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Book of Numbers, Chapter 5

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Numbers 5 NASB - New American Standard BibleNumbers 5 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 5 of Numbers—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
  2. “Command the sons of Israel that they 1send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a 2discharge and everyone who is 3unclean because of a dead person.
  3. You shall send away both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp so that they will not defile their camp where I dwell 4in their midst.”
  4. The sons of Israel did so and sent them outside the camp; just as the LORD had spoken to Moses, thus the sons of Israel did.
  5. ¶ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
  6. “Speak to the sons of Israel, ‘5When a man or woman commits any of the sins of mankind, acting unfaithfully against the LORD, and that person is guilty,
  7. then [a]he shall 6confess [b]his sins which [c]he has committed, and he 7shall make restitution in full for his wrong and add to it one-fifth of it, and give it to him whom he has wronged.
  8. But if the man has no [d]relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution which is made for the wrong must go to the LORD for the priest, besides the ram of atonement, by which atonement is made for him.
  9. 8Also every [e]contribution pertaining to all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they offer to the priest, shall be his.
  10. So every man’s holy gifts shall be his; whatever any man gives to the priest, it 9becomes his.’”
  11. ¶ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
  12. “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘If any man’s wife 10goes astray and is unfaithful to him,
  13. and a man has 11intercourse with her and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and she is [f]undetected, although she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act,
  14. [g]if a spirit of 12jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has defiled herself, or if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has not defiled herself,
  15. the man shall then bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as [h]an offering for her one-tenth of an [i]ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of memorial, 13a reminder of iniquity.
  16. ¶ ‘Then the priest shall bring her near and have her stand before the LORD,
  17. and the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel; and [j]he shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.
  18. The priest shall then have the woman stand before the LORD and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and place the grain offering of memorial [k]in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest is to be the water of bitterness that brings a curse.
  19. The priest shall have her take an oath and shall say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you and if you have not 14gone astray into uncleanness, being under the authority of your husband, be [l]immune to this water of bitterness that brings a curse;
  20. if you, however, have 15gone astray, being under the authority of your husband, and if you have defiled yourself and a man other than your husband has had intercourse with you”
  21. (then the priest shall have the woman 16swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), “the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people by the LORD’S making your thigh [m]waste away and your abdomen swell;
  22. and this water that brings a curse shall go into your [n]stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh [o]waste away.” And the woman 17shall say, “Amen. Amen.”
  23. ¶ ‘The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll, and he shall [p]wash them off into the water of bitterness.
  24. Then he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings a curse, so that the water which brings a curse will go into her [q]and cause bitterness.
  25. The priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy from the woman’s hand, and he shall wave the grain offering before the LORD and bring it to the altar;
  26. and 18the priest shall take a handful of the grain offering as its memorial offering and offer it up in smoke on the altar, and afterward he shall make the woman drink the water.
  27. When he has made her drink the water, then it shall come about, if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, that the water which brings a curse will go into her [r]and cause bitterness, and her abdomen will swell and her thigh will [s]waste away, and the woman will become 19a curse among her people.
  28. But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will then be free and conceive [t]children.
  29. ¶ ‘This is the law of jealousy: when a wife, being under the authority of her husband, 20goes astray and defiles herself,
  30. or when a spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife, he shall then make the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest shall apply all this law to her.
  31. Moreover, the man will be free from [u]guilt, but that woman shall 21bear her [v]guilt.’”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit they
  2. ^ Lit their
  3. ^ Lit they have
  4. ^ Lit redeemer
  5. ^ Lit heave offering
  6. ^ Lit concealed
  7. ^ Lit and
  8. ^ Lit her
  9. ^ I.e. Approx one bu
  10. ^ Lit the priest
  11. ^ Lit on her palms
  12. ^ Lit free from
  13. ^ Lit fall
  14. ^ Or inward parts
  15. ^ Lit fall
  16. ^ Lit wipe
  17. ^ Lit to
  18. ^ Lit to
  19. ^ Lit fall
  20. ^ Lit seed
  21. ^ Or iniquity
  22. ^ Or iniquity

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Le 13:8, 46; Nu 12:10, 14, 15
  2. ^ Le 15:2
  3. ^ Le 21:1; Nu 9:6-10; 19:11
  4. ^ Le 26:12; Nu 35:34
  5. ^ Le 5:14-6:7
  6. ^ Le 5:5; 26:40, 41; Jos 7:19
  7. ^ Le 6:4, 5
  8. ^ Le 7:32, 34; 10:14, 15
  9. ^ Le 10:13
  10. ^ Nu 5:19-21, 29
  11. ^ Le 18:20; 20:10
  12. ^ Pr 6:34; Sg 8:6
  13. ^ 1Ki 17:18; Eze 29:16
  14. ^ Nu 5:12
  15. ^ Nu 5:12
  16. ^ Jos 6:26; 1Sa 14:24; Ne 10:29
  17. ^ De 27:15
  18. ^ Le 2:2, 9
  19. ^ Je 29:18; 42:18; 44:12
  20. ^ Nu 5:12
  21. ^ Le 20:17

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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