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.

“Tell the people of Israel to send away from the tents every person with a bad skin disease, every one with a flow that is unclean, and every one who is unclean because of a dead person.

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.”

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.”

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 people of Israel did so. They sent them away from the tents. The people of Israel did just as the Lord had said to Moses. Paying Back for Wrongs Done

5 Y ahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Then 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 people of Israel, ‘When a man or woman sins the way that man sins by not acting in faith toward 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 must tell about the sins he has done. He must pay in full for his wrong-doing, and add one-fifth part to it, and give it to the one he has sinned against.

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 brother to whom pay for the wrong can be made, then it must go to the Lord for the religious leader. He must also give a ram to pay for his sins. And his sins will be forgiven.

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

Every gift of all the holy things of the Israelites which they bring to the religious leader will become his.

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

So every man’s holy gifts will be his. Whatever any man gives to the religious leader will be his.’” Wives Who Are Not Faithful

11 Y ahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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 people of Israel, ‘If a man’s wife turns away and is not faithful to 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 another man has sex with her and it is hidden from her husband’s eyes, even if it is hidden, she will be unclean. And even if no one speaks against her, because she has not been caught 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:

but a spirit of jealousy comes over her husband, he will be jealous of his wife when she has made herself unclean. Or if he becomes jealous of his wife when she has done nothing to make herself unclean,

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 the man must bring his wife to the religious leader. He must bring one-tenth part of a basket of barley as the gift needed for her. He must not pour oil on it. He must not put special perfume on it. For it is a grain gift of jealousy. It is a grain gift to make the sin remembered.

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

‘Then the religious leader will bring her near and have her stand 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.

The religious leader will take holy water in a clay pot. He will take some of the dust on the floor of the meeting tent and put it into 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.

Then the religious leader will have the woman stand before the Lord and let the hair of the woman’s head hang loose. He will put the grain gift of remembering into her hands. It is the grain gift of jealousy. In the religious leader’s hand will be the bitter water that can bring a curse to the woman.

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 religious leader will have her make a promise. He will say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you and if you have not turned away into sin, while under the power of your husband, this bitter water that brings punishment will not hurt you.

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:”

If you have turned away, while under the power of your husband, and have made yourself unclean by having another man who is not 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 religious leader will have the woman make a promise so she will be punished if she has sinned. He will say to the woman, “May the Lord make you a curse among your people. May the Lord make your leg waste away and your stomach grow bigger.

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.”

This water that brings a curse will go into your stomach and make it grow bigger and your leg to waste away.” And the woman will say, “Let it be so. Let it be so.”

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

‘Then the religious leader will write these curses in a book. And he will wash them off into the bitter water.

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.

He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse. The water that brings a curse will go into her and give her pain.

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.

The religious leader will take the grain gift of jealousy from the woman’s hand. He will wave the grain gift before the Lord and bring it to 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.

The religious leader will fill his hand with the grain gift, as the part to be remembered. And he will burn it on the altar. Then he will make the woman 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.

If she has not been faithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will go into her and give her pain. Her stomach will get larger and her leg will become as dead. A curse will come upon the woman 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 has not sinned and is clean, she will be free and 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. If a wife who is under the power of her husband turns away and makes herself unclean,

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.

and a spirit of jealousy comes upon a man, making him jealous of his wife, then he must make the woman stand before the Lord. And the religious leader will do to her all the rules of this Law.

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

The husband will be free from guilt. But the woman will carry her guilt.’”