Berean Standard Bible
Numbers 5:3
3You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
Numbers 5:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell."
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall put out both male and female; you shall put them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camps in the midst of which I dwell.”
Context of Numbers 5:3
1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.” 4So the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses. 5And the LORD said to Moses,
Read all of Numbers 5Numbers 5:3 word by word
מִזָּכָ֤ר עַד־נְקֵבָה֙ תְּשַׁלֵּ֔חוּ אֶל־מִח֥וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה תְּשַׁלְּח֑וּם וְלֹ֤א יְטַמְּאוּ֙ אֶת־מַ֣חֲנֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י שֹׁכֵ֥ן בְּתוֹכָֽם׃Read the interlinear
- You must send awayשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
- You must send awayאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
- maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
- andעַד‛ad · tillH5704
- female alikeנְקֵבָהneqêbâh · femaleH5347
- outsideחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
- the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
- so they will notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- defileטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
- ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- whereאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- Iאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589
- dwellשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
- among themתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
Cross-references for Numbers 5:3
- 1 Kings 7:3The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.
- 1 Corinthians 5:13God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.
- Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
- 2 John 1:10If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
- Revelation 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Numbers 19:22Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”
- Haggai 2:13So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.
- Leviticus 26:11And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
- Deuteronomy 23:14For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
- Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
- Isaiah 12:6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
- Revelation 21:3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
Commentaries on Numbers 5:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-4Verses 1-4 The general purpose of the directions given in this and the next chapter is to attest and to vindicate, by modes in harmony with the spirit of the theocratical law, the sanctity of the people of God. Thus, the congregation of Israel was made to typify the Church of God, within which, in its perfection, nothing that offends can be allowed to remain (compare Matthew 8:22; Revelation 21:27). The general purpose of the directions given in this and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Modern Western people may find it difficult to understand the Old Testament laws of purity. Today, things like skin diseases, bodily discharges, or contact with a dead body are viewed mainly as health concerns. But in the Old Testament, the main concern was protecting God’s holiness from ceremonial uncleanness (see Leviticus 11–15). The community had to keep the camp holy. Nothing unclean could touch what belonged to the Lord (Numbers 5:2–3). They had to…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-42. Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper--The exclusion of leprous persons from the camp in the wilderness, as from cities and villages afterwards, was a sanitary measure taken according to prescribed rules (Le 13:1-14:57). This exclusion of lepers from society has been acted upon ever since; and it affords almost the only instance in which any kind of attention is paid in the East to the prevention of contagion. The…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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