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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Numbers 5:3

You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Leprosy;   Sanitation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Association-Separation;   Separation;   Without the Camp;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Church of Israel;   Defilement;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Leprosy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Birds of Abomination;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Numbers, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Excommunication;   Excommunication (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Heifer, Red;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Tabernacle;   War;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Commandments, the 613;   Shekinah;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Both male and female shall you put out, outside of the camp shall you put them; that they not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell."
King James Version
Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
Lexham English Bible
You will send away both male and female; you will send them outside the camp. They must not make unclean their camps where I am dwelling in their midst."
New Century Version
Send both men and women outside the camp so that they won't spread the disease there, where I am living among you."
New English Translation
You must expel both men and women; you must put them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps, among which I live."
Amplified Bible
"You shall send away both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp so that they will not defile their camp where I dwell in their midst."
New American Standard Bible
"You shall send away both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp so that they do not defile their camp where I dwell in their midst."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Both male and female shal ye put out: out of the hoste shall yee put them, that they defile not their tentes among whome I dwell.
Legacy Standard Bible
You shall send away both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp so that they will not defile their camp where I dwell in their midst."
Complete Jewish Bible
Both male and female you must expel; put them outside the camp; so that they won't defile their camp, where I live among you."
Darby Translation
both male and female shall ye put out; outside the camp shall ye put them, that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
Easy-to-Read Version
Whether they are a man or a woman, send them away so that the camp where I am living among you will not be made unclean."
English Standard Version
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."
George Lamsa Translation
Both male and female shall you put outside the camp, that they may not defile your camps, for I dwell among you.
Good News Translation
Send all these ritually unclean people out, so that they will not defile the camp, where I live among my people."
Christian Standard Bible®
Send away both male or female; send them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps where I dwell among them.”
Literal Translation
You shall send out from male and female. You shall send them to the outside of the camp. And they shall not defile their camps in the midst of which I dwell.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
both men and wome shall they putt out of the hoost, that they defyle not their tentes, wherin I dwell amonge them.
American Standard Version
both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell.
Bible in Basic English
Male or female they are to be put outside the tent-circle, so that they may not make unclean my resting-place among them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Both male and female shal ye put out, euen out of the hoast shall ye put them, that they defile not their tentes, among which I dwell.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell.'
King James Version (1611)
Both male and female shal ye put out, without the campe shall yee put them, that they defile not their campes in the middest whereof I dwell.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Whether male or female, send them forth out of the camp; and they shall not defile their camps in which I dwell among them.
English Revised Version
both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
as wel a male as a female, lest thei defoulen tho, whanne thei dwellen with you.
Young's Literal Translation
from male unto female ye do send out; unto the outside of the camp ye do send them; and they defile not their camps in the midst of which I do tabernacle.'
Update Bible Version
both male and female you shall put out, outside the camp you shall put them; that they do not defile their camp, where I dwell in their midst.
Webster's Bible Translation
Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst of which I dwell.
World English Bible
Both male and female shall you put out, outside of the camp shall you put them; that they not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell."
New King James Version
You 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."
New Living Translation
This command applies to men and women alike. Remove them so they will not defile the camp in which I live among them."
New Life Bible
Send away both male and female. Send them away from the tents so they will not make the place sinful where I live among them."
New Revised Standard
you shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp; they must not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
whether male or female, ye shall send them forth, unto the outside of the camp, shall ye send them, - that they make not their camps unclean, in the midst whereof, I, have my habitation.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whether it be man or woman, cast ye them out of the camp, lest they defile it when I shall dwell with you,
Revised Standard Version
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."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall send away both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp so that they will not defile their camp where I dwell in their midst."

Contextual Overview

1Then 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 that they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them."4So the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses. 5And the LORD said to Moses, 6"Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty 7and must confess the sin he has committed. He must pay full compensation, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged. 8But if the man has no 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 of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him. 9Every sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him. 10Each man's sacred gifts are his own, but whatever he gives to the priest will belong to the priest."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

without: 1 Kings 7:3, 1 Corinthians 5:7-13, 2 Corinthians 6:17, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, Titus 3:10, Hebrews 12:15, Hebrews 12:16, 2 John 1:10, 2 John 1:11, Revelation 21:27

defile not: Numbers 19:22, Haggai 2:13, Haggai 2:14

in the midst: Leviticus 26:11, Leviticus 26:12, Deuteronomy 23:14, Psalms 68:18, Isaiah 12:6, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Revelation 21:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 4:12 - without the camp Leviticus 15:31 - Thus shall Numbers 12:14 - let her be Numbers 35:34 - Defile not Deuteronomy 23:10 - General Joshua 6:23 - left them 2 Chronicles 26:21 - dwelt Matthew 8:2 - a leper Luke 17:12 - which

Cross-References

Genesis 4:25
And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, "God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him."
Genesis 5:2
Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them "man."
Genesis 5:3
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
Genesis 5:14
So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
Genesis 5:16
And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalaleel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
Job 14:4
Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
Job 25:4
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
Psalms 51:5
Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
Luke 1:35
The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
John 3:6
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Both male and female shall ye put out,.... Whether leprous, or profluvious, or defiled by touching a dead carcass: by this law, Miriam, when leprous, was put out of the camp, Numbers 12:14;

without the camp shall ye put them; which is repeated that it might be taken notice of, and punctually observed:

that they defile not their camps; of which there were four, the camps of Judah, Reuben, Ephraim, and Dan:

in the midst whereof I dwell; for the tabernacle, which was the dwelling place of the Lord, was in the midst of the camps of Israel; they were pitched on the four quarters of it; and this is a reason why impure persons were not suffered to be in the camp of Israel, because of the presence of God in the tabernacle so near them, to whom all, impurity is loathsome, and not to be permitted in his sight; and though this was ceremonial, it was typical of the uncleanness of sin, which is abominable to him, and renders persons unfit for communion with him, and with his people.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The general purpose of the directions given in this and the next chapter is to attest and to vindicate, by modes in harmony with the spirit of the theocratical law, the sanctity of the people of God. Thus, the congregation of Israel was made to typify the Church of God, within which, in its perfection, nothing that offends can be allowed to remain (compare Matthew 8:22; Revelation 21:27).

The general purpose of the directions given in this and the next chapter is to attest and to vindicate, by modes in harmony with the spirit of the theocratical law, the sanctity of the people of God. Thus, the congregation of Israel was made to typify the Church of God, within which, in its perfection, nothing that offends can be allowed to remain (compare Matthew 8:22; Revelation 21:27).

Compare the marginal references. The precepts of Leviticus 13:0 and Leviticus 15:0 are now first fully carried out. They could hardly have been so earlier, during the hurry and confusion which must have attended the march out of Egypt, and the encampments which next followed.

The general purpose of the directions given in this and the next chapter is to attest and to vindicate, by modes in harmony with the spirit of the theocratical law, the sanctity of the people of God. Thus, the congregation of Israel was made to typify the Church of God, within which, in its perfection, nothing that offends can be allowed to remain (compare Matthew 8:22; Revelation 21:27).

The general purpose of the directions given in this and the next chapter is to attest and to vindicate, by modes in harmony with the spirit of the theocratical law, the sanctity of the people of God. Thus, the congregation of Israel was made to typify the Church of God, within which, in its perfection, nothing that offends can be allowed to remain (compare Matthew 8:22; Revelation 21:27).

Compare the marginal references. The precepts of Leviticus 13:0 and Leviticus 15:0 are now first fully carried out. They could hardly have been so earlier, during the hurry and confusion which must have attended the march out of Egypt, and the encampments which next followed.


 
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