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Numbers 5

Numbers 5 addresses purity, restitution, and marital jealousy within Israel’s camp. Those ceremonially unclean by certain conditions are put outside the camp so the camp where the LORD dwells is not defiled. Wrongdoing against another person requires confession, restitution, and an added fifth. The final section gives the law of jealousy for a husband who suspects his wife of adultery but lacks witnesses. The chapter seeks holiness, justice, and an orderly way to handle serious accusations.

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Numbers 5 addresses purity, restitution, and marital jealousy within Israel’s camp. Those ceremonially unclean by certain conditions are put outside the camp so the camp where the LORD dwells is not defiled. Wrongdoing against another person requires confession, restitution, and an added fifth. The final section gives the law of jealousy for a husband who suspects his wife of adultery but lacks witnesses. The chapter seeks holiness, justice, and an orderly way to handle serious accusations.

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Verses 1–4Those made unclean are put outside the campVerses 5–10Confessed trespass requires restitution and the priests receive holy giftsVerses 11–31The law concerning a wife suspected of unfaithfulness
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,2Command the children of Israel, that they put out of…3Both male and female shall ye put out, without the…4And the children of Israel did so, and put them…5And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,6Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or…7Then they shall confess their sin which they have done:…8But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the…9And every offering of all the holy things of the…10And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any…11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,12Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,…13And a man lie with her carnally, and it be…14And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he…15Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest,…16And the priest shall bring her near, and set her…17And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen…18And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD,…19And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and…20But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of…21Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath…22And this water that causeth the curse shall go into…23And the priest shall write these curses in a book,…24And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter…25Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of…26And the priest shall take an handful of the offering,…27And when he hath made her to drink the water,…28And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean;…29This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth…30Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and…31Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this…