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1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

1The LORD gave these instructions to Moses:

2“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.

2“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.

3You shall put out both male and female; you shall put them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camps in the midst of which I dwell.”

3This command applies to men and women alike. Remove them so they will not defile the camp in which I live among them.”

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

4So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses and removed such people from the camp.

5Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

5Then the LORD said to Moses,

6“Speak to the children of Israel: ‘When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit in unfaithfulness against the LORD, and that person is guilty,

6“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people—men or women—betray the LORD by doing wrong to another person, they are guilty.

7then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass in full, plus one-fifth of it, and give it to the one he has wronged.

7They must confess their sin and make full restitution for what they have done, adding an additional 20 percent and returning it to the person who was wronged.

8But if the man has no relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for the wrong must go to the LORD for the priest, in addition to the ram of the atonement with which atonement is made for him.

8But if the person who was wronged is dead, and there are no near relatives to whom restitution can be made, the payment belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest. Those who are guilty must also bring a ram as a sacrifice, and they will be purified and made right with the LORD.

9Every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his.

9All the sacred offerings that the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.

10And every man’s holy things shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest shall be his.’ ”

10Each priest may keep all the sacred donations that he receives.” Protecting Marital Faithfulness

11And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

11And the LORD said to Moses,

12“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and behaves unfaithfully toward him,

12“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “Suppose a man’s wife goes astray, and she is unfaithful to her husband

13and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and it is concealed that she has defiled herself, and there was no witness against her, nor was she caught—

13and has sex with another man, but neither her husband nor anyone else knows about it. She has defiled herself, even though there was no witness and she was not caught in the act.

14if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he becomes jealous of his wife, who has defiled herself; or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he becomes jealous of his wife, although she has not defiled herself—

14If her husband becomes jealous and is suspicious of his wife and needs to know whether or not she has defiled herself,

15then the man shall bring his wife to the priest. He shall bring the offering required for her, one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of jealousy, an offering for remembering, for bringing iniquity to remembrance.

15the husband must bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring an offering of two quarts of barley flour to be presented on her behalf. Do not mix it with olive oil or frankincense, for it is a jealousy offering—an offering to prove whether or not she is guilty.

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

16“The priest will then present her to stand trial before the LORD.

17The priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.

17He must take some holy water in a clay jar and pour into it dust he has taken from the Tabernacle floor.

18Then the priest shall stand the woman before the LORD, uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering for remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy. And the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse.

18When the priest has presented the woman before the LORD, he must unbind her hair and place in her hands the offering of proof—the jealousy offering to determine whether her husband’s suspicions are justified. The priest will stand before her, holding the jar of bitter water that brings a curse to those who are guilty.

19And the priest shall put her under oath, and say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray to uncleanness while under your husband’s authority, be free from this bitter water that brings a curse.

19The priest will then put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has had sex with you, and you have not gone astray and defiled yourself while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune from the effects of this bitter water that brings on the curse.

20But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has lain with you”—

20But if you have gone astray by being unfaithful to your husband, and have defiled yourself by having sex with another man—’

21then the priest shall put the woman under the oath of the curse, and he shall say to the woman—“the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD makes your thigh rot and your belly swell;

21“At this point the priest must put the woman under oath by saying, ‘May the people know that the LORD’s curse is upon you when he makes you infertile, causing your womb to shrivel and your abdomen to swell.

22and may this water that causes the curse go into your stomach, and make your belly swell and your thigh rot.” ‘Then the woman shall say, “Amen, so be it.”

22Now may this water that brings the curse enter your body and cause your abdomen to swell and your womb to shrivel. ’ And the woman will be required to say, ‘Yes, let it be so.’

23‘Then the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall scrape them off into the bitter water.

23And the priest will write these curses on a piece of leather and wash them off into the bitter water.

24And he shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter her to become bitter.

24He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings on the curse. When the water enters her body, it will cause bitter suffering if she is guilty.

25Then the priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy from the woman’s hand, shall wave the offering before the LORD, and bring it to the altar;

25“The priest will take the jealousy offering from the woman’s hand, lift it up before the LORD, and carry it to the altar.

26and the priest shall take a handful of the offering, as its memorial portion, burn it on the altar, and afterward make the woman drink the water.

26He will take a handful of the flour as a token portion and burn it on the altar, and he will require the woman to drink the water.

27When he has made her drink the water, then it shall be, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, that the water that brings a curse will enter her and become bitter, and her belly will swell, her thigh will rot, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

27If she has defiled herself by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings on the curse will cause bitter suffering. Her abdomen will swell and her womb will shrink, and her name will become a curse among her people.

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

28But if she has not defiled herself and is pure, then she will be unharmed and will still be able to have children.

29‘This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,

29“This is the ritual law for dealing with suspicion. If a woman goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,

30or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon a man, and he becomes jealous of his wife; then he shall stand the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute all this law upon her.

30or if a man becomes jealous and is suspicious that his wife has been unfaithful, the husband must present his wife before the LORD, and the priest will apply this entire ritual law to her.

31Then the man shall be free from iniquity, but that woman shall bear her guilt.’ ”

31The husband will be innocent of any guilt in this matter, but his wife will be held accountable for her sin.”

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