Numbers 5:2-12

2 praecipe filiis Israhel ut eiciant de castris omnem leprosum et qui semine fluit pollutusque est super mortuo

3 tam masculum quam feminam eicite de castris ne contaminent ea cum habitaverim vobiscum

4 feceruntque ita filii Israhel et eiecerunt eos extra castra sicut locutus erat Dominus Mosi

5 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

6 loquere ad filios Israhel vir sive mulier cum fecerint ex omnibus peccatis quae solent hominibus accidere et per neglegentiam transgressi fuerint mandatum Domini atque deliquerint

7 confitebuntur peccatum suum et reddent ipsum caput quintamque partem desuper ei in quem peccaverint

8 sin autem non fuerit qui recipiat dabunt Domino et erit sacerdotis excepto ariete qui offertur pro expiatione ut sit placabilis hostia

9 omnes quoque primitiae quas offerunt filii Israhel ad sacerdotem pertinent

10 et quicquid in sanctuarium offertur a singulis et traditur manibus sacerdotis ipsius erit

11 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

12 loquere ad filios Israhel et dices ad eos vir cuius uxor erraverit maritumque contemnens

Numbers 5:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 5

This chapter contains a repetition of some former laws, concerning putting unclean persons out of the camp, Nu 5:1-4; making restitution in case of trespass against another, Nu 5:5-8; and of giving the offering of all holy things and all hallowed things to the priests, Nu 5:9,10; and a new law concerning jealousy, in a man, of his wife, Nu 5:11-14; when she was to be brought to the priest, and various rites and ceremonies to be used, Nu 5:15-23; who was to give her bitter water as a trial of her chastity, which, if guilty, would have a strange effect upon her, and make her accursed, but if not, would not affect her, and she would be free and happy, Nu 5:24-31.