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Numbers 5
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Numbers 5
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Rules About Cleanliness
5 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Tell the people to send away from the camp anyone who is unclean, that is, anyone who has a serious skin disease[a] or discharge and anyone who has touched a dead body. 3 Whether they are a man or a woman, send them away so that the camp where I am living among you will not be made unclean.”
4 So the Israelites obeyed God’s command. They sent those people outside the camp. They did what the Lord had told Moses.
Paying for Doing Wrong
5 The Lord said to Moses, 6 “Tell this to the Israelites: You might do something wrong to another person. When you do that, you are really sinning against God. So you are guilty of doing wrong. 7 You must confess that sin. Then you must fully pay for that wrong thing you did. You must add one-fifth to the payment and give it all to the person you had done wrong to. 8 But maybe the person is dead and does not have any close relatives to accept the payment. In that case, you will give the payment to the Lord. That is, you will give the full payment to the priest. The priest must sacrifice the ram that makes people pure. This ram will be sacrificed to cover over your sins, but the priest will keep the rest of the payment.
9 “If any of you Israelites gives a special gift to God, the priest who accepts that gift can keep it. It is his. 10 You don’t have to give these special gifts, but if you do, the gifts belong to the priest.”
Jealous Husbands
11 Then the Lord said to Moses, 12 “Tell the Israelites this: A man’s wife might be unfaithful to him. 13 She might have sexual relations with another man and hide this from her husband. And there might not be anyone to tell him that his wife committed this sin. Her husband might never know about the wrong thing she did, and she might not tell her husband about her sin. 14 But the husband might begin to think that his wife sinned against him, whether she has or not. He might become jealous. He might begin to believe that she is not pure and true to him. 15 If that happens, he must take his wife to the priest. The husband must also take an offering of 8 cups[b] of barley flour. He must not pour oil or incense on the barley flour. This barley flour is a grain offering to the Lord that is given because the husband is jealous. This offering will show that he thinks his wife has been unfaithful to him.
16 “The priest will take the woman before the Lord and make her stand there. 17 Then he will take some special water and put it in a clay jar. He will put some dirt from the floor of the Holy Tent into the water. 18 He will force the woman to stand before the Lord. Then he will loosen her hair and put the grain offering in her hand. This is the barley flour that her husband gave because he was jealous. At the same time, he will hold the clay jar of special water. This is the special water that can bring trouble to the woman.
19 “Then the priest will make the woman promise to tell the truth and say to her: ‘If you have not slept with another man, and if you have not sinned against your husband while you were married to him, then this water that causes trouble will not hurt you. 20 But if you have sinned against your husband—if you had sexual relations with a man who is not your husband—then you are not pure. 21 If that is true, you will have much trouble when you drink this special water. You will not be able to have any children. And if you are pregnant now, your baby will die.[c] And the Lord will cause your people to speak evil of you and curse you.’
“Then the priest must tell the woman to make an oath. She must agree for the Lord to cause these things to happen to her if she lies. 22 The priest must say, ‘You must drink this water that causes trouble. If you have sinned, you will not be able to have children. Any baby you have will die before it is born.’ And the woman should say, ‘I agree to do as you say.’
23 “The priest should write these warnings on a scroll. Then he should wash the words off into the water. 24 Then the woman must drink the water that brings trouble. This water will enter her and, if she is guilty, it will cause her much suffering.
25 “Then the priest will take the grain offering from her (the offering for jealousy) and raise it before the Lord. Then he will carry it to the altar. 26 The priest will fill his hands with some of the grain and put it on the altar and let it burn there. After that he will tell the woman to drink the water. 27 If the woman has sinned against her husband, the water will bring her trouble. The water will go into her body and cause her much suffering. Any baby that is in her will die before it is born, and she will never be able to have children. All the people will turn against her.[d] 28 But if the woman has not sinned against her husband and she is pure, the priest will say that she is not guilty. Then she will be normal and able to have children.
29 “So this is the law about jealousy. This is what you should do when a woman sins against her husband while she is married to him. 30 Or if the man becomes jealous and thinks his wife has sinned against him, this is what the man should do. The priest must tell her to stand before the Lord. Then the priest will do all these things. This is the law. 31 The husband will not be guilty of doing anything wrong, but the woman will suffer if she has sinned.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 5:2 serious skin disease This could be leprosy, or it could be another kind of contagious skin disease.
- Numbers 5:15 8 cups Literally, “1/10 of an ephah” (2.2 l).
- Numbers 5:21 You will … die Literally, “Your loins will fall and your belly will swell.”
- Numbers 5:27 All … against her Literally, “She will be like a curse among the people.”
Okubala 5
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Okubala 5
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Ekiragiro ku Bulongoofu bw’Olusiisira
5 Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti, 2 (A)“Lagira abaana ba Isirayiri buli mugenge bamufulumye ebweru w’olusiisira, na buli alina ekikulukuto ky’omusaayi, n’oyo anaabanga akutte ku mufu. 3 (B)Abasajja n’abakazi bonna babafulumyenga ebweru w’olusiisira baleme okulufuula olutali lulongoofu, kubanga omwo mwe mbeera.” 4 Awo abaana ba Isirayiri ne bakolanga bwe batyo ne babafulumyanga ebweru w’olusiisira. Ne bakola nga Mukama Katonda bwe yalagira Musa.
Etteeka ly’Okuliwa
5 Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti, 6 (C)“Tegeeza abaana ba Isirayiri nti, ‘Omuntu yenna omusajja oba omukazi bw’anaasobyanga eri munne mu ngeri yonna, bw’atyo anaabanga asobezza eri Mukama Katonda, omuntu oyo anaabangako omusango, 7 (D)era asaana ayatule ekibi ekyo ky’anaabanga akoze. Anaaliwanga mu bujjuvu olw’ekibi ekyo ky’anaabanga akoze, n’agattako n’ekitundu ekimu ekyokutaano eky’ebyo by’anaabanga aliye, byonna anaabiwanga oyo gw’anaabanga azizzaako omusango. 8 (E)Naye singa omuntu oyo azzibbwako omusango taabengawo na waaluganda lwa kumpi, eby’okuliwa ebyo binaabanga bya Mukama Katonda era n’endiga ennume ey’okutangiririra oyo eyazza omusango, binaaweebwanga kabona. 9 (F)Era ebirabo byonna ebitukuvu abaana ba Isirayiri bye banaaleetanga eri kabona binaabanga bya kabona oyo. 10 (G)Ekirabo kya buli muntu ekitukuvu kinaabanga kikye, naye ekyo ky’anaaleeteranga kabona kinaabanga kya kabona.’ ”
Etteeka ku Bbuba
11 Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti, 12 (H)“Tegeeza abaana ba Isirayiri nti, Muka omusajja yenna bw’anaakyamanga n’akola ebitali bya bwesigwa eri bba 13 (I)ne yeebaka n’omusajja omulala nga bba tategedde, omusajja oyo n’amusobyako, ekikolwa ekyo ne kitamanyibwa, kubanga tewali mujulizi akirabye era nga tebabakutte nga bakikola; 14 (J)singa omusajja akwatibwa ebbuba n’ateebereza nti osanga mukazi we baamusobezzaako, oba ebbuba ne limukwata newaakubadde nga mukazi we tebaamusobezzaako, 15 (K)kale anaaleetanga mukazi we eri kabona. Anaaleetanga n’ekyokuwaayo ku lwa mukazi we ekitundu kimu eky’ekkumi ekya efa[a] eky’obuwunga bw’emmere eyitibwa sayiri. Obuwunga obwo taabufukengako mafuta ag’omuzeeyituuni wadde okubussaamu ebyakawoowo, kubanga bwe buwunga obuweereddwayo ku nsonga y’ebbuba, nga kye kiweebwayo eky’okujjukiza nti waliwo omusango ogwazzibwa.
16 “Kabona anaasembezanga omukazi oyo n’amuleeta n’amuyimiriza mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda. 17 Anaddiranga amazzi amatukuvu[b] nga gali mu kijaagi eky’ebbumba n’ateeka mu mazzi ago enfuufu gy’anaggyanga wansi mu Weema. 18 (L)Kabona bw’anaamalanga okuyimiriza omukazi oyo mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda, anaamusumululanga enviiri ze n’azita ne zikka, n’amukwasa ekiweebwayo eky’okujjukiza eky’emmere y’empeke ekiweereddwayo olw’obuggya, ye kabona ng’akutte amazzi agakaawa agaleeta ekikolimo. 19 (M)Kabona anaalayizanga omukazi oyo n’amugamba bw’ati nti, ‘Obanga tewali musajja yenna eyeebase naawe mu kyama n’ofuuka atali mulongoofu songa oli mu bufumbo ewa balo, amazzi agakaawa gano agaleeta ekikolimo tegaakukole kabi.’ 20 (N)Naye bw’onoowabanga ne weebaka n’omusajja atali balo, bw’otyo ne weeyonoonyesa, 21 (O)wano kabona anaalayizanga omukazi ekirayiro eky’ekikolimo n’amugamba nti, ‘Mukama Katonda aleetere abantu bo okukukolimira n’okukuboola bw’anaakoozimbyanga ekisambi kyo n’olubuto lwo n’aluleetera entumbi ne luzimba. 22 (P)Amazzi gano agaleeta ekikolimo gayingirenga mu mubiri gwo gazimbye olubuto lwo era n’ekisambi kyo kikoozimbe.’
“Omukazi anaddangamu nti, ‘Amiina, Amiina.’
23 (Q)“ ‘Kabona anaawandiikanga ebikolimo ebyo ku muzingo n’abyozaako mu mazzi agakaawa. 24 Anaanywesanga omukazi amazzi agakaawa agaleeta ekikolimo, era amazzi ago ganaayingiranga mu mukazi oyo ne gamuleetera obulumi n’okubonaabona mu mubiri. 25 (R)Awo kabona anaggyangako omukazi oyo ekiweebwayo eky’empeke olw’obuggya, anaawuubanga ekiweebwayo ekyo eky’empeke mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda, n’akireeta ku kyoto. 26 Kabona anaddiranga olubatu lw’obuwunga obw’ekiweebwayo ng’ekiweebwayo olw’okujjukira n’akyokya ku kyoto; ebyo nga biwedde anaanywesanga omukazi amazzi gali. 27 (S)Bw’anaamalanga okumunywesa amazzi ago, kale bw’anaabanga yeeyonoonyesezza nga tabadde mwesigwa eri bba, amazzi ago agaleeta ekikolimo ganaayingiranga mu mubiri gw’omukazi oyo ne gamuleetera obulumi obubalagala; olubuto lwe lunaazimbulukukanga n’ekisambi kye ne kikoozimba, era anaafuukanga omukolimire mu bantu b’ewaabwe. 28 Naye omukazi oyo bw’anaabanga teyeeyonoonyesa nga mulongoofu, kale taabeerengako musango, era anaabanga wa ddembe okuzaala abaana.’
29 (T)“ ‘Eryo lye tteeka ery’obuggya, omukazi bw’anaakyamanga ne yeeyonoona songa mufumbo aliko bba, 30 oba omusajja bw’anaayingirangamu omwoyo ogw’ebbuba, n’akwatirwa mukazi we obuggya; kale anaaleetanga mukazi we oyo eri Mukama Katonda, kabona n’alyoka assa etteeka eryo mu nkola ku mukazi oyo. 31 (U)Balo taabengako kyonoono ku nsonga ezo wabula mukazi we y’anaabangako omusango olw’okwonoona kwe.’ ”
Numbers 5
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Numbers 5
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Unclean Persons
5 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Command the Israelites to put out of the camp everyone who is leprous,[a] or has a discharge, and everyone who is unclean through contact with a corpse; 3 you shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp; they must not defile their camp, where I dwell among them. 4 The Israelites did so, putting them outside the camp; as the Lord had spoken to Moses, so the Israelites did.
Confession and Restitution
5 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 6 Speak to the Israelites: When a man or a woman wrongs another, breaking faith with the Lord, that person incurs guilt 7 and shall confess the sin that has been committed. The person shall make full restitution for the wrong, adding one-fifth to it, and giving it to the one who was wronged. 8 If the injured party 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 the ram of atonement with which atonement is made for the guilty party. 9 Among all the sacred donations of the Israelites, every gift that they bring to the priest shall be his. 10 The sacred donations of all are their own; whatever anyone gives to the priest shall be his.
Concerning an Unfaithful Wife
11 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 12 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him, 13 if a man has had intercourse with her but it is hidden from her husband, so that she is undetected though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her since she was not caught in the act; 14 if a spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself; or if a spirit of jealousy comes on 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 he shall bring the offering required for her, one-tenth of an ephah of barley flour. 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, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
16 Then 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 The priest shall set the woman before the Lord, dishevel the woman’s hair, and place in her hands the grain-offering of remembrance, which is the grain-offering of jealousy. In his own 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, if you have not turned aside to uncleanness while under your husband’s authority, be immune to this water of bitterness that brings the curse. 20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has had intercourse with you’— 21 let the priest make the woman take the oath of the curse and say to the woman—‘the Lord make you an execration and an oath among your people, when the Lord makes your uterus drop, your womb discharge; 22 now may this water that brings the curse enter your bowels and make your womb discharge, your uterus drop!’ And the woman shall say, ‘Amen. Amen.’
23 Then the priest shall put these curses in writing, and wash them off into the water of bitterness. 24 He shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter her and cause bitter pain. 25 The priest shall take the grain-offering of jealousy out of the woman’s hand, and shall elevate the grain-offering before the Lord and bring it to the altar; 26 and the priest shall take a handful of the grain-offering, as its memorial portion, and turn it into smoke on the altar, and afterwards shall make the woman drink the water. 27 When he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her womb shall discharge, her uterus drop, and the woman shall become an execration among her people. 28 But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be immune and be able to conceive children.
29 This is the law in cases of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself, 30 or when a spirit of jealousy comes on a man and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall apply this entire law to her. 31 The man shall be free from iniquity, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.
Footnotes
- Numbers 5:2 A term for several skin diseases; precise meaning uncertain
Numbers 5
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Numbers 5
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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
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