Numbers 5
1599 Geneva Bible
5 2 The leprous and the polluted shall be cast forth. 6 The purging of sin. 15 The trial of the suspect wife.
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel that they (A)put out of the host every leper, and every one that hath (B)an issue, and whosoever is defiled by (C)the dead.
3 Both male and female shall ye put out: [a]out of the host shall ye put them, that they defile not their [b]tents among whom I dwell.
4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out of the host, even as the Lord had commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Speak unto the children of Israel, (D)When a man or woman shall commit any sin [c]that men commit, and transgress against the Lord, when that person shall trespass,
7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done, and shall restore the damage thereof (E)with his principal, and put the fifth part of it more thereto, and shall give it unto him, against whom he hath trespassed.
8 But if the [d]man have no kinsman, to whom he should restore the damage, the damage shall be restored to the Lord for the Priest’s use, besides the ram of the atonement, whereby he shall make atonement for him.
9 And every offering of all the [e]holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the Priest, shallbe (F)his.
10 And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: that is, 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 [f]turn to evil, and commit a trespass against him,
13 So that another man lie with her fleshly, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and kept close, and yet she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she taken with the manner,
14 [g]If he be moved with a jealous mind, so that he is jealous over his wife, which is defiled, or if he have a jealous mind, so that he is jealous over his wife, which is not defiled,
15 Then shall the man bring his wife to the Priest, and bring her offering with her, the tenth part of an Ephah of barley meal, but he shall not pour [h]oil upon it, nor put incense thereon: for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering for a remembrance, calling the sin to [i]mind.
16 And the Priest shall bring her, and set her before the Lord.
17 Then the Priest shall take [j]the holy water in an earthen vessel, and of the dust that is in the floor of the Tabernacle, even the Priest shall take it and put it into the water.
18 After the Priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of the memorial in her hands: it is the jealousy offering, and the Priest shall have bitter and [k]cursed water in his hand,
19 And the Priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, neither thou hast turned to uncleanness from thine husband, be free from this bitter and cursed water.
20 But if thou hast turned from thine husband, and so art defiled, and some man hath lain with thee besides 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 to be [l]accursed, and detestable for the oath among the people, and the Lord cause thy thigh to [m]rot, and thy belly to swell:
22 And that this cursed water may go into thy bowels, to cause thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. Then the woman shall answer, [n]Amen, Amen.
23 After, the Priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall [o]blot them out with the bitter water,
24 And shall cause the woman to drink the bitter and cursed water, and the cursed water turned into bitterness shall enter into her.
25 Then the Priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall shake the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar.
26 And the Priest shall take an handful of the offering for a [p]memorial thereof, and burn it upon the [q]altar, and afterward make the woman drink the water.
27 When he hath made her drink the water, if she be defiled and have trespassed against her husband, then shall the cursed water, turned into bitterness, enter into her, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shall be accursed among her people.
28 But if the woman be not defiled, but be [r]clean, she shall be free, and shall conceive and bear.
29 This is the law of jealousy, when a wife turneth from her husband and is defiled,
30 Or, when a man is moved with a jealous mind, being jealous over his wife, then shall he bring the woman before the Lord, and the Priest shall do to her according to all this law,
31 And the man shall be [s]free from sin, but this woman shall bear her iniquity.
Footnotes
- Numbers 5:3 Or, in a place out of the host.
- Numbers 5:3 There were three manner of tents: of the Lord, of the Levites, and of the Israelites.
- Numbers 5:6 Commit any fault willingly.
- Numbers 5:8 If he be dead to whom the wrong is done, and also have no kinsman.
- Numbers 5:9 Or, things offered to the Lord, as firstfruits, etc.
- Numbers 5:12 By breaking the band of marriage, and playing the harlot.
- Numbers 5:14 Hebrew, If the spirit of jealousy come upon him.
- Numbers 5:15 Only in the sin offering, and so this offering of jealousy were neither oil nor incense offered.
- Numbers 5:15 Or, making the sin known, and not purging it.
- Numbers 5:17 Which also is called the water of purification or sprinkling, read Num. 19:9.
- Numbers 5:18 It was so called by the effect, because it declared the woman to be accursed, and turned to her destruction.
- Numbers 5:21 Both because she had committed so heinous a fault, and forsware herself in denying the same.
- Numbers 5:21 Hebrew, to fall.
- Numbers 5:22 That is, be it so, as thou wishest, as Ps. 41:23; Deut. 27:15.
- Numbers 5:23 Shall wash the curses, which are written, into the water in the vessel.
- Numbers 5:26 Or, perfume.
- Numbers 5:26 Where the incense was offered.
- Numbers 5:28 Or, innocent.
- Numbers 5:31 The man might accuse his wife upon suspicion, and not be reproved.
民数记 5
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
除净不洁
5 耶和华对摩西说： 2 “你要吩咐以色列人，把所有患痲风病的，患漏症的，以及因接触死人而不洁的，都送出营外； 3 无论男女，你们都要送出去；你们要把他们送出营外，免得他们玷污自己的营，这营就是我居住的。” 4 以色列人就这样行了，把他们送出营外；耶和华怎样吩咐摩西，以色列人就怎样行了。
赔偿条例
5 耶和华对摩西说： 6 “你要对以色列人说：无论男女，如果犯了人所犯的任何罪，以致得罪耶和华，那人就有了罪； 7 他（“他”直译是“他们”）要承认自己所犯的罪，把亏负人的损失，原数赔偿之外，另外加上五分之一，给予他亏负的人。 8 如果那人没有近亲可以把所亏负的赔偿给他，所亏负的，就要还给耶和华，就是归给祭司，此外还要献上为他赎罪的代罪公绵羊。 9 以色列人的一切圣物中，奉给祭司为举祭的，都要归给祭司。 10 各人所献的圣物，要归给祭司；人无论献给祭司甚么，都要归给祭司。”
疑妻不贞之试验方法与条例
11 耶和华对摩西说： 12 “你要告诉以色列人说：无论甚么人，如果他的妻子背离丈夫，对他不忠， 13 有人和她同寝，事情瞒过了丈夫，没有被查出，没有见证人指证她，犯罪时也没有被人捉住； 14 如果她的丈夫生了疑心，疑忌妻子，而妻子实在是被玷污了；又或者丈夫生了疑心，疑忌妻子，而妻子并没有被玷污， 15 这人就要把妻子带到祭司那里，又要为她带来供物，就是大麦面一公斤，不可浇上油，也不可加上乳香，因为这是疑忌的素祭，是思念的素祭，使人思念罪孽。
16 “祭司要使那妇人走进来，站在耶和华面前。 17 祭司要把圣水盛在瓦器里，又从帐幕的地面取些尘土，撒在水中。 18 祭司要使那妇人站在耶和华面前，松开她的头发，把思念的素祭，就是疑忌的素祭，放在她的手中，祭司的手里要拿着使人招致咒诅的苦水。 19 祭司要叫那妇人起誓，对她说：‘如果没有人与你同寝，作妻子时没有背弃丈夫被人玷污，你就免受这使人招致咒诅的苦水。 20 但是，如果你作妻子时背弃了丈夫，被人玷污了；如果你在你的丈夫以外，曾与别的男人同寝’， 21 这样，祭司就要叫那妇人发咒起誓，继续对她说：‘耶和华要使你的大腿消瘦，肚腹肿胀；愿耶和华叫你在你的族人中成为咒诅和起誓的话柄； 22 愿这招致咒诅的水进入你的腹中，使你的肚腹肿胀，大腿消瘦。’那妇人要说：‘阿们、阿们。’
23 “祭司要把这些咒诅的话写在卷上，又把所写的字洗在苦水里， 24 又要叫那妇人喝这招致咒诅的苦水，这招致咒诅的水要进入她里面，就引起痛苦。 25 祭司要从这妇人的手中取过那疑忌的素祭，把素祭在耶和华面前摇一摇，然后带到祭坛那里。 26 祭司要从素祭中取出一把来，作为记念，放在祭坛上焚烧，然后才叫妇人喝这水。 27 祭司叫她喝了这水以后，如果她被人玷污，对自己的丈夫不忠，这招致咒诅的水就必进入她里面，引起痛苦；她的肚腹必肿胀，大腿必消瘦；那妇人就要在她的族人中成为咒诅。 28 但是，如果这妇人没有被玷污，而是贞洁的，就不致受害，并且要怀孕生子。
29 “这是关于疑忌的律例：妻子在自己丈夫的权下，如果背离丈夫，被人玷污了； 30 或是人生了疑忌的心，疑忌自己的妻子，他就要叫那妇人站在耶和华的面前，祭司要对她执行这法例。 31 这样，男人可以免罪，妇人就要担当自己的罪孽。”
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