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Numbers 5:3

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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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."
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

1 God spoke to Moses: "Command the People of Israel to ban from the camp anyone who has an infectious skin disease, anyone who has a discharge, and anyone who is ritually unclean from contact with a dead body. Ban male and female alike; send them outside the camp so that they won't defile their camp, the place I live among them." 4 The People of Israel did this, banning them from the camp. They did exactly what God had commanded through Moses. 5 God spoke to Moses: "Tell the People of Israel, When a man or woman commits any sin, the person has broken trust with God , is guilty, and must confess the sin. Full compensation plus twenty percent must be made to whoever was wronged. If the wronged person has no close relative who can receive the compensation, the compensation belongs to God and must be given to the priest, along with the ram by which atonement is made. All the sacred offerings that the People of Israel bring to a priest belong to the priest. Each person's sacred offerings are his own, but what one gives to the priest stays with 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
Adam slept with his wife again. She had a son whom she named Seth. She said, "God has given me another child in place of Abel whom Cain killed." And then Seth had a son whom he named Enosh. That's when men and women began praying and worshiping in the name of God .
Genesis 5:3
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was just like him, his very spirit and image, and named him Seth. After the birth of Seth, Adam lived another 800 years, having more sons and daughters. Adam lived a total of 930 years. And he died.
Luke 1:35
The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Highest hover over you; Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy, Son of God.
Romans 5:12
You know the story of how Adam landed us in the dilemma we're in—first sin, then death, and no one exempt from either sin or death. That sin disturbed relations with God in everything and everyone, but the extent of the disturbance was not clear until God spelled it out in detail to Moses. So death, this huge abyss separating us from God, dominated the landscape from Adam to Moses. Even those who didn't sin precisely as Adam did by disobeying a specific command of God still had to experience this termination of life, this separation from God. But Adam, who got us into this, also points ahead to the One who will get us out of it.
1 Corinthians 15:39
You will notice that the variety of bodies is stunning. Just as there are different kinds of seeds, there are different kinds of bodies—humans, animals, birds, fish—each unprecedented in its form. You get a hint at the diversity of resurrection glory by looking at the diversity of bodies not only on earth but in the skies—sun, moon, stars—all these varieties of beauty and brightness. And we're only looking at pre-resurrection "seeds"—who can imagine what the resurrection "plants" will be like!

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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