Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “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. New Living Translation “Command the people of Israel to remove from the camp anyone who has a skin disease or a discharge, or who has become ceremonially unclean by touching a dead person. English Standard Version “Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead. Berean Standard Bible “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. Berean Literal Bible “Command the sons of Israel, and they shall put out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has a discharge, and everyone defiled by a corpse. King James Bible Command 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: New King James Version “Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse. New American Standard Bible “Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp everyone with leprosy, everyone having a discharge, and everyone who is unclean because of contact with a dead person. NASB 1995 “Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is unclean because of a dead person. NASB 1977 “Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is unclean because of a dead person. Legacy Standard Bible “Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is unclean because of a dead person. Amplified Bible “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp every leper and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is defiled [that is, ceremonially unclean] by [coming in contact with] the dead. Berean Annotated Bible “Command the Israelites (God prevails) to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease {tzaraath}, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. Christian Standard Bible “Command the Israelites to send away anyone from the camp who is afflicted with a skin disease, anyone who has a discharge, or anyone who is defiled because of a corpse. Holman Christian Standard Bible Command the Israelites to send away anyone from the camp who is afflicted with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, or anyone who is defiled because of a corpse. American Standard Version Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead: English Revised Version Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead: GOD'S WORD® Translation "Command the Israelites to send outside the camp anyone who has a serious skin disease or a discharge or anyone who is unclean from touching a dead body. Good News Translation "Command the people of Israel to expel from the camp everyone with a dreaded skin disease or a bodily discharge and everyone who is unclean by contact with a corpse. International Standard Version "Command the Israelis to send outside the encampment every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is ritually defiled by contact with a corpse. NET Bible "Command the Israelites to expel from the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse. New Heart English Bible "Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has an issue, and whoever is unclean by the dead. Webster's Bible Translation Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whoever is defiled by the dead: Majority Text Translations Majority Standard Bible“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. World English Bible “Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is unclean by a corpse. Literal Translations Literal Standard Version“Command the sons of Israel, and they send out of the camp every leper, and everyone with discharging, and everyone defiled by a body; Berean Literal Bible “Command the sons of Israel, and they shall put out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has a discharge, and everyone defiled by a corpse. Young's Literal Translation 'Command the sons of Israel, and they send out of the camp every leper, and every one with an issue, and every one defiled by a body; Smith's Literal Translation Command the sons of Israel, and they shall send forth from the camp every one leprous, and every one flowing, and every one unclean for the soul: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleCommand the children of Israel, that they cast out of the camp every leper, and whosoever hath an issue of seed, or is defiled by the dead: Catholic Public Domain Version “Instruct the sons of Israel to cast out of the camp every leper, and those who have a flow of seed, and those who have been polluted because of the dead; New American Bible Order the Israelites to expel from camp everyone with a scaly infection, and everyone suffering from a discharge, and everyone who has become unclean by contact with a corpse. New Revised Standard Version Command the Israelites to put out of the camp everyone who is leprous, or has a discharge, and everyone who is unclean through contact with a corpse; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleCommand the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper and every one who has a discharge and whosoever has defiled himself; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated “Command the children of Israel that they put everyone who is a leper and everyone who has a discharge and everyone who is defiled in himself outside of the camp. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead; Brenton Septuagint Translation Charge the children of Israel, and let them send forth out of the camp every leper, and every one who has in issue of the reins, and every one who is unclean from a dead body. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Cleansing the Camps1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. 3You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”… Cross References Command the Israelites Leviticus 11:44-45 For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground. / For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy. Leviticus 19:2 “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. Leviticus 20:7-8 Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. / And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you. to send away from the camp Leviticus 13:46 As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp. Numbers 12:14-15 But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.” / So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again. Deuteronomy 23:10-14 If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside. / When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp. / You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself. … anyone with a skin disease, 2 Chronicles 26:20-21 When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him. / So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land. Mark 1:40-45 Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. … Luke 17:12-14 As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed. anyone who has a bodily discharge, Leviticus 15:2-3 “Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean. / This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness. Leviticus 15:16-18 When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening. / Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening. / If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening. Leviticus 15:25-27 When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation. / Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period. / Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening. and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. Numbers 19:11-13 Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days. / He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean. / Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him. Haggai 2:13 So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered. Leviticus 21:1-4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people, / except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother, / or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband. … Leviticus 15:31 You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them. Treasury of Scripture Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that has an issue, and whoever is defiled by the dead: put out of the camp. Numbers 12:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. Leviticus 13:46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be. Deuteronomy 24:8,9 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do… and every Leviticus 15:2-27 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean… and whosoever Numbers 9:6-10 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: … Numbers 19:11-16 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days… Numbers 31:19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. Jump to Previous Body Camp Ceremonially Children Command Contact Dead Defiled Discharge Disease Flow Infectious Israel Israelites Issue Kind Leper Orders Outside Skin Sort Tent-Circle Touch Unclean WhosoeverJump to Next Body Camp Ceremonially Children Command Contact Dead Defiled Discharge Disease Flow Infectious Israel Israelites Issue Kind Leper Orders Outside Skin Sort Tent-Circle Touch Unclean WhosoeverNumbers 5 1. The unclean are removed out of camp5. Restitution is to be made in trespass 11. The trial of jealously Command the Israelites This directive is given by God through Moses, emphasizing the authority and divine origin of the command. The Israelites, as God's chosen people, are to maintain holiness and purity, reflecting their covenant relationship with God. This command is part of the broader Levitical laws that govern the community's conduct and worship. to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease anyone who has a bodily discharge and anyone who is defiled by a dead body Persons / Places / Events 1. The IsraelitesThe chosen people of God, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and were journeying to the Promised Land. 2. The Camp The temporary dwelling place of the Israelites during their wilderness journey, representing the community of God's people and His presence among them. 3. Those with Skin Diseases Individuals suffering from conditions like leprosy, which were considered ritually unclean and required separation from the community. 4. Those with a Discharge People experiencing bodily discharges, which rendered them ceremonially unclean according to the Law. 5. Those Unclean from a Dead Body Individuals who had come into contact with a corpse, making them ritually impure and necessitating purification. Teaching Points Holiness and PurityGod's command to remove the unclean from the camp underscores His holiness and the need for His people to maintain purity in their community and worship. Community Responsibility The Israelites were collectively responsible for upholding God's standards, reminding us of the importance of accountability and support within the church body. Spiritual Separation Just as physical impurity required separation, believers are called to separate themselves from spiritual impurity, living lives that reflect God's holiness. Compassion and Restoration While separation was necessary, the Law also provided means for restoration and reintegration, teaching us to balance holiness with grace and compassion. Symbolism of Christ's Sacrifice The removal of impurity points to the ultimate cleansing through Jesus, who bore our sins and made a way for us to be reconciled to God. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Numbers 5:2?2. How does Numbers 5:2 emphasize the importance of purity within the community? 3. What spiritual significance does separating the unclean have in Numbers 5:2? 4. How does Numbers 5:2 connect with New Testament teachings on holiness? 5. How can we apply the principle of purity from Numbers 5:2 today? 6. In what ways does Numbers 5:2 reflect God's desire for a holy people? 7. Why does Numbers 5:2 emphasize separating the unclean from the camp? 8. How does Numbers 5:2 reflect ancient Israelite views on purity and holiness? 9. What historical context influenced the laws in Numbers 5:2? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Numbers 5? 11. What does "pariah" mean? 12. Does Numbers 5 describe a ritual related to abortion? 13. In 2 Chronicles 26:16-20, is there any medical or historical basis to explain Uzziah's sudden outbreak of leprosy as divine punishment? 14. Why does Leviticus 5:3 label even accidental contact with normal human bodily processes as a sin, implying natural functions are inherently impure? What Does Numbers 5:2 Mean Command the Israelites- “Command the Israelites…” shows Moses receiving a direct, non-negotiable order from the LORD. - God’s pattern of giving clear commands runs throughout Scripture (Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 6:1-2). - Because every word is inspired and authoritative, the people are expected to obey without delay (Psalm 19:8-9). to send away from the camp - The camp was where God’s presence dwelt in a visible way (Numbers 2:1-2); holiness had to be protected (Deuteronomy 23:14). - Separation was not cruelty but mercy—keeping impurity from spreading and guarding communal worship (Leviticus 13:46). - Obedience here preserved both physical health and spiritual fellowship (Psalm 24:3-4). anyone with a skin disease - “Anyone with a skin disease” points back to the detailed instructions of Leviticus 13-14. - Leprosy and similar afflictions symbolized the corrosive nature of sin—visible on the outside, deeper on the inside (Leviticus 13:45-46; 2 Kings 5:27). - God’s provision for cleansing foreshadowed Christ’s power to make the unclean clean (Matthew 8:2-3). anyone who has a bodily discharge - Leviticus 15:2-15 connects bodily discharges with ritual impurity requiring washing, sacrifice, and waiting. - Such regulations taught Israel to discern between holy and unholy in everyday life (Leviticus 10:10). - God cares about what happens in private as much as in public, underlining His total claim on His people (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). and anyone who is defiled by a dead body - Contact with death brought uncleanness (Numbers 19:11-13) because death itself is the consequence of sin (Genesis 2:17; Romans 5:12). - Priests had stricter limits (Leviticus 21:1-3), reinforcing the theme that approaching God requires purity of life. - The water of purification in Numbers 19 anticipates Christ’s once-for-all cleansing through His blood (Hebrews 9:13-14). summary Numbers 5:2 safeguards the holiness of God’s dwelling among His people. By removing every visible form of impurity—disease, discharge, death—Israel learned that a holy God cannot coexist with uncleanness. Each category also points forward to the fuller cleansing found in Jesus, who touches lepers, heals flows of blood, and conquers the grave, bringing sinners into God’s presence washed, whole, and alive. Verse 2. - Every leper. The law of the leper had been given in great detail in Leviticus 13 and 14, and it had been already ordered that he should be put out of the camp (Leviticus 13:46, and cf. 14:3). Every one that hath an issue. These defilements are treated of in Leviticus 15; where, however, it is not expressly ordered that those so polluted should be put out of the camp. Whosoever is defiled by the dead. The fact of being thus defiled is recognized in Leviticus 11:24; Leviticus 21:1, but the formal regulations concerning it are not given until Numbers 19:21. Probably the popular opinion and practice was sufficiently definite to explain the present command.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Commandצַ֚ו (ṣaw) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order the Israelites בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son to send away וִֽישַׁלְּחוּ֙ (wî·šal·lə·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the camp הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה (ham·ma·ḥă·neh) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 4264: An encampment, an army anyone כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every with a skin disease, צָר֖וּעַ (ṣā·rū·a‘) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's 6879: To be struck with leprosy, to be leprous anyone וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every who has a bodily discharge, זָ֑ב (zāḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2100: To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow and anyone וְכֹ֖ל (wə·ḵōl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every who is defiled טָמֵ֥א (ṭā·mê) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2931: Unclean by a dead body. לָנָֽפֶשׁ׃ (lā·nā·p̄eš) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion Links Numbers 5:2 NIVNumbers 5:2 NLT Numbers 5:2 ESV Numbers 5:2 NASB Numbers 5:2 KJV Numbers 5:2 BibleApps.com Numbers 5:2 Biblia Paralela Numbers 5:2 Chinese Bible Numbers 5:2 French Bible Numbers 5:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 5:2 Command the children of Israel that they (Nu Num.) |
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