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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
Numeri 5
Nuova Riveduta 1994
Numeri 5
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Legge relativa agli impuri, al furto e alla gelosia
5 (A)Poi il Signore disse a *Mosè: 2 «Ordina ai figli d'*Israele che mandino fuori dall'accampamento ogni *lebbroso e chiunque ha la gonorrea o è impuro per il contatto con un morto. 3 Maschi o femmine che siano, li manderete fuori; li manderete fuori dall'accampamento perché non contaminino l'accampamento in mezzo al quale io abito». 4 I figli d'Israele fecero cosí e li mandarono fuori dall'accampamento. Come il Signore aveva detto a Mosè, cosí fecero i figli d'Israele.
5 (B)Il Signore disse ancora a Mosè: 6 «Di' ai figli d'Israele: “Quando un uomo o una donna avrà fatto un torto a qualcuno, commettendo un'infedeltà rispetto al Signore, questa persona si sarà cosí resa colpevole. 7 Dovrà confessare il peccato commesso, restituirà per intero il maltolto, aggiungendovi un quinto e lo darà a colui verso il quale si è reso colpevole. 8 Ma se questi[a] non ha parente prossimo a cui si possa restituire il maltolto, ciò che viene restituito spetterà al Signore, cioè al *sacerdote, oltre al montone espiatorio, mediante il quale si farà l'espiazione per il colpevole. 9 Ogni offerta elevata di tutte le cose consacrate che i figli d'Israele presenteranno al sacerdote, sarà del sacerdote; 10 le cose che uno consacrerà saranno del sacerdote; ciò che uno darà al sacerdote apparterrà a lui”».
11 (C)Il Signore disse ancora a Mosè: 12 «Parla ai figli d'Israele e di' loro: “Se una donna si svia dal marito e commette un'infedeltà contro di lui; 13 se uno ha relazioni carnali con lei e la cosa è nascosta agli occhi del marito; se ella si è contaminata in segreto senza che vi siano testimoni contro di lei o che sia stata còlta sul fatto, 14 qualora lo spirito di gelosia s'impossessi del marito e questi diventi geloso della moglie che si è contaminata, oppure lo spirito di gelosia s'impossessi di lui e questi diventi geloso della moglie che di fatto non si è contaminata, 15 quell'uomo condurrà la moglie dal sacerdote, e porterà un'offerta per lei: un decimo d'*efa di farina d'orzo; non vi spanderà sopra olio né vi metterà sopra incenso, perché è un'oblazione di gelosia, un'oblazione commemorativa, destinata a ricordare un'*iniquità. 16 Il sacerdote farà avvicinare la donna, e la farà stare in piedi davanti al Signore. 17 Poi il sacerdote prenderà dell'acqua santa in un vaso di terra; prenderà pure della polvere che è sul suolo del *tabernacolo, e la metterà nell'acqua. 18 Il sacerdote farà quindi stare la donna in piedi davanti al Signore, le scoprirà il capo e le metterà in mano l'oblazione commemorativa, che è l'oblazione di gelosia; e il sacerdote avrà in mano l'acqua amara che porta maledizione.
19 Il sacerdote farà giurare quella donna e le dirà: «Se nessun uomo si è unito a te, e se non ti sei sviata contaminandoti con un uomo, invece di tuo marito, quest'acqua amara che porta maledizione, non ti farà danno! 20 Ma se ti sei sviata ricevendo un altro invece di tuo marito e ti sei contaminata, se un altro che non è tuo marito ti ha fecondata», 21 allora il sacerdote farà giurare la donna con un giuramento di maledizione e le dirà: «Il Signore faccia di te un oggetto di maledizione e di esecrazione in mezzo al tuo popolo, facendoti dimagrire i fianchi e gonfiare il ventre; 22 quest'acqua che porta maledizione, ti entri nelle viscere per farti gonfiare il ventre e dimagrire i fianchi!» E la donna dirà: «Amen! Amen!»
23 «“Poi il sacerdote scriverà queste maledizioni in un rotolo e le farà sciogliere nell'acqua amara. 24 Farà bere alla donna quell'acqua amara che porta maledizione, e l'acqua che porta maledizione entrerà in lei per produrle amarezza. 25 Il sacerdote prenderà dalle mani della donna l'oblazione di gelosia, agiterà l'oblazione davanti al Signore e l'offrirà sull'altare. 26 Il sacerdote prenderà una manciata di quell'oblazione commemorativa e la farà fumare sull'altare; poi farà bere l'acqua alla donna. 27 Quando le avrà fatto bere l'acqua, se è contaminata ed ha commesso un'infedeltà contro il marito, l'acqua che porta maledizione entrerà in lei per produrre amarezza; il ventre le si gonfierà, i suoi fianchi dimagriranno, e quella donna diventerà un oggetto di maledizione in mezzo al suo popolo. 28 Ma se la donna non si è contaminata ed è pura, sarà riconosciuta innocente, ed avrà dei figli.
29 Questa è la legge relativa alla gelosia, per il caso in cui la moglie di uno si svii ricevendo un altro invece di suo marito e si contamini, 30 per il caso in cui lo spirito di gelosia s'impossessi del marito e questi diventi geloso della moglie; egli farà comparire sua moglie davanti al Signore e il sacerdote applicherà questa legge integralmente. 31 Il marito sarà immune da colpa, ma la donna porterà la pena della sua iniquità”».
Footnotes
- Numeri 5:8 Questi, si suppone che l'offeso sia defunto.
Numbers 5
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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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