Christian Standard Bible

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1The LORD instructed Moses:

1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2"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.

2“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.

3Send away both male or female; send them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps where I dwell among them."

3You 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.”

4The Israelites did this, sending them outside the camp. The Israelites did as the LORD instructed Moses.

4And the people of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the LORD said to Moses, so the people of Israel did.

5The LORD spoke to Moses:

5And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

6"Tell the Israelites: When a man or woman commits any sin against another, that person acts unfaithfully toward the LORD and is guilty.

6“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,

7The person is to confess the sin he has committed. He is to pay full compensation, add a fifth of its value to it, and give it to the individual he has wronged.

7he 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.

8But if that individual has no relative to receive compensation, the compensation goes to the LORD for the priest, along with the atonement ram by which the priest will make atonement for the guilty person.

8But 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.

9Every holy contribution the Israelites present to the priest will be his.

9And every contribution, all the holy donations of the people of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his.

10Each one's holy contribution is his to give; what each one gives to the priest will be his."

10Each one shall keep his holy donations: whatever anyone gives to the priest shall be his.”

11The LORD spoke to Moses:

11And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

12"Speak to the Israelites and tell them: If any man's wife goes astray, is unfaithful to him,

12“Speak to the people of Israel, If any man’s wife goes astray and breaks faith with him,

13and sleeps with another, but it is concealed from her husband, and she is undetected, even though she has defiled herself, since there is no witness against her, and she wasn't caught in the act;

13if 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,

14and if a feeling of jealousy comes over the husband and he becomes jealous because of his wife who has defiled herself--or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he becomes jealous of her though she has not defiled herself--

14and 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,

15then the man is to bring his wife to the priest. He is also to bring an offering for her of two quarts of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering for remembrance to draw attention to guilt.

15then 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.

16"The priest is to bring her forward and have her stand before the LORD.

16“And the priest shall bring her near and set her before the LORD.

17Then the priest is to take holy water in a clay bowl, take some of the dust from the tabernacle floor, and put it in the water.

17And 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.

18After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering for remembrance, which is the grain offering of jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.

18And 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.

19The priest will require the woman to take an oath and will say to her, 'If no man has slept with you, if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband's authority, be unaffected by this bitter water that brings a curse.

19Then 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.

20But if you have gone astray while under your husband's authority, if you have defiled yourself and a man other than your husband has slept with you'--

20But 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,

21at this point the priest will make the woman take the oath with the sworn curse, and he is to say to her--'May the LORD make you into an object of your people's cursing and swearing when he makes your womb shrivel and your belly swell.

21then’ (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.

22May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing your belly to swell and your womb to shrivel.' "And the woman will reply, 'Amen, Amen.'

22May 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.’

23"Then the priest is to write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.

23“Then the priest shall write these curses in a book and wash them off into the water of bitterness.

24He will require the woman to drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her to cause bitter suffering.

24And 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.

25The priest is to take the grain offering of jealousy from the woman, present the offering before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.

25And 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.

26The priest is to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar. Afterward, he will require the woman to drink the water.

26And 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.

27"When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, and her womb will shrivel. She will become a curse among her people.

27And 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.

28But if the woman has not defiled herself and is pure, she will be unaffected and will be able to conceive children.

28But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children.

29"This is the law regarding jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband's authority,

29“This is the law in cases of jealousy, when a wife, though under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,

30or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he becomes jealous of his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest will carry out all these instructions for her.

30or 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.

31The husband will be free of guilt, but that woman will bear her iniquity."

31The man shall be free from iniquity, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”

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