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Verse 1

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Verse 2

Command the children of Israel that they remove from the camp every leper, and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is defiled by the dead:

Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

Verse 3

Both male and female shall you put out; outside the camp shall you put them, so that they do not defile their camps where I dwell among them.

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.

Verse 4

And the children of Israel did so, and removed them outside the camp; as the LORD spoke to Moses, so did the children of Israel.

And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.

Verse 5

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Verse 6

Speak to the children of Israel, When a man or woman commits any sin that people commit by breaking faith with the LORD, and that person is guilty;

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

Verse 7

Then they shall confess their sin that they have committed, and he shall compensate for his wrong with its principal, and add to it one-fifth of it, and give it to him against whom he has trespassed.

Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.

Verse 8

But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the trespass, let the restitution be made to the LORD for the priest, besides the ram of atonement with which atonement is made for him.

But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.

Verse 9

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

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

Verse 10

And every man's sacred offerings shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his.

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

Verse 11

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Verse 12

Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, If any man's wife goes astray and acts unfaithfully against him,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

Verse 13

And a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected, though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, nor is she caught in the act;

And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;

Verse 14

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

And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

Verse 15

Then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and he 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 grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

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

Verse 16

And the priest shall bring her near and set her before the LORD:

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

Verse 17

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 into the water:

And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:

Verse 18

And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD and uncover the woman’s head, and put the grain offering of remembrance in her hands, which is the jealousy offering; and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse:

And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put 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:

Verse 19

And the priest shall make her swear an oath, and say to the woman, If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of your husband, be free from this bitter water that brings a curse:

And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

Verse 20

But if you have gone aside to another instead of your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:

But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:

Verse 21

Then the priest shall make the woman swear with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say to the woman, The LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD makes your thigh waste away and your belly swell;

Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

Verse 22

And this water that brings a curse shall go into your bowels, to make your belly swell and your thigh waste away. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

Verse 23

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

Verse 24

And he shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse; and the water that brings a curse shall enter into her and become bitter.

And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

Verse 25

Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it on the altar:

Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:

Verse 26

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

And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

Verse 27

And when he has made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she is defiled and has broken faith with her husband, that the water that brings a curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall waste away, and the woman shall become a curse among her people.

And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

Verse 28

And if the woman is not defiled, but is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children.

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

Verse 29

This is the law of jealousy, when a wife goes aside to another instead of her husband and defiles herself;

This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

Verse 30

Or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon a man, and he is jealous of his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD and the priest shall carry out all this law upon her.

Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

Verse 31

Then the man shall be free from iniquity, and the woman shall bear her iniquity.

Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

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