Chapter 5

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses, saying,²

Command¹⁶ the children of Israel, that they put out¹⁷ of the camp every leper,⁷ and every one that hath an issue,⁶ and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

Both male and female shall ye put out,¹⁷ without the camp shall ye put¹⁷ them; that they defile¹⁷ not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.⁶

And the children of Israel did⁴ so, and put them out¹⁷ without the camp: as the LORD spake¹⁴ unto Moses, so did¹ the children of Israel.

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses, saying,²

Speak¹⁶ unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit⁴ any sin that men commit, to do² a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;¹

Then they shall confess⁹⁸ their sin which they have done:¹ and he shall recompense⁵² his trespass with the principal thereof, and add⁵⁵ unto it the fifth [part] thereof, and give¹ [it] unto [him] against whom he hath trespassed.¹

But if the man have no kinsman⁶ to recompense⁵³ the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed⁹⁴ unto the LORD, [even] to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement¹⁷ shall be made for him.

And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring⁵⁵ unto the priest, shall be his.

And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth⁴ the priest, it shall be his.

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses, saying,²

Speak¹⁶ unto the children of Israel, and say¹ unto them, If any man's wife go aside,⁴ and commit¹ a trespass against him,

And a man lie¹ with her carnally, ²²³³ and it be hid⁸ from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close,⁸ and she be defiled,⁸ and [there be] no witness against her, neither she be taken⁸ [with the manner];

And the spirit of jealousy come¹ upon him, and he be jealous¹⁴ of his wife, and she be defiled:⁸ or if the spirit of jealousy come¹ upon him, and he be jealous¹⁴ of his wife, and she be not defiled:⁸

Then shall the man bring⁵² his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring⁵² her offering for her, the tenth [part] of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour⁴ no oil upon it, nor put⁴ frankincense thereon; for it [is] an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.⁵⁶

And the priest shall bring her near,⁵² and set⁵² her before the LORD:

And the priest shall take¹ holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take,⁴ and put¹ [it] into the water:

And the priest shall set⁵² the woman before the LORD, and uncover¹ the woman's head, and put¹ the offering of memorial in her hands, which [is] the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:¹⁸

And the priest shall charge her by an oath,⁵² and say¹ unto the woman, If no man have lain¹ with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside¹ to uncleanness [with another] instead of thy husband, be thou free¹⁰ from this bitter water that causeth the curse:¹⁸

But if thou hast gone aside¹ [to another] instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled,⁸ and some man have⁴ lain with thee beside thine husband:

Then the priest shall charge⁵² the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say¹ unto the woman, The LORD make⁴ thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make² thy thigh to rot,⁶ and thy belly to swell;

And this water that causeth the curse¹⁸ shall go¹ into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell,⁵³ and [thy] thigh to rot:⁵³ And the woman shall say,¹ Amen, amen.

And the priest shall write¹ these curses in a book, and he shall blot [them] out¹ with the bitter water:

And he shall cause the woman to drink⁵² the bitter water that causeth the curse:¹⁸ and the water that causeth the curse¹⁸ shall enter¹ into her, [and become] bitter.

Then the priest shall take¹ the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave⁵² the offering before the LORD, and offer⁵² it upon the altar:

And the priest shall take an handful¹ of the offering, [even] the memorial thereof, and burn⁵² [it] upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink⁵⁵ the water.

And when he hath made her to drink⁵² the water, then it shall come to pass, [that], if she be defiled,⁸ and have done⁴ trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse¹⁸ shall enter¹ into her, [and become] bitter, and her belly shall swell,¹ and her thigh shall rot:¹ and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

And if the woman be not defiled,⁸ but be clean; then she shall be free,⁸ and shall conceive⁸ seed.

This [is] the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside⁴ [to another] instead of her husband, and is defiled;⁸

Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh⁴ upon him, and he be jealous¹⁴ over his wife, and shall set⁵² the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute¹ upon her all this law.

Then shall the man be guiltless⁸ from iniquity, and this woman shall bear⁴ her iniquity.