Old/New Testament
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.
6 2 The law of the consecration of the Nazirites. 24 The manner to bless the people.
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man or a woman doth separate themselves to vow a vow of a [t]Nazirite, to separate himself unto the Lord,
3 He shall abstain from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no sour wine nor sour drink, nor shall drink any liquor of grapes, neither shall eat fresh grapes nor dried.
4 As long as his abstinence endureth, shall he eat nothing that is made of the wine of the vine, neither the kernels nor the husk.
5 While he is separated by his vow, the (G)razor shall not come upon his head, until the days be out, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
6 During the time that he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall come at no [u]dead body:
7 He shall not make himself unclean at the death of his father or mother, brother, or sister: for the consecration of his God is upon [v]his head.
8 All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord.
9 And if any die suddenly by him, or he beware, then the [w]head of his consecration shall be defiled, and he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing: in the seventh day he shall shave it.
10 And in the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons to the Priest, at the door of the tabernacle of the Congregation.
11 Then the Priest shall prepare the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and shall make an atonement for him, because he sinned by [x]the dead: so shall he hallow his head the same day.
12 And he shall [y]consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of a year old for a trespass offering, and the first [z]days shall be void: for his consecration was defiled.
13 ¶ This then is the law of the Nazirite: when the time of his consecration is out, he shall come to the door of the tabernacle of the Congregation,
14 And he shall bring his offering unto the Lord, an he lamb of a year old without blemish, for a burnt offering, and a she lamb of a year old without blemish, for a sin offering, and a ram without blemish, for peace offerings,
15 And a basket of unleavened bread, of (H)Cakes of fine flour, mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings:
16 The which the Priest shall bring before the Lord, and make his sin offering and his burnt offering.
17 He shall prepare also the ram for a peace offering unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread, and the Priest shall make his meat offering, and his drink offering.
18 And (I)the Nazirite shall shave the head [aa]of his consecration at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his consecration, and [ab]put it in the fire which is under the peace offering.
19 Then the Priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and an unleavened cake out of the basket, and a wafer unleavened, and put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he hath shaven his consecration.
20 And the Priest shall (J)shake them to and fro before the Lord: this is an holy thing for the Priest [ac]besides the shaken breast, and besides the heave shoulder: so afterward the Nazirite may drink wine.
21 This is the law of the Nazirite, which he hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his consecration, [ad]besides that that he is able to bring: according to the vow which he vowed, so shall he do after the law of his consecration.
22 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
23 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, Thus shall ye [ae]bless the children of Israel, and say unto them,
24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee,
25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be merciful unto thee,
26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
27 So they shall put my [af]Name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.
4 4 The parable of the sower. 14 And the meaning thereof. 18 Thorns. 21 The candle. 26 Of him that sowed, and then slept. 31 The grain of mustard seed. 38 Christ sleepeth in the ship.
1 And (A)he began again to teach by the [a]seaside, and there gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat [b]in the sea, and all the people was by the seaside on the land.
2 And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
3 [c]Hearken: Behold, there went out a sower to sow.
4 And it came to pass as he sowed, that some fell by the wayside, and the fowls of the heaven came, and devoured it up.
5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth, and by and by sprang up, because it had not depth of earth.
6 But as soon as the Sun was up, it was burnt up, and because it had not root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, so that it gave no fruit.
8 Some again fell in good ground, and did yield fruit that sprung up, and grew, and it brought forth, some thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, and some an hundredfold.
9 Then he said unto them, He that hath ears, to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he was [d]alone, they that were [e]about him with the twelve, asked him of the parable.
11 And he said unto them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are [f]without, all things be done in parables,
12 (B)That they seeing, may see, and not discern: and they hearing, may hear, and not understand, lest at any time they should turn, and their sins should be forgiven them.
13 Again he said unto them, Perceive ye not this parable? how then should ye understand all other parables?
14 The sower soweth the word.
15 And these are they that receive the seed by the wayside, in whom the word is sown: but when they have heard it, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16 And likewise they that receive the seed in stony ground, are they, which when they have heard the word, straightway receive it with gladness.
17 Yet have they no root in themselves, and endure but a time: for when trouble and persecution ariseth for the word, immediately they be offended.
18 Also they that receive the seed among the thorns, are such as hear the word:
19 But the cares [g]of this world, and the (C)deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things enter in, and choke the word, and it is unfruitful.
20 But they that have received seed in good ground, are they that hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit: one corn thirty, another sixty, and some an hundred.
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