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Verse 1

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses,{H4872} saying,{H559}

Verse 2

Command{H6680} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} that they put out{H7971} of the camp{H4264} every leper,{H6879} and every one that hath an issue,{H2100} and whosoever is unclean{H2931} by the dead:{H5315}

Verse 3

both male{H2145} and female{H5347} shall ye put out,{H7971} without{H2351} the camp{H4264} shall ye put{H7971} them; that they defile{H2930} not their camp,{H4264} in the midst{H8432} whereof{H834} I dwell.{H7931}

Verse 4

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did so,{H6213} and put them out{H7971} without{H2351} the camp;{H4264} as Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses,{H4872} so did{H6213} the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}

Verse 5

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses,{H4872} saying,{H559}

Verse 6

Speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} When a man{H376} or woman{H802} shall commit{H6213} any sin{H2403} that men{H120} commit,{H4603} so as to trespass{H4604} against Jehovah,{H3068} and that soul{H5315} shall be guilty;{H816}

Verse 7

then he shall confess{H3034} his sin{H2403} which he hath done:{H6213} and he shall make restitution{H7725} for his guilt{H817} in full,{H7218} and add{H3254} unto it the fifth{H2549} part thereof, and give{H5414} it unto him in respect of whom he hath been guilty.{H816}

Verse 8

But if the man{H376} have no kinsman{H1350} to whom restitution{H7725} may be made for the guilt,{H817} the restitution{H7725} for guilt{H817} which is made unto Jehovah{H3068} shall be the priest's;{H3548} besides the ram{H352} of the atonement,{H3725} whereby atonement shall be made{H3722} for him.

Verse 9

And every heave-offering{H8641} of all the holy things{H6944} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} which they present{H7126} unto the priest,{H3548} shall be his.

Verse 10

And every man's{H376} hallowed things{H6944} shall be his: whatsoever any man{H376} giveth{H5414} the priest,{H3548} it shall be his.

Verse 11

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses,{H4872} saying,{H559}

Verse 12

Speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and say{H559} unto them, If any{H376} man's{H376} wife{H802} go aside,{H7847} and commit{H4603} a trespass{H4604} against him,

Verse 13

and a man{H376} lie{H7901} with her carnally,{H7902} and it be hid{H5956} from the eyes{H5869} of her husband,{H376} and be kept close,{H5641} and she be defiled,{H2930} and there be no witness{H5707} against her, and she be not taken{H8610} in the act;

Verse 14

and the spirit{H7307} of jealousy{H7068} come{H5674} upon him, and he be jealous{H7065} of his wife,{H802} and she be defiled:{H2930} or if the spirit{H7307} of jealousy{H7068} come{H5674} upon him, and he be jealous{H7065} of his wife,{H802} and she be not defiled:{H2930}

Verse 15

then shall the man{H376} bring{H935} his wife{H802} unto the priest,{H3548} and shall bring{H935} her oblation{H7133} for her, the tenth{H6224} part of an ephah{H374} of barley{H8184} meal;{H7058} he shall pour{H3332} no oil{H8081} upon it, nor put{H5414} frankincense{H3828} thereon; for it is a meal-offering{H4503} of jealousy,{H7068} a meal-offering{H4503} of memorial,{H2146} bringing{H2142} iniquity{H5771} to remembrance.{H2142}

Verse 16

And the priest{H3548} shall bring her near,{H7126} and set{H5975} her before{H6440} Jehovah:{H3068}

Verse 17

and the priest{H3548} shall take{H3947} holy{H6918} water{H4325} in an earthen{H2789} vessel;{H3627} and of the dust{H6083} that is on the floor{H7172} of the tabernacle{H4908} the priest{H3548} shall take,{H3947} and put{H5414} it into the water.{H4325}

Verse 18

And the priest{H3548} shall set{H5975} the woman{H802} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} and let the hair of the woman's{H802} head{H7218} go loose,{H6544} and put{H5414} the meal-offering{H4503} of memorial{H2146} in her hands,{H3709} which is the meal-offering{H4503} of jealousy:{H7068} and the priest{H3548} shall have in his hand{H3027} the water{H4325} of bitterness{H4751} that causeth the curse.{H779}

Verse 19

And the priest{H3548} shall cause her to swear,{H7650} and shall say{H559} unto the woman,{H802} If no man{H376} have lain{H7901} with thee, and if thou have not gone aside{H7847} to uncleanness,{H2932} being under thy husband,{H376} be thou free{H5352} from this water{H4325} of bitterness{H4751} that causeth the curse.{H779}

Verse 20

But if thou have gone aside,{H7847} being under thy husband,{H376} and if thou be defiled,{H2930} and some man{H376} have{H5414} lain{H7903} with thee besides{H1107} thy husband:{H376}

Verse 21

then the priest{H3548} shall cause{H7650} the woman{H802} to swear with the oath{H7621} of cursing,{H423} and the priest{H3548} shall say{H559} unto the woman,{H802} Jehovah{H3068} make{H5414} thee a curse{H423} and an oath{H7621} among{H8432} thy people,{H5971} when Jehovah{H3068} doth make{H5414} thy thigh{H3409} to fall away,{H5307} and thy body{H990} to swell;{H6639}

Verse 22

and this water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779} shall go{H935} into thy bowels,{H4578} and make thy body{H990} to swell,{H6638} and thy thigh{H3409} to fall away.{H5307} And the woman{H802} shall say,{H559} Amen,{H543} Amen.{H543}

Verse 23

And the priest{H3548} shall write{H3789} these curses{H423} in a book,{H5612} and he shall blot{H4229} them out into the water{H4325} of bitterness:{H4751}

Verse 24

and he shall make the woman{H802} drink{H8248} the water{H4325} of bitterness{H4751} that causeth the curse;{H779} and the water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779} shall enter{H935} into her [and become] bitter.{H4751}

Verse 25

And the priest{H3548} shall take{H3947} the meal-offering{H4503} of jealousy{H7068} out of the woman's{H802} hand,{H3027} and shall wave{H5130} the meal-offering{H4503} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} and bring{H7126} it unto the altar:{H4196}

Verse 26

and the priest{H3548} shall take a handful{H7061} of the meal-offering,{H4503} as the memorial{H234} thereof, and burn{H6999} it upon the altar,{H4196} and afterward{H310} shall make the woman{H802} drink{H8248} the water.{H4325}

Verse 27

And when he hath made her drink{H8248} the water,{H4325} then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled,{H2930} and have committed{H4603} a trespass{H4604} against her husband,{H376} that the water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779} shall enter{H935} into her [and become] bitter,{H4751} and her body{H990} shall swell,{H6638} and her thigh{H3409} shall fall away:{H5307} and the woman{H802} shall be a curse{H423} among{H7130} her people.{H5971}

Verse 28

And if the woman{H802} be not defiled,{H2930} but be clean;{H2889} then she shall be free,{H5352} and shall conceive{H2232} seed.{H2233}

Verse 29

This is the law{H8451} of jealousy,{H7068} when a wife,{H802} being under her husband,{H376} goeth aside,{H7847} and is defiled;{H2930}

Verse 30

or when the spirit{H7307} of jealousy{H7068} cometh{H5674} upon a man,{H376} and he is jealous{H7065} of his wife;{H802} then shall he set{H5975} the woman{H802} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} and the priest{H3548} shall execute{H6213} upon her all this law.{H8451}

Verse 31

And the man{H376} shall be free{H5352} from iniquity,{H5771} and that{H1931} woman{H802} shall bear{H5375} her iniquity.{H5771}

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