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Numbers 5

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1 God spoke to Moses:
1 The LORD said to Moses,
2 "Command the People of Israel to ban from the camp anyone who has an infectious skin disease, anyone who has a discharge, and anyone who is ritually unclean from contact with a dead body.
2 “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease or a discharge of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean because of a dead body.
3 Ban male and female alike; send them outside the camp so that they won't defile their camp, the place I live among them."
3 Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
4 The People of Israel did this, banning them from the camp. They did exactly what God had commanded through Moses.
4 The Israelites did so; they sent them outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.
5 God spoke to Moses:
5 The LORD said to Moses,
6 "Tell the People of Israel, When a man or woman commits any sin, the person has broken trust with God, is guilty,
6 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the LORD is guilty
7 and must confess the sin. Full compensation plus twenty percent must be made to whoever was wronged.
7 and must confess the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution 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 If the wronged person has no close relative who can receive the compensation, the compensation belongs to God and must be given to the priest, along with the ram by which atonement is made.
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 with which atonement is made for the wrongdoer.
9 All the sacred offerings that the People of Israel bring to a priest belong to the priest.
9 All the sacred contributions the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.
10 Each person's sacred offerings are his own, but what one gives to the priest stays with the priest."
10 Sacred things belong to their owners, but what they give to the priest will belong to the priest.’ ”
11 God spoke to Moses:
11 Then the LORD said to Moses,
12 "Tell the People of Israel, Say a man's wife goes off and has an affair, is unfaithful to him
12 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him
13 by sleeping with another man, but her husband knows nothing about it even though she has defiled herself. And then, even though there was no witness and she wasn't caught in the act,
13 so that another man has sexual relations with her, 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 feelings of jealousy come over the husband and he suspects that his wife is impure. Even if she is innocent and his jealousy and suspicions are groundless,
14 and if feelings of jealousy 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 he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of two quarts of barley flour for her. He is to pour no oil on it or mix incense with it because it is a Grain-Offering for jealousy, a Grain-Offering for bringing the guilt out into the open.
15 then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder-offering to draw attention to wrongdoing.
16 "The priest then is to take her and have her stand in the presence of God.
16 “ ‘The priest shall bring her and have her stand before the LORD.
17 He is to take some holy water in a pottery jar and put some dust from the floor of The Dwelling in the water.
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 her stand in the presence of God he is to uncover her hair and place the exposure-offering in her hands, the Grain-Offering for jealousy, while he holds the bitter water that delivers a curse.
18 After the priest has had the woman stand before the LORD, he shall loosen her hair and place in her hands the reminder-offering, the grain offering for jealousy, while he himself holds the bitter water that brings a curse.
19 Then the priest will put the woman under oath and say, 'If no man has slept with you and you have not had an adulterous affair and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that delivers a curse not harm you.
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 and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse not harm you.
20 But if you have had an affair while married to your husband and have defiled yourself by sleeping with a man other than your husband' -
20 But if you have gone astray 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 puts the woman under this curse - 'may God cause your people to curse and revile you when he makes your womb shrivel and your belly swell.
21 here the priest is to put the woman under this curse—“may the LORD cause you to become a curse among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell.
22 Let this water that delivers a curse enter your body so that your belly swells and your womb shrivels.' "Then the woman shall say, 'Amen. Amen.'
22 May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.” “ ‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.”
23 "The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash the words off into the bitter water.
23 “ ‘The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash them off into the bitter water.
24 He then is to give the woman the bitter water that delivers a curse. This water will enter her body and cause acute pain.
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 then is to take from her hands a handful of the Grain-Offering for jealousy, wave it before God, and bring it to the Altar.
25 The priest is to take from her hands the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD and bring it to the altar.
26 The priest then is to take a handful of the Grain-Offering, using it as an exposure-offering, and burn it on the Altar; after this he is to make her drink the water.
26 The priest is then to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial offering and burn it on the altar; after that, he is to have the woman drink the water.
27 If she has defiled herself in being unfaithful to her husband, when she drinks the water that delivers a curse, it will enter her body and cause acute pain; her belly will swell and her womb shrivel. She will be cursed among her people.
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.
28 But if she has not defiled herself and is innocent of impurity, her name will be cleared and she will be able to have children.
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 is the law of jealousy in a case where a woman goes off and has an affair and defiles herself while married to her husband,
29 “ ‘This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray and makes herself impure while married to her husband,
30 or a husband is tormented with feelings of jealousy because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand in the presence of God and go through this entire procedure with her.
30 or when feelings of jealousy 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 cleared of wrong, but the woman will pay for her wrong."
31 The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.’ ”
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