Then the LORD spoke
to Moses
, saying
,
"Command the sons
of Israel
that they asend
away
from the camp
every
leper
and everyone
having a bdischarge
and everyone
who is cunclean
because of a dead person
.
"You shall send away
both
male
and female
; you shall send
them outside
the camp
so that they will not defile
their camp
where
I dwell
ain their midst
."
The sons of Israel
did
so
and sent
them outside
the camp
; just
as the LORD
had spoken
to Moses
, thus
the sons
of Israel
did
.
Then the LORD spoke
to Moses
, saying
,
"Speak to the sons
of Israel
, ` aWhen
a man
or
woman
commits
any
of the sins
of mankind
, acting
unfaithfully
against the LORD
, and that person
is guilty
,
then 1he shall aconfess 2his sins
which
3he has committed
, and he bshall make
restitution
in full
for his wrong
and add
to it one-fifth
of it, and give
it to him whom
he has wronged
.
`But if the man
has
no
1relative
to whom restitution
may be made
for the wrong
, the restitution
which is made
for the wrong
must go to the LORD
for the priest
, besides
the ram
of atonement
, by which
atonement
is made
for him.
` aAlso every 1contribution
pertaining to all
the holy
gifts of the sons
of Israel
, which
they offer
to the priest
, shall be his.
`So every man's
holy
gifts shall be his; whatever
any
man
gives
to the priest
, it abecomes
his.' "
Then the LORD spoke
to Moses
, saying
,
"Speak to the sons
of Israel
and say
to them, `If
any
man's
wife
agoes
astray
and is unfaithful
to him,
and a man has
aintercourse
with her and it is hidden
from the eyes
of her husband
and she is 1undetected
, although she has defiled
herself
, and there
is no
witness
against her and she has not been caught
in the act,
1if a spirit of ajealousy
comes
over
him and he is jealous
of his wife
when she has defiled
herself, or
if a spirit
of jealousy
comes
over
him and he is jealous
of his wife
when she has not defiled
herself,
the man shall then bring
his wife
to the priest
, and shall bring
as 1an offering
for her one-tenth
of an 2ephah
of barley
meal
; he shall not pour
oil
on it nor
put
frankincense
on it, for it is a grain offering
of jealousy
, a grain offering
of memorial
, aa reminder
of iniquity
.
`Then the priest shall bring
her near
and have her stand
before
the LORD
,
and the priest shall take
holy
water
in an earthenware
vessel
; and 1he shall take
some
of the dust
that is on the floor
of the tabernacle
and put
it into the water
.
`The priest shall then have the woman
stand
before
the LORD
and let
the hair of the woman's
head
go
loose
, and place
the grain offering
of memorial
1in her hands
, which
is the grain offering
of jealousy
, and in the hand
of the priest
is to be the water
of bitterness
that brings
a curse
.
`The priest shall have her take
an oath
and shall say
to the woman
, "If
no
man
has lain
with you and if
you have not agone
astray
into uncleanness
, being under
the authority of your husband
, be 1immune
to this
water
of bitterness
that brings
a curse
;
if you, however, have agone
astray
, being under
the authority of your husband
, and if
you have defiled
yourself and a man
other
than
your husband
has
had
intercourse
with you"
(then the priest shall have the woman
aswear
with the oath
of the curse
, and the priest
shall say
to the woman
), "the LORD
make
you a curse
and an oath
among
your people
by the LORD'S
making
your thigh
1waste
away
and your abdomen
swell
;
and this water
that brings
a curse
shall go
into your 1stomach
, and make your abdomen
swell
and your thigh
2waste
away
." And the woman
ashall say
, "Amen
. Amen
."
`The priest shall then write
these
curses
on a scroll
, and he shall 1wash
them off
into the water
of bitterness
.
`Then he shall make the woman drink
the water
of bitterness
that brings
a curse
, so that the water
which brings
a curse
will go
into her 1and cause bitterness
.
`The priest shall take
the grain offering
of jealousy
from the woman's
hand
, and he shall wave
the grain offering
before
the LORD
and bring
it to the altar
;
and athe priest shall take
a handful
of the grain offering
as its memorial
offering
and offer
it up in smoke
on the altar
, and afterward
he shall make the woman
drink
the water
.
`When he has made her drink the water
, then it shall come
about, if
she has defiled
herself and has been
unfaithful
to her husband
, that the water
which brings
a curse
will go
into her 1and cause bitterness
, and her abdomen
will swell
and her thigh
will 2waste
away
, and the woman
will become
aa curse
among
her people
.
`But if the woman
has not defiled
herself and is clean
, she will then be free
and conceive
1children
.
`This is the law
of jealousy
: when
a wife
, being under
the authority of her husband
, agoes
astray
and defiles
herself,
or when
a spirit
of jealousy
comes
over
a man
and he is jealous
of his wife
, he shall then make the woman
stand
before
the LORD
, and the priest
shall apply
all
this
law
to her.
`Moreover, the man will be free
from 1guilt
, but that woman
shall abear
her 1guilt
.' "