New King James Version
Numbers 5:3
3You 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.”
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 Living Translation (NLT)This command applies to men and women alike. Remove them so they will not defile the camp in which I live among them.”
Context of Numbers 5:3
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2“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. 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.” 4And the children of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the Lord spoke to Moses, so the children of Israel did. 5Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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
Words taken from the KJV.
- Both maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
- and femaleנְקֵבָהneqêbâh · femaleH5347
- shall ye put outשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
- withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
- the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
- them; that they defileטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
- in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
- whereofאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- I dwellשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
Cross-references for Numbers 5:3
- 1 Kings 7:3And it was paneled with cedar above the beams that were on forty-five pillars, fifteen to a row.
- 1 Corinthians 5:13But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.”
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.
- Hebrews 12:15looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
- 2 John 1:10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him;
- Revelation 21:27But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Numbers 19:22Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the person who touches it shall be unclean until evening.’ ”
- Haggai 2:13And Haggai said, “If one who is unclean because of a dead body touches any of these, will it be unclean?” So the priests answered and said, “It shall be unclean.”
- Leviticus 26:11I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you.
- Deuteronomy 23:14For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you.
- Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, Even from the rebellious, That the Lord God might dwell there.
- Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”
- 2 Corinthians 6:16And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.”
- Revelation 21:3And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be 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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