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1 The LORD said to Moses, The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD said to Moses,
2 |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. “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. “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.
3 Send all of these unclean men and women outside the camp. They must not make this camp where I live among you unclean.| You shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.” Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
4 So the Israelites did as the LORD had told Moses. They sent these unclean people outside the camp. And the people of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the LORD said to Moses, so the people of Israel did. The Israelites did so; they sent them outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.
5 The LORD said to Moses, And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD said to Moses,
6 |Tell the Israelites: If you do something wrong to another person, you have been unfaithful to the LORD. When you realize your guilt, “Speak to the people of Israel, When a man or woman commits any of the sins that people commit by breaking faith with the LORD, and that person realizes his guilt, “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the LORD is guilty
7 you must confess your sin, pay in full for what you did wrong, add one-fifth to it, and give it to the person who was wronged. he shall confess his sin that he has committed. And he shall make full restitution for his wrong, adding a fifth to it and giving it to him to whom he did the wrong. and must confess the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution for the wrong they have done, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the person they have wronged.
8 But there may be no heir to whom the payment can be made. In that case, the payment for what you did wrong must be given to the LORD for the priest [to use]. This payment is in addition to the ram which makes peace with the LORD. But if the man has no next of kin to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for wrong shall go to the LORD for the priest, in addition to the ram of atonement with which atonement is made for him. But if that person has no close relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest, along with the ram with which atonement is made for the wrongdoer.
9 |Any contribution over and above the holy offerings that the Israelites bring to the priest will belong to the priest. And every contribution, all the holy donations of the people of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his. All the sacred contributions the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.
10 Each person's holy offerings will belong to that person, but whatever is given to the priest will belong to the priest.| Each one shall keep his holy donations: whatever anyone gives to the priest shall be his.” Sacred things belong to their owners, but what they give to the priest will belong to the priest.’”
11 The LORD said to Moses: And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Then the LORD said to Moses,
12 |Speak to the Israelites and tell them: A man's wife may have been unfaithful to him “Speak to the people of Israel, If any man’s wife goes astray and breaks faith with him, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him
13 and may have had sexual intercourse with another man without her husband's knowledge. She may have kept it secret if there were no witnesses to accuse her and she wasn't caught in the act. if a man lies with her sexually, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, since she was not taken in the act, so that another man has sexual relations with her, and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act),
14 |A husband may have a fit of jealousy and suspect his wife, whether she was actually unfaithful or not. and if the spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself, or if the spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself, and if feelings of jealousy come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure—or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure—
15 He must then take his wife to the priest along with eight cups of barley flour as an offering for her. He must not pour olive oil on the flour or put frankincense on it, since it is a grain offering brought because of the husband's jealousy, an offering used for a confession-to remind someone of a sin that was committed. then the man shall bring his wife to the priest and bring the offering required of her, a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance. then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder-offering to draw attention to wrongdoing.
16 |The priest will have the woman come forward and stand in the LORD's presence. “And the priest shall bring her near and set her before the LORD. “’The priest shall bring her and have her stand before the LORD.
17 Then the priest will take holy water in a piece of pottery and put some dust from the floor of the tent into the water. And the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water. Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.
18 The priest will bring the woman into the LORD's presence and loosen her hair. In her hands he will put the offering used for a confession (that is, the grain offering brought because of the husband's jealousy). The priest will hold in his hands the bitter water that can bring a curse. And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD and unbind the hair of the woman’s head and place in her hands the grain offering of remembrance, which is the grain offering of jealousy. And in his hand the priest shall have the water of bitterness that brings the curse. After the priest has had the woman stand before the LORD, he shall loosen her hair and place in her hands the reminder-offering, the grain offering for jealousy, while he himself holds the bitter water that brings a curse.
19 |Then the priest will say to her, 'If no other man has had sexual intercourse with you and you haven't been unfaithful to your husband, you're not guilty. This bitter water that can bring a curse will not harm you. Then the priest shall make her take an oath, saying, ‘If no man has lain with you, and if you have not turned aside to uncleanness while you were under your husband’s authority, be free from this water of bitterness that brings the curse. Then the priest shall put the woman under oath and say to her, “If no other man has had sexual relations with you and you have not gone astray and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse not harm you.
20 If, in fact, you have been unfaithful and have had sexual intercourse with another man, But if you have gone astray, though you are under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself, and some man other than your husband has lain with you, But if you have gone astray while married to your husband and you have made yourself impure by having sexual relations with a man other than your husband|—
21 may the LORD make you an example for your people to see what happens when the curse of this oath comes true: The LORD will make your uterus drop and your stomach swell.' |Then the priest will administer the oath and the curse by saying: then’ (let the priest make the woman take the oath of the curse, and say to the woman) ‘the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD makes your thigh fall away and your body swell. here the priest is to put the woman under this curse—|may the LORD cause you to become a curse among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell.
22 'May this water that can bring a curse go into your body and make your stomach swell and your uterus drop!' |Then the woman will say, 'Amen, amen!' May this water that brings the curse pass into your bowels and make your womb swell and your thigh fall away.’ And the woman shall say, ‘Amen, Amen.’ May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.” “’Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.”
23 |The priest will write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water. “Then the priest shall write these curses in a book and wash them off into the water of bitterness. “’The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash them off into the bitter water.
24 Then he will have the woman drink the bitter water that can bring the curse. This water will go into her [and] become bitter. And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain. He shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and this water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering will enter her.
25 The priest will take the grain offering she was holding, present it to the LORD, and bring it to the altar. And the priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy out of the woman’s hand and shall wave the grain offering before the LORD and bring it to the altar. The priest is to take from her hands the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD and bring it to the altar.
26 The priest will take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar. Then he will have the woman drink the water. And the priest shall take a handful of the grain offering, as its memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water. The priest is then to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial offering and burn it on the altar; after that, he is to have the woman drink the water.
27 If she has become unclean by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that can bring the curse will go into her and become bitter. Her stomach will swell, her uterus will drop, and she will become cursed among her people. And when he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and has broken faith with her husband, the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her womb shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away, and the woman shall become a curse among her people. If she has made herself impure and been unfaithful to her husband, this will be the result: When she is made to drink the water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering, it will enter her, her abdomen will swell and her womb will miscarry, and she will become a curse.
28 But if the woman is not unclean and is pure, she is not guilty and will be able to have children. But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children. If, however, the woman has not made herself impure, but is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children.
29 |These are the instructions for how to deal with jealousy. They tell you what to do when a woman is unfaithful to her husband and becomes unclean. “This is the law in cases of jealousy, when a wife, though under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself, “’This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray and makes herself impure while married to her husband,
30 They also tell you what to do when a husband has a fit of jealousy and is suspicious of his wife. He will make his wife stand in the LORD's presence, and the priest will do everything these instructions tell him to do. or when the spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife. Then he shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall carry out for her all this law. or when feelings of jealousy come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the LORD and is to apply this entire law to her.
31 The husband isn't guilty of doing anything wrong, but the woman will suffer the consequences of her sin.| The man shall be free from iniquity, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.” The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.’”
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