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Numbers 5
Modern English Version
Numbers 5
Modern English Version
The Unclean
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is defiled by the dead. 3 Both male and female you will put out. You will put them outside the camp, so they do not defile their camps in the midst of which I dwell. 4 The children of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp. As the Lord spoke to Moses, so the children of Israel did.
Restitution for Wrongs
5 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 6 Tell the children of Israel: When a man or woman commits any sin against another, acting unfaithfully against the Lord, that person is guilty, 7 and shall confess his sin which he has committed, and he will repay his offense with its principal, and add to it one-fifth, and give it to him who was wronged. 8 But if the man has no relative to repay the offense to, let the offense be repaid to the Lord, even to the priest, beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement will be made for him. 9 Every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, will be his. 10 Every man’s holy things will be his. Whatever any man gives the priest, it will be his.
The Test for Adultery
11 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 acts treacherously against him, 13 and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and it is concealed though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, nor is she caught in the act, 14 and if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself, or if the 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 her offering for her, a tenth of an ephah[a] of barley flour. He shall pour no oil on it nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
16 The priest will bring her near, and set her before the Lord. 17 And the priest will take holy water in an earthen vessel, and the priest will take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water. 18 And the priest will set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the memorial offering in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy, and the priest will have in his hand the bitter water that causes the curse. 19 And the priest will charge her by an oath, and say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray to impurity with another instead of your husband, be free from this bitter water that causes the curse. 20 But if you have gone astray to another instead of your husband, and if you are defiled, and a man besides your husband has lain with you”— 21 then the priest will charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest will say to the woman, “The Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the Lord makes your thigh rot and your belly swell. 22 And this water that causes the curse will go into your bowels, to make your belly swell and your thigh rot.”
And the woman will say, “Amen, amen.”
23 The priest will write these curses in a book, and he will wash them out with the bitter water. 24 And he will cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causes the curse. And the water that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter. 25 Then the priest will take the grain offering of jealousy out of the woman’s hand and will wave the offering before the Lord and offer it on the altar. 26 And the priest will take a handful of the offering, the memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, and afterward will cause the woman to drink the water. 27 When he has made her to drink the water, then it will be that, if she is defiled and has acted treacherously against her husband, the water that causes the curse will enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly will swell, and her thigh will rot, and the woman will be a curse among her people. 28 If the woman is not defiled, but is clean, then she will be free and will conceive offspring.
29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goes astray to another instead of her husband, and is defiled, 30 or when the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous over his wife, and will set the woman before the Lord, and the priest will perform on her all this law. 31 Then the man will be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman will bear her iniquity.
Footnotes
- Numbers 5:15 Likely about 3½ pounds, or 1.6 kilograms.
Tirintii 5
Somali Bible
Tirintii 5
Somali Bible
Daahirkii Xerada
5 Markaasaa Rabbigu Muuse la hadlay oo wuxuu ku yidhi, 2 Waxaad reer binu Israa'iil amar ku tidhaahdaa, Xerada ka saara mid kasta oo baras qaba, iyo mid kasta oo dheecaan ka dareera, iyo mid kasta oo meyd ku nijaasoobay. 3 Oo waa inaad rag iyo dumarba bixisaan, oo aad xerada dibaddeeda geeysaan si aanay u nijaasayn xeradooda aan anigu dhex deggan ahay. 4 Oo reer binu Israa'iilna sidaasay yeeleen, oo iyagii xerada dibaddeeday geeyeen, oo sidii Rabbigu Muuse kula hadlay ayaa reer binu Israa'iil yeeleen.
Magdhawgii Xadgudubka
5 Oo haddana ayaa Rabbigu Muuse la hadlay oo wuxuu ku yidhi, 6 Reer binu Israa'iil la hadal oo waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, Haddii nin ama naagu ay galaan dembi ay dadku galaan, oo ay Rabbiga ku xadgudbaan, oo ay naftaasu sidaas eed ku lahaato, 7 markaas waa inay qirtaan dembigoodii ay sameeyeen. Oo wixii uu ku xadgudbay waa inuu dhammaan u magdhabaa, oo weliba ku sii daraa shan meelood meesheed, oo siiyaa kii uu ku xadgudbay. 8 Laakiinse ninku hadduusan lahayn xigto xadgudubkii mag laga siiyo, markaas magta xadgudubka ee Rabbiga loo bixiyo waxaa lahaan doona wadaadka; oo weliba waxaa wehliya wanka kafaaraggudka oo isaga aawadiis loogu kafaaro gudo. 9 Oo qurbaan kasta oo sare loo qaado oo ah waxyaalaha quduuska ah oo dhan ee ay reer binu Israa'iil wadaadka u keenaan waa in isagu lahaadaa. 10 Oo nin walba waxyaalihiisa quduuska ah waa in wadaadku lahaadaa, oo wax alla wixii nin wadaadka siiyana isagu waa inuu lahaadaa.
Imtixaamiddii Naagta Aan Aamminka Ahayn
11 Oo haddana ayaa Rabbigu Muuse la hadlay oo wuxuu ku yidhi, 12 Reer binu Israa'iil la hadal oo waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, Haddii nin naagtiis isaga ka tagto oo ay ku xadgudubto, 13 oo haddii nin kale la jiifsado oo waxaas ninkeedii laga qariyo oo qarsoodi loo haysto, oo ay naagtaasu sidaas ku nijaasowdo, laakiinse markhaati loo waayo iyada, amase aan iyada lagu qaban samayntii, 14 oo markaas haddii masayr ku soo dego ninka oo uu naagtiisa ka masayro oo ay iyadu nijaasowday, amase haddii masayr ku soo dego oo uu naagtiisa ka masayro oo ayan iyadu nijaasoobin, 15 markaas ninku waa inuu naagtiisa wadaadka u keenaa, oo iyada aawadeed qurbaan ugu keenaa eefaah toban meelood loo qaybiyey meeshiis bur shaciir ah. Isagu waa inuusan saliidna ku shubin amase foox saarin, waayo, taasu waxa weeye qurbaankii masayrka, waana qurbaan xusuuseed oo dembiga lagu soo xusuusto. 16 Markaas wadaadku waa inuu iyada soo dhoweeyaa oo Rabbiga hortiisa keenaa. 17 Oo markaas wadaadku waa inuu biyo quduus ah weel dhoobo ah ku qaadaa, oo ciidda taambuugga dhulkiisa taalna waa in wadaadku qaadaa oo biyaha ku shubaa, 18 oo markaas waa in wadaadku naagta keenaa Rabbiga hortiisa, oo naagta timaheeduna ha furfurnaadaan, oo qurbaankii xusuuseedna gacmaheeda ha ku rido, kaasoo ah qurbaankii masayrka. Wadaadkuna gacanta ha ku haysto biyaha qadhaadhka ah oo habaarka kiciyo. 19 Oo markaas wadaadku iyada ha dhaariyo, oo ha ku yidhaahdo naagta, Hadduusan nin kale kula jiifsan, oo aadan nijaaso ku leexan, adoo ninkaaga ka dambayn lahaa, ka xorow biyahan qadhaadhka ah oo habaarka kiciyo, 20 laakiinse haddaad gees u leexatay adigoo ninkaaga ka dambayn lahaa, oo aad markaas nijaasowday, oo haddii nin kale kula jiifsaday ninkaaga mooyaane, 21 markaas wadaadku waa inuu naagta ku dhaariyaa dhaar habaar ah, oo wadaadku naagta ha ku yidhaahdo, Markuu Rabbigu bowdadaada hilib beeliyo oo uu calooshaada barariyo, dadkaaga dhexdiisa ha kaaga dhigo habaar iyo dhaar, 22 oo biyahan habaarka kiciyaa way ku geli doonaan, oo calooshaaday bararin doonaan, bowdadaadana way hilib beelin doonaan. Oo naagtuna waa inay tidhaahdaa, Aamiin, Aamiin. 23 Oo wadaadkiina waa inuu habaarradaas buug ku qoraa, oo uu biyaha qadhaadhka ah ku baabbi'iyaa. 24 Oo waa inuu naagta cabsiiyaa biyaha qadhaadhka ah oo habaarka kiciya, oo biyaha habaarka kiciyaa ayaa iyada geli doona oo qadhaadh bay noqon doonaan. 25 Oo markaas wadaadku waa inuu qurbaankii masayrka naagta gacanteeda ka qaadaa oo Rabbiga hortiisa ku ruxruxaa, oo markaas waa inuu meesha allabariga keenaa. 26 Oo markaas wadaadku waa inuu qaadaa cantoobo muggeed oo qurbaanka xusuuseed ah, oo waa inuu meesha allabariga ku dul gubaa, oo haddana naagta biyaha cabsiiyaa. 27 Oo markuu iyada biyaha cabsiiyo markaas hadday iyadu nijaasowday, oo ay ninkeeda ku xadgudubtay, biyaha habaarka kiciya iyaday geli doonaan oo qadhaadh bay noqon doonaan, oo caloosheedu way barari doontaa oo bowdadeeduna way hilib beeli doontaa; oo naagtu waxay dadkeeda ku dhex ahaan doontaa habaar. 28 Laakiinse naagtu haddaanay nijaasoobin illowse ay daahir tahay, markaas iyadu xor bay ahaanaysaa, wayna uuraysanaysaa. 29 Kanu waa sharciga ku saabsan masayrka haddii naagu iyadoo ninkeeda ka dambayn lahayd ka leexato oo ay nijaasowdo, 30 ama haddii masayr ku soo dego nin, oo uu naagtiisa ka masayro, de markaas waa inuu naagta Rabbiga hor keenaa, oo wadaadku waa inuu iyada sharcigaas oo dhan ku oofiyaa. 31 Oo markaas ninku dembi xor buu ka ahaanayaa, oo naagtaasuna dembigeeda way qaadan doontaa.
Numbers 5
New King James Version
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
New International Version
Numbers 5
New International Version
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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