Numbers 5

1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ (895)

See also: Leviticus 13:46

2Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

צַו אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וִישַׁלְּחוּ מִן־הַמַּחֲנֶה כָּל־צָרוּעַ וְכָל־זָב וְכֹל טָמֵא לָנָפֶשׁ׃ (2705)

3Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.

מִזָּכָר עַד־נְקֵבָה תְּשַׁלֵּחוּ אֶל־מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה תְּשַׁלְּחוּם וְלֹא יְטַמְּאוּ אֶת־מַחֲנֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי שֹׁכֵן בְּתֹוכָם׃ (4391)

See also: Leviticus 15:31, Numbers 35:34, Deuteronomy 23:14, Leviticus 26:11-12, Exodus 25:8, Psalms 68:18, Revelation 21:3, Leviticus 4:12, Numbers 19:22, 1 Kings 7:3, Isaiah 12:6, Haggai 2:13-14, 1 Corinthians 5:7-13, 2 Corinthians 6:16-17, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, Titus 3:10, Hebrews 12:15-16, 2 John 1:10-11, Revelation 21:27

4And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.

וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־כֵן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֹותָם אֶל־מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה כֵּן עָשׂוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (4358)

5And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ (895)

6Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;

דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ אֹו־אִשָּׁה כִּי יַעֲשׂוּ מִכָּל־חַטֹּאת הָאָדָם לִמְעֹל מַעַל בַּיהוָה וְאָשְׁמָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא׃ (3580)

See also: Exodus 22:9, Leviticus 5:1-4, Leviticus 6:2, Joshua 7:19, Leviticus 4:27, Leviticus 5:14-6:7, Joshua 22:15, Ezekiel 33:15

7Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.

וְהִתְוַדּוּ אֶת־חַטָּאתָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ וְהֵשִׁיב אֶת־אֲשָׁמֹו בְּרֹאשֹׁו וַחֲמִישִׁתֹו יֹסֵף עָלָיו וְנָתַן לַאֲשֶׁר אָשַׁם לֹו׃ (6193)

See also: Luke 19:8, Leviticus 5:5, Leviticus 5:16, Leviticus 26:40, Joshua 7:19, Exodus 22:1, Leviticus 6:4-7, Leviticus 6:5, Leviticus 7:7, Proverbs 28:13, Leviticus 5:15, Job 33:27-28, Psalms 32:5, Matthew 3:6, 1 John 1:8-10

8But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.

וְאִם־אֵין לָאִישׁ גֹּאֵל לְהָשִׁיב הָאָשָׁם אֵלָיו הָאָשָׁם הַמּוּשָׁב לַיהוָה לַכֹּהֵן מִלְּבַד אֵיל הַכִּפֻּרִים אֲשֶׁר יְכַפֶּר־בֹּו עָלָיו׃ (3490)

See also: Leviticus 6:6-7, Leviticus 7:7, Leviticus 5:15, Leviticus 25:25-26, 2 Kings 12:16

9And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.

וְכָל־תְּרוּמָה לְכָל־קָדְשֵׁי בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר־יַקְרִיבוּ לַכֹּהֵן לֹו יִהְיֶה׃ (2804)

See also: 1 Corinthians 9:13, Deuteronomy 12:26, Exodus 29:28, Leviticus 6:17-18, Leviticus 7:6-14, Numbers 18:19, Deuteronomy 18:3-4, 1 Samuel 2:28, Leviticus 6:26, Leviticus 10:13, Leviticus 22:2-3, Numbers 18:8-9, Numbers 31:41, Ezekiel 44:29-30, Malachi 3:8-10, 1 Corinthians 9:7-13

10And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.

וְאִישׁ אֶת־קֳדָשָׁיו לֹו יִהְיוּ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִתֵּן לַכֹּהֵן לֹו יִהְיֶה׃ (2648)

See also: Leviticus 10:13

11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ (895)

See also: Proverbs 30:20

12Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם אִישׁ אִישׁ כִּי־תִשְׂטֶה אִשְׁתֹּו וּמָעֲלָה בֹו מָעַל׃ (3935)

See also: Numbers 5:19-20, Numbers 5:29, Numbers 5:20, Proverbs 2:16-17

13And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;

וְשָׁכַב אִישׁ אֹתָהּ שִׁכְבַת־זֶרַע וְנֶעְלַם מֵעֵינֵי אִישָׁהּ וְנִסְתְּרָה וְהִיא נִטְמָאָה וְעֵד אֵין בָּהּ וְהִוא לֹא נִתְפָּשָׂה׃ (4616)

See also: Leviticus 18:20, Leviticus 20:10, Proverbs 7:18-19, Proverbs 30:20, Romans 7:3

14And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

וְעָבַר עָלָיו רוּחַ־קִנְאָה וְקִנֵּא אֶת־אִשְׁתֹּו וְהִוא נִטְמָאָה אֹו־עָבַר עָלָיו רוּחַ־קִנְאָה וְקִנֵּא אֶת־אִשְׁתֹּו וְהִיא לֹא נִטְמָאָה׃ (4340)

See also: Song of Solomon 8:6, Proverbs 6:34, Numbers 5:30, Zephaniah 3:8, 1 Corinthians 10:22

15Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

וְהֵבִיא הָאִישׁ אֶת־אִשְׁתֹּו אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן וְהֵבִיא אֶת־קָרְבָּנָהּ עָלֶיהָ עֲשִׂירִת הָאֵיפָה קֶמַח שְׂעֹרִים לֹא־יִצֹק עָלָיו שֶׁמֶן וְלֹא־יִתֵּן עָלָיו לְבֹנָה כִּי־מִנְחַת קְנָאֹת הוּא מִנְחַת זִכָּרֹון מַזְכֶּרֶת עָוֹן׃ (8407)

See also: Leviticus 5:11, Ezekiel 29:16, 1 Kings 17:18, Ezekiel 21:23, Leviticus 2:1, Numbers 5:18, Numbers 5:25, Numbers 5:29, Hosea 3:2, Hebrews 10:3

16And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:

וְהִקְרִיב אֹתָהּ הַכֹּהֵן וְהֶעֱמִדָהּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה׃ (1135)

See also: Leviticus 1:3, 1 Kings 8:31, Jeremiah 17:10, Hebrews 13:4, Revelation 2:22-23

17And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:

וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן מַיִם קְדֹשִׁים בִּכְלִי־חָרֶשׂ וּמִן־הֶעָפָר אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בְּקַרְקַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן יִקַּח הַכֹּהֵן וְנָתַן אֶל־הַמָּיִם׃ (4037)

See also: Exodus 30:18, Leviticus 14:5, Numbers 5:18, John 8:6, Numbers 19:2-9, Job 2:12, Jeremiah 17:13, Lamentations 3:29, John 8:8

18And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

וְהֶעֱמִיד הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וּפָרַע אֶת־רֹאשׁ הָאִשָּׁה וְנָתַן עַל־כַּפֶּיהָ אֵת מִנְחַת הַזִּכָּרֹון מִנְחַת קְנָאֹת הִוא וּבְיַד הַכֹּהֵן יִהְיוּ מֵי הַמָּרִים הַמְאָרֲרִים ׃ (6635)

19And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

וְהִשְׁבִּיעַ אֹתָהּ הַכֹּהֵן וְאָמַר אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה אִם־לֹא שָׁכַב אִישׁ אֹתָךְ וְאִם־לֹא שָׂטִית טֻמְאָה תַּחַת אִישֵׁךְ הִנָּקִי מִמֵּי הַמָּרִים הַמְאָרֲרִים הָאֵלֶּה׃ (5672)

See also: Numbers 5:29, Joshua 6:26, Numbers 5:12, Numbers 5:28, Deuteronomy 21:7, 2 Chronicles 6:22, Romans 7:2, Matthew 26:63

20But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:

וְאַתְּ כִּי שָׂטִית תַּחַת אִישֵׁךְ וְכִי נִטְמֵאת וַיִּתֵּן אִישׁ בָּךְ אֶת־שְׁכָבְתֹּו מִבַּלְעֲדֵי אִישֵׁךְ׃ (5246)

See also: Numbers 5:27, Numbers 5:12

21Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

וְהִשְׁבִּיעַ הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה בִּשְׁבֻעַת הָאָלָה וְאָמַר הַכֹּהֵן לָאִשָּׁה יִתֵּן יְהוָה אֹותָךְ לְאָלָה וְלִשְׁבֻעָה בְּתֹוךְ עַמֵּךְ בְּתֵת יְהוָה אֶת־יְרֵכֵךְ נֹפֶלֶת וְאֶת־בִּטְנֵךְ צָבָה׃ (7237)

See also: Joshua 6:26, 1 Samuel 14:24, Nehemiah 10:29, Jeremiah 29:22, Genesis 24:3, 2 Chronicles 21:15, Proverbs 10:7, Isaiah 65:15, Matthew 26:74

22And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

וּבָאוּ הַמַּיִם הַמְאָרְרִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּמֵעַיִךְ לַצְבֹּות בֶּטֶן וְלַנְפִּל יָרֵךְ וְאָמְרָה הָאִשָּׁה אָמֵן ׀ אָמֵן׃ (2549)

23And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

וְכָתַב אֶת־הָאָלֹת הָאֵלֶּה הַכֹּהֵן בַּסֵּפֶר וּמָחָה אֶל־מֵי הַמָּרִים׃ (2163)

See also: Colossians 2:14, Exodus 17:14, Deuteronomy 31:19, 2 Chronicles 34:24, Job 31:35, Psalms 51:1, Psalms 51:9, Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 44:22, Jeremiah 51:60-64, Acts 3:19, 1 Corinthians 16:21-22, Revelation 20:12

24And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

וְהִשְׁקָה אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה אֶת־מֵי הַמָּרִים הַמְאָרֲרִים וּבָאוּ בָהּ הַמַּיִם הַמְאָרֲרִים לְמָרִים׃ (3303)

See also: Zechariah 5:3-4, Malachi 3:5, Numbers 5:18

25Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:

וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן מִיַּד הָאִשָּׁה אֵת מִנְחַת הַקְּנָאֹת וְהֵנִיף אֶת־הַמִּנְחָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְהִקְרִיב אֹתָהּ אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ׃ (3722)

See also: Leviticus 8:27, Numbers 6:20, Exodus 29:24, Numbers 5:15, Numbers 5:18

26And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

וְקָמַץ הַכֹּהֵן מִן־הַמִּנְחָה אֶת־אַזְכָּרָתָהּ וְהִקְטִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה וְאַחַר יַשְׁקֶה אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה אֶת־הַמָּיִם׃ (3783)

See also: Leviticus 2:2, Leviticus 2:9, Leviticus 5:12, Leviticus 6:15

27And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

וְהִשְׁקָהּ אֶת־הַמַּיִם וְהָיְתָה אִם־נִטְמְאָה וַתִּמְעֹל מַעַל בְּאִישָׁהּ וּבָאוּ בָהּ הַמַּיִם הַמְאָרֲרִים לְמָרִים וְצָבְתָה בִטְנָהּ וְנָפְלָה יְרֵכָהּ וְהָיְתָה הָאִשָּׁה לְאָלָה בְּקֶרֶב עַמָּהּ׃ (5618)

28And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

וְאִם־לֹא נִטְמְאָה הָאִשָּׁה וּטְהֹרָה הִוא וְנִקְּתָה וְנִזְרְעָה זָרַע׃ (1907)

See also: Numbers 5:19, Psalms 113:9, Micah 7:7-10, 2 Corinthians 4:17, 1 Peter 1:7

29This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

זֹאת תֹּורַת הַקְּנָאֹת אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׂטֶה אִשָּׁה תַּחַת אִישָׁהּ וְנִטְמָאָה׃ (4726)

See also: Numbers 5:19, Leviticus 14:54, Numbers 5:12, Leviticus 7:11, Leviticus 11:46, Leviticus 13:59, Leviticus 15:32-33, Numbers 5:15, Numbers 6:21, Numbers 30:16, Isaiah 5:7-8, John 4:18

30Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

אֹו אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲבֹר עָלָיו רוּחַ קִנְאָה וְקִנֵּא אֶת־אִשְׁתֹּו וְהֶעֱמִיד אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְעָשָׂה לָהּ הַכֹּהֵן אֵת כָּל־הַתֹּורָה הַזֹּאת׃ (6261)

See also: Numbers 5:14

31Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

וְנִקָּה הָאִישׁ מֵעָוֹן וְהָאִשָּׁה הַהִוא תִּשָּׂא אֶת־עֲוֹנָהּ׃ (2210)

See also: Leviticus 20:10, Numbers 9:13, Ezekiel 14:10, Romans 2:8-9, Leviticus 20:17-20, Numbers 14:33, Psalms 37:6, Ezekiel 18:4, Ezekiel 44:10