1 Y ahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

The Lord said to Moses,

2 “ Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has an issue, and whoever is unclean by the dead.

Command the Israelites that they put outside the camp every leper and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is defiled by the dead.

3 B oth you shall put male and female outside of the camp; that they not defile their camp, in the middle of which I dwell.”

Both male and female you shall put out; without the camp you shall put them, that they may not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.

4 T he children of Israel did so, and put them outside of the camp; as Yahweh spoke to Moses, so did the children of Israel.

The Israelites did so, and put them outside the camp; as the Lord said to Moses, so the Israelites did.

5 Y ahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

6 “ Speak to the children of Israel: ‘When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit, so as to trespass against Yahweh, and that soul is guilty;

Say to the Israelites, When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit by breaking faith with the Lord, and that person is guilty,

7 t hen he shall confess his sin which he has done, and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add to it the fifth part of it, and give it to him in respect of whom he has been guilty.

Then he shall confess the sin which he has committed, and he shall make restitution for his wrong in full, and add a fifth to it, and give it to him whom he has wronged.

8 B ut if the man has no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made to Yahweh shall be the priest’s; besides the ram of the atonement, by which atonement shall be made for him.

But if the man has no kinsman to whom the restitution may be made, let it be given to the Lord for the priest, besides the ram of atonement with which atonement shall be made for the offender.

9 E very heave offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they present to the priest, shall be his.

And every offering of all the holy things of the Israelites which they bring to the priest shall be his.

10 E very man’s holy things shall be his: whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his.’”

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

11 Y ahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

12 “ Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: ‘If any man’s wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,

Say to the Israelites, If any man’s wife goes astray and commits an offense of guilt against him,

13 a nd a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she isn’t taken in the act;

And a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and it is kept secret though she is defiled, and there is no witness against her nor was she taken in the act,

14 a nd the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she isn’t defiled:

And if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous and suspicious of his wife who has defiled herself—or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous and suspicious of his wife though she has not defiled herself—

15 t hen the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring her offering for her: one tenth of an ephah of barley meal. He shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it is a meal offering of jealousy, a meal offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to memory.

Then shall the man bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring the offering required of her, a tenth of an ephah of barley meal; but he shall pour no oil upon it nor put frankincense on it, for it is a cereal offering of jealousy and suspicion, a memorial offering bringing iniquity to remembrance.

16 T he priest shall bring her near, and set her before Yahweh;

And the priest shall bring her near and set her before the Lord.

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

And the 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 in the water.

18 T he priest shall set the woman before Yahweh, and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and put the meal offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy. The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings a curse.

And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and let the hair of the woman’s head hang loose, and put the meal offering of remembrance in her hands, which is the jealousy and suspicion offering. And the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings the curse.

19 T he priest shall cause her to swear, and shall tell the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you haven’t gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.

Then the priest shall make her take an oath, and say to the woman, If no man has lain with you and if you have not gone astray to uncleanness with another instead of your husband, then be free from any effect of this water of bitterness which brings the curse.

20 B ut if you have gone astray, being under your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:”

But if you have gone astray and you are defiled, some man having lain with you beside your husband,

21 t hen the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, “Yahweh make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Yahweh allows your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;

Then the priest shall make the woman take the oath of the curse, and say to the woman, The Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people when the Lord makes your thigh fall away and your body swell.

22 a nd this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away.” The woman shall say, “Amen, Amen.”

May this water that brings the curse go into your bowels and make your body swell and your thigh fall away. And the woman shall say, So let it be, so let it be.

23 “ ‘The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.

The priest shall then write these curses in a book and shall wash them off into the water of bitterness;

24 H e shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse; and the water that causes the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.

And he shall cause the woman to drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter into her bitterly.

25 T he priest shall take the meal offering of jealousy out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the meal offering before Yahweh, and bring it to the altar.

Then the priest shall take the cereal offering of jealousy and suspicion out of the woman’s hand and shall wave the offering before the Lord and offer it upon the altar.

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

And the priest shall take a handful of the cereal offering as the memorial portion of it and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

27 W hen he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away: and the woman will be a curse among her people.

And when he has made her drink the water, then if she is defiled and has committed a trespass against her husband, the curse water which she drank shall be bitterness and cause her body to swell and her thigh to fall away, and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

28 I f the woman isn’t defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive offspring.

But if the woman is not defiled and is clean, then she shall be free and be able to have children.

29 “ ‘This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goes astray, and is defiled;

This is the law of jealousy and suspicion when a wife goes aside to another instead of her husband and is defiled,

30 o r when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman before Yahweh, and the priest shall execute on her all this law.

Or when the spirit of jealousy and suspicion comes upon a man and he is jealous and suspicious of his wife; then shall he set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute on her all this law.

31 T he man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.’”

The shall be free from iniquity and guilt, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.