Numbers 5:3

1 Then 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.”

4 So the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.

5 And the LORD said to Moses,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.”
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.
WEB
You shall put both male and female outside of the camp so that they don’t defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.”
ASV
both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell.
DARBY
both male and female shall ye put out; outside the camp shall ye put them, that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
BLB
From male to female you⁺ shall put out, toward the outside of the camp you⁺ shall put them, that they may not defile their camps in the midst of which I dwell.”
ÅB
Både mann og kvinne skal dere sende bort; utenfor leiren skal dere sende dem, for at de ikke skal gjøre deres leir uren, der hvor jeg bor midt iblant dem.
OTB
Dere skal sende både menn og kvinner utenfor leiren, slik at de ikke gjør leiren uren, der jeg bor blant dem."
B1930
Både mann og kvinne skal I sende bort; utenfor leiren skal I sende dem, forat de ikke skal gjøre deres leir uren, der hvor jeg bor midt iblandt dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 23:14

    For 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.

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  • Leviticus 26:11–12

    And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.

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  • Numbers 35:34

    Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”

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  • Psalms 68:18

    You 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.

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  • Revelation 21:3

    And 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.

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  • Titus 3:10

    Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,

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  • Revelation 21:27

    But 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.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 3:6

    Now 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.

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