Numbers 5:2

Numbers 5:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease or a discharge of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean because of a dead body.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse.

Context of Numbers 5:2

1Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is unclean because of a dead person. 3You 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 in their midst.” 4The 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.

Numbers 5:2 word by word

צַ֚ו אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וִֽישַׁלְּחוּ֙ מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה כָּל־צָר֖וּעַ וְכָל־זָ֑ב וְכֹ֖ל טָמֵ֥א לָנָֽפֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear

• Commandצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
• awayשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
• from the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• leperצָרַעtsâra‛ · be leprousH6879
• dischargeזוּבzûb · to flow: dischargeH2100
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
• personנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: deadH5315

Cross-references for Numbers 5:2

• Numbers 12:14But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut up for seven days outside the camp, and afterward she may be received again.”
• Leviticus 13:46He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.
• Deuteronomy 24:8“Be careful against an infection of leprosy, that you diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you; as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.
• 2 Kings 7:3Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?
• Leviticus 15:2“Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.
• Numbers 9:6But there were some men who were unclean because of the dead person, so that they could not observe Passover on that day; so they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.
• Numbers 19:11‘The one who touches the corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days.
• Numbers 31:19And you, camp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day.
• Leviticus 21:1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ‘No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people,

Commentaries on Numbers 5:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Put out of the camp every leper - According to the preceding plan, it is sufficiently evident that each camp had a space behind it, and on one side, whither the infected might be removed, and where probably convenient places were erected for the accommodation of the infected; for we cannot suppose that they were driven out into the naked wilderness. But the expulsion mentioned here was founded, On a purely physical reason, viz., the diseases were…Read the comment
• 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. 2skin disease: The Hebrew word here describes various, contagious skin diseases (compare Leviticus 13–14). bodily discharge: This refers to fluids associated with sexual organs (Leviticus 15; compare Luke 8:43–48). a dead person: See Numbers 6:6–11; 19:11.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

Topics related to Numbers 5:2

• Disease
• Leprosy
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
• Close
• Conceive
• Cross
• Curse
• Leprosy
• Recompense

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