Tree of Life Version
Numbers 5:3
3Whether male or female, you are to send them outside the camp so as not to defile the camp where I am dwelling 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
1Adonai spoke to Moses saying, 2“Command Bnei-Yisrael to send out from the camp everyone with tza'arat, who has some kind of discharge, or any contaminated by a dead body. Whether male or female, you are to send them outside the camp so as not to defile the camp where I am dwelling among them.” 4This Bnei-Yisrael did, sending them outside the camp. Just as Adonai spoke to Moses, so Bnei-Yisrael did. 5Adonai 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 7:3It was paneled with cedar above the side chambers, which were on 45 pillars—15 in a row.
- 1 Corinthians 5:13But those who are outside, God judges. Put away the wicked fellow from among yourselves.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, come out from among them, and be separate, says Adonai. Touch no unclean thing. Then I will take you in.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6Now we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, to keep away from every brother who behaves irresponsibly and not according to the tradition they received from us.
- Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God; and see to it that no bitter root springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled.
- 2 John 1:10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not welcome him into your home or even give him a greeting.
- Revelation 21:27And nothing unholy shall ever enter it, nor anyone doing what is detestable or false, but only those written in the Book of Life.
- Numbers 19:22Anything touched by an unclean person becomes unclean, and anyone touching it will be unclean until evening.”
- Haggai 2:13So Haggai said, “If one who is unclean by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become unclean?” The kohanim answered and said, “It does become unclean.”
- Leviticus 26:11I will set My Tabernacle among you, and My soul will not abhor you.
- Deuteronomy 23:14You are to have a shovel for yourself among your weapons. Now when you sit down outside, you are to dig with it and turn and cover up what comes out of you.
- Psalms 68:18The chariots of God are thousands and thousands —my Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.
- Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, inhabitant of Zion! For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement does God’s Temple have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God—just as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
- Revelation 21:3I also heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the dwelling of God is among men, and He shall tabernacle among them. They shall be His people, and God Himself shall be among 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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