immune from the water of bitterness that brings these curses. 20 But if you have had an affair while married to your husband, if you have defiled yourself, and a man other than your husband has had intercourse with you”— 21 then the priest must make the woman utter the curse and say to the woman, “May the Lord make you a curse and a harmful pledge among your people, when the Lord induces a miscarriage and your womb discharges. 22 And may the water that brings these curses enter your stomach and make your womb discharge and make you miscarry.”
And the woman will say, “I agree, I agree.”
23 The priest will write these curses in the scroll and wipe them off into the water of bitterness. 24 Then he will make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse. And the water that brings the curse will enter her, causing bitterness. 25 The priest will take the grain offering for jealousy from the woman’s hands, elevate the grain offering before the Lord, and bring it to the altar. 26 The priest will take a handful of the grain offering as a token part of it and turn it into smoke on the altar. And afterward he will make the woman drink the water. 27 When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and has broken faith with her husband, then the water that brings the curse will enter her, causing bitterness, and her womb will discharge and she will miscarry. The woman will be a curse among her people. 28 But if the woman hasn’t defiled herself and she is pure, then she will be immune and able to conceive.
29 These are the instructions about jealousy, when a wife has an affair while married to her husband and defiles herself, 30 or when jealousy overcomes a man and he is jealous of his wife. The priest will make the woman stand before the Lord and will follow all these instructions concerning her. 31 The man will be free from guilt, but the woman will bear her guilt.
Footnotes
- Numbers 5:12 Or goes astray; see also 5:19-20, 29.
- Numbers 5:15 Two quarts; one ephah is approximately twenty quarts dry.
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
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.
4 Moseboken 5
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Om lägrets renhet
5 Herren talade till Mose. Han sade: 2 (A) ”Befall Israels barn att de för bort ur lägret var och en som är spetälsk eller har flytning[a] och var och en som blivit oren genom en död kropp[b]. 3 (B) En sådan, vare sig man eller kvinna, ska ni föra bort utanför lägret. För bort dem, så att de inte orenar deras läger där jag bor mitt ibland dem.”
4 Och Israels barn gjorde så, de förde dem utanför lägret. Så som Herren hade sagt till Mose, så gjorde Israels barn.
Ersättningsplikt
5 Herren talade till Mose. Han sade: 6 (C) ”Säg till Israels barn: När en man eller kvinna begår någon av de synder som människor kan begå och handlar trolöst mot Herren och drar på sig skuld, 7 ska han bekänna den synd han har begått och ersätta det orätta till dess fulla belopp och till det lägga en femtedel av värdet. Detta ska han ge till den som han har gjort orätt emot.
8 Men om den drabbade inte har någon nära släkting som kan ta emot gottgörelsen, ska ersättningen ges åt Herren och tillhöra prästen, utöver den försoningsbagge[c] med vilken försoning bringas för den skyldige. 9 (D) Och alla heliga gåvor som Israels barn bär fram till prästen ska tillhöra honom. 10 De heliga gåvor som var och en ger tillhör honom. Vad någon ger åt prästen tillhör honom.”
Om otrohet och svartsjuka
11 Herren talade till Mose. Han sade: 12 ”Säg till Israels barn: Det kan hända att en mans hustru kommer på avvägar och är otrogen mot sin man, 13 genom att någon annan ligger med henne och har sädesuttömning. Hennes man har inte sett något, och hon håller det hemligt att hon blivit orenad. Det finns inget vittne mot henne, och hon har inte blivit tagen på bar gärning. 14 Om han då drabbas av svartsjukans ande och misstänker att hans hustru blivit orenad, eller om han drabbas av svartsjukans ande och misstänker sin hustru fastän hon inte blivit orenad, 15 (E) då ska mannen föra sin hustru till prästen och bära fram en tiondels efa kornmjöl[d] som offer för henne. Men han ska inte hälla någon olja eller lägga någon rökelse på offret, för det är ett misstankeoffer, ett påminnelseoffer som ska påminna om en missgärning.
16 Och prästen ska föra fram henne och ställa henne inför Herrens ansikte. 17 Han ska ta heligt vatten i ett lerkärl och ta lite av stoftet från tabernaklets golv och lägga i vattnet. 18 Prästen ska ställa fram kvinnan inför Herrens ansikte och lösa upp hennes hår och lägga påminnelseoffret i hennes händer, det vill säga misstankeoffret. I sin hand ska prästen ha det bittra vattnet som för med sig förbannelse.
19 Därefter ska prästen ta ed av kvinnan och säga till henne: Om ingen har legat med dig och du inte har kommit på avvägar och orenat dig medan du var under din man, så ska du inte ta skada av det bittra förbannelsebringande vattnet. 20 Men om du har kommit på avvägar medan du var under din man, och orenat dig genom att någon annan än din man har legat med dig” 21 – prästen ska nu läsa upp förbannelseeden för kvinnan och säga till henne: – ”så ska Herren göra dig till en förbannelse och en ed bland ditt folk. Herren ska låta ditt moderliv skrumpna och din buk svälla upp, 22 och det förbannelsebringande vattnet ska gå in i dina inälvor och få din buk att svälla upp och ditt moderliv att skrumpna.” Och kvinnan ska säga: ”Amen, amen.”
23 Sedan ska prästen skriva upp dessa förbannelser i en bokrulle och tvätta av dem i det bittra vattnet. 24 Och han ska ge kvinnan att dricka av det bittra förbannelsebringande vattnet, och det förbannelsebringande vattnet ska gå in i henne och orsaka bitter smärta. 25 Prästen ska ta misstankeoffret ur kvinnans hand och lyfta det inför Herrens ansikte och bära fram det till altaret. 26 Och prästen ska ta en handfull av offret som ett påminnelseoffer och bränna det på altaret. Därefter ska han ge kvinnan vattnet att dricka.
27 När han har gett henne vattnet att dricka, ska detta ske: Om hon har låtit orena sig och varit otrogen mot sin man, ska det förbannelsebringande vattnet gå in i henne och orsaka bitter smärta. Hennes buk ska svälla upp och hennes moderliv skrumpna, och kvinnan ska bli en förbannelse bland sitt folk. 28 Men om kvinnan inte har låtit orena sig utan är ren, ska inget skada henne och hon ska kunna bli havande.
29 Detta är lagen om svartsjuka, när en gift kvinna kommer på avvägar och orenar sig 30 eller när svartsjukans ande drabbar en man så att han misstänker sin hustru. Han ska då ställa fram hustrun inför Herrens ansikte, och prästen ska göra med henne allt som denna lag påbjuder. 31 Så ska mannen vara fri från skuld och hustrun får själv ta konsekvenserna av sin missgärning.”
Footnotes
- 5:2 spetälsk … har flytning Regler för detta beskrivs i 3 Mos kap 13-15.
- 5:2 oren genom en död kropp Se 3 Mos 11:25f (döda djur) och 4 Mos 19:11f (människolik). Orenhet är inte synd i moralisk mening, utan ett rituellt och delvis hygieniskt begrepp. Den som hade förlorat en närstående hade en moralisk plikt att begrava sin döda och därmed bli oren (men jfr 3 Mos 21:1).
- 5:8 försoningsbagge Ett skuldoffer som beskrivs i 3 Mos 6:6.
- 5:15 en tiondels efa kornmjöl Ca 2,2 liter.
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