Chapter 5
Cleansing the Camps
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𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓
יְהוָ֖ה וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל־ מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃ Yah·weh way·ḏab·bêr ’el- mō·šeh lê·mōr — WLC · 1
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“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.
𐤑𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤅 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤑𐤓𐤅𐤏 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤆𐤁 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤈𐤌𐤀 𐤋𐤍𐤐𐤔
צַ֚ו אֶת־ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וִֽישַׁלְּחוּ֙ מִן־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה כָּל־ צָר֖וּעַ וְכָל־ זָ֑ב וְכֹ֖ל טָמֵ֥א לָנָֽפֶשׁ׃ ṣaw ’eṯ- bə·nê yiś·rā·’êl wî·šal·lə·ḥū min- ham·ma·ḥă·neh kāl- ṣā·rū·a‘ wə·ḵāl zāḇ wə·ḵōl ṭā·mê lā·nā·p̄eš — WLC · 2
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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.”
𐤕𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤆𐤊𐤓 𐤏𐤃 𐤍𐤒𐤁𐤄 𐤕𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤅𐤌 𐤌𐤇𐤅𐤑 𐤋𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤈𐤌𐤀𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤔𐤊𐤍 𐤁𐤕𐤅𐤊𐤌
תְּשַׁלֵּ֔חוּ אֶל־ מִזָּכָ֤ר עַד־ נְקֵבָה֙ תְּשַׁלְּח֑וּם מִח֥וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה וְלֹ֤א יְטַמְּאוּ֙ אֶת־ מַ֣חֲנֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י שֹׁכֵ֥ן בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ tə·šal·lê·ḥū ’el- miz·zā·ḵār ‘aḏ- nə·qê·ḇāh tə·šal·lə·ḥūm mi·ḥūṣ lam·ma·ḥă·neh wə·lō yə·ṭam·mə·’ū ’eṯ- ma·ḥă·nê·hem ’ă·šer ’ă·nî šō·ḵên bə·ṯō·w·ḵām — WLC · 3
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So the Israelites… did this, sending [such people] vvv outside the camp. [They]… did just as the LORD… had instructed Moses…
𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤊𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤅 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤇𐤅𐤑 𐤋𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋𐤐 𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤌𐤔𐤄 𐤊𐤍
בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ כֵן֙ וַיְשַׁלְּח֣וּ אוֹתָ֔ם אֶל־ מִח֖וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ עָשׂ֖וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־ דִּבֶּ֤ר מֹשֶׁ֔ה כֵּ֥ן bə·nê yiś·rā·’êl way·ya·‘ă·śū- ḵên way·šal·lə·ḥū ’ō·w·ṯām ’el- mi·ḥūṣ lam·ma·ḥă·neh bə·nê yiś·rā·’êl ‘ā·śū ka·’ă·šer Yah·weh ’el- dib·ber mō·šeh kên — WLC · 4
Confession and Restitution
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𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓
יְהוָ֖ה וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל־ מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃ Yah·weh way·ḏab·bêr ’el- mō·šeh lê·mōr — WLC · 5
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“Tell… the Israelites that… when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty
𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤅 𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤌𐤏𐤋 𐤌𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤌𐤊𐤋 𐤇𐤈𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤃𐤌 𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤄𐤍𐤐𐤔 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤄
דַּבֵּר֮ אֶל־ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ כִּ֤י אִ֣ישׁ אֽוֹ־ אִשָּׁ֗ה לִמְעֹ֥ל מַ֖עַל בַּיהוָ֑ה יַעֲשׂוּ֙ מִכָּל־ חַטֹּ֣את הָֽאָדָ֔ם הַהִֽוא׃ הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ וְאָֽשְׁמָ֖ה dab·bêr ’el- bə·nê yiś·rā·’êl kî ’îš ’ōw- ’iš·šāh lim·‘ōl ma·‘al Yah·weh ya·‘ă·śū mik·kāl ḥaṭ·ṭōṯ hā·’ā·ḏām ha·hi·w han·ne·p̄eš wə·’ā·šə·māh — WLC · 6
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and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, -… add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged
𐤅𐤄𐤕𐤅𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤇𐤈𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤅 𐤁𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤅 𐤉𐤎𐤐 𐤅𐤇𐤌𐤉𐤔𐤕𐤅 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤋𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤔𐤌 𐤋𐤅
וְהִתְוַדּ֗וּ אֶֽת־ חַטָּאתָם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשׂוּ֒ וְהֵשִׁ֤יב אֶת־ אֲשָׁמוֹ֙ בְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹ יֹסֵ֣ף וַחֲמִישִׁת֖וֹ עָלָ֑יו וְנָתַ֕ן לַאֲשֶׁ֖ר אָשַׁ֥ם לֽוֹ׃ wə·hiṯ·wad·dū ’eṯ- ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯām ’ă·šer ‘ā·śū wə·hê·šîḇ ’eṯ- ’ă·šā·mōw bə·rō·šōw yō·sêp̄ wa·ḥă·mî·ši·ṯōw ‘ā·lāw wə·nā·ṯan la·’ă·šer ’ā·šam lōw — WLC · 7
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But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong…, vvv the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.
𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤋𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤂𐤀𐤋 𐤋𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤅𐤔𐤁 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤋𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤌𐤋𐤁𐤃 𐤀𐤉𐤋 𐤄𐤊𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤊𐤐𐤓 𐤁𐤅 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅
וְאִם־ לָאִ֜ישׁ אֵ֨ין גֹּאֵ֗ל לְהָשִׁ֤יב הָאָשָׁם֙ אֵלָ֔יו הָאָשָׁ֛ם הַמּוּשָׁ֥ב לַיהוָ֖ה לַכֹּהֵ֑ן מִלְּבַ֗ד אֵ֚יל הַכִּפֻּרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְכַפֶּר־ בּ֖וֹ עָלָֽיו׃ wə·’im- lā·’îš ’ên gō·’êl lə·hā·šîḇ hā·’ā·šām ’ê·lāw hā·’ā·šām ham·mū·šāḇ Yah·weh lak·kō·hên mil·lə·ḇaḏ ’êl hak·kip·pu·rîm ’ă·šer yə·ḵap·per- bōw ‘ā·lāw — WLC · 8
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Every sacred contribution… the Israelites… bring to the priest shall belong to him.
𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤒𐤃𐤔𐤉 𐤕𐤓𐤅𐤌𐤄 𐤋𐤊𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤁𐤅 𐤋𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤅
וְכָל־ קָדְשֵׁ֧י תְּרוּמָ֞ה לְכָל־ בְנֵי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־ יַקְרִ֥יבוּ לַכֹּהֵ֖ן יִהְיֶֽה׃ ל֥וֹ wə·ḵāl qā·ḏə·šê tə·rū·māh lə·ḵāl ḇə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl ’ă·šer- yaq·rî·ḇū lak·kō·hên yih·yeh lōw — WLC · 9
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Each man’s sacred gifts are his own, [but] whatever [he] gives to the priest will belong to [the priest].”
𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤕 𐤒𐤃𐤔𐤉𐤅 𐤋𐤅 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤕𐤍 𐤋𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤄𐤐 𐤋𐤅
וְאִ֥ישׁ אֶת־ קֳדָשָׁ֖יו ל֣וֹ יִהְי֑וּ אֲשֶׁר־ אִ֛ישׁ יִתֵּ֥ן לַכֹּהֵ֖ן יִהְיֶֽה׃פ ל֥וֹ wə·’îš ’eṯ- qo·ḏā·šāw lōw yih·yū ’ă·šer- ’îš yit·tên lak·kō·hên yih·yeh lōw — WLC · 10
The Adultery Test
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𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓
יְהוָ֖ה וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל־ מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃ Yah·weh way·ḏab·bêr ’el- mō·šeh lê·mōr — WLC · 11
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“Speak to the Israelites… and tell them that… if any man’s… wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him
𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤔𐤕𐤅 𐤕𐤔𐤈𐤄 𐤅𐤌𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤁𐤅 𐤌𐤏𐤋
דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־ אִ֥ישׁ אִישׁ֙ אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ תִשְׂטֶ֣ה וּמָעֲלָ֥ה ב֖וֹ מָֽעַל׃ dab·bêr ’el- bə·nê yiś·rā·’êl wə·’ā·mar·tā ’ă·lê·hem kî- ’îš ’îš ’iš·tōw ṯiś·ṭeh ū·mā·‘ă·lāh ḇōw mā·‘al — WLC · 12
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by sleeping with another man…, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),
𐤅𐤔𐤊𐤁 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤔𐤊𐤁𐤕 𐤆𐤓𐤏 𐤅𐤍𐤏𐤋𐤌 𐤌𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤍𐤈𐤌𐤀𐤄 𐤅𐤍𐤎𐤕𐤓𐤄 𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤁𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤋𐤀 𐤍𐤕𐤐𐤔𐤄
וְשָׁכַ֨ב אִ֣ישׁ אֹתָהּ֮ שִׁכְבַת־ זֶרַע֒ וְנֶעְלַם֙ מֵעֵינֵ֣י אִישָׁ֔הּ וְהִ֣יא נִטְמָ֑אָה וְנִסְתְּרָ֖ה אֵ֣ין וְעֵד֙ בָּ֔הּ וְהִ֖וא לֹ֥א נִתְפָּֽשָׂה׃ wə·šā·ḵaḇ ’îš ’ō·ṯāh šiḵ·ḇaṯ- ze·ra‘ wə·ne‘·lam mê·‘ê·nê ’î·šāh wə·hî niṭ·mā·’āh wə·nis·tə·rāh ’ên wə·‘êḏ bāh wə·hi·w lō niṯ·pā·śāh — WLC · 13
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and if a feeling of jealousy comes over [her husband] and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself— or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—
𐤓𐤅𐤇 𐤒𐤍𐤀𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤒𐤍𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤍𐤈𐤌𐤀𐤄 𐤀𐤅 𐤓𐤅𐤇 𐤒𐤍𐤀𐤄 𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤒𐤍𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤋𐤀 𐤍𐤈𐤌𐤀𐤄
רֽוּחַ־ קִנְאָ֛ה וְעָבַ֨ר עָלָ֧יו וְקִנֵּ֥א אֶת־ אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ וְהִ֣וא נִטְמָ֑אָה אוֹ־ רֽוּחַ־ קִנְאָה֙ עָבַ֨ר עָלָ֤יו וְקִנֵּ֣א אֶת־ אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וְהִ֖יא לֹ֥א נִטְמָֽאָה׃ rū·aḥ- qin·’āh wə·‘ā·ḇar ‘ā·lāw wə·qin·nê ’eṯ- ’iš·tōw wə·hi·w niṭ·mā·’āh ’ōw- rū·aḥ- qin·’āh ‘ā·ḇar ‘ā·lāw wə·qin·nê ’eṯ- ’iš·tōw wə·hî lō niṭ·mā·’āh — WLC · 14
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then [he] is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil… over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.
𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤀 𐤀𐤔𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤅𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤒𐤓𐤁𐤍𐤄 𐤏𐤔𐤉𐤓𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤐𐤄 𐤔𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤒𐤌𐤇 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤑𐤒 𐤔𐤌𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤉𐤕𐤍 𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤄 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤕 𐤒𐤍𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤕 𐤆𐤊𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤌𐤆𐤊𐤓𐤕 𐤏𐤅𐤍
הָאִ֣ישׁ אֶת־ וְהֵבִ֨יא אִשְׁתּוֹ֮ אֶל־ הַכֹּהֵן֒ וְהֵבִ֤יא אֶת־ עָלֶ֔יהָ קָרְבָּנָהּ֙ עֲשִׂירִ֥ת הָאֵיפָ֖ה שְׂעֹרִ֑ים קֶ֣מַח לֹֽא־ יִצֹ֨ק שֶׁ֗מֶן וְלֹֽא־ עָלָ֜יו יִתֵּ֤ן לְבֹנָ֔ה עָלָיו֙ כִּֽי־ ה֔וּא מִנְחַ֤ת קְנָאֹת֙ מִנְחַ֥ת זִכָּר֖וֹן מַזְכֶּ֥רֶת עָוֺֽן׃ hā·’îš ’eṯ- wə·hê·ḇî ’iš·tōw ’el- hak·kō·hên wə·hê·ḇî ’eṯ- ‘ā·le·hā qā·rə·bā·nāh ‘ă·śî·riṯ hā·’ê·p̄āh śə·‘ō·rîm qe·maḥ lō- yi·ṣōq še·men wə·lō- ‘ā·lāw yit·tên lə·ḇō·nāh ‘ā·lāw kî- hū min·ḥaṯ qə·nā·’ōṯ min·ḥaṯ zik·kā·rō·wn maz·ke·reṯ ‘ā·wōn — WLC · 15
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The priest is to bring [the wife] forward and have her stand before the LORD.
𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤅𐤄𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤁 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤏𐤌𐤃𐤄 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
הַכֹּהֵ֑ן וְהִקְרִ֥יב אֹתָ֖הּ וְהֶֽעֱמִדָ֖הּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ hak·kō·hên wə·hiq·rîḇ ’ō·ṯāh wə·he·‘ĕ·mi·ḏāh lip̄·nê Yah·weh — WLC · 16
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Then [he] is to take [some] holy water in a clay jar - and put some of the dust - from the tabernacle floor into the water.
𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤒𐤇 𐤒𐤃𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤇𐤓𐤔 𐤁𐤊𐤋𐤉 𐤉𐤒𐤇 𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤅𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤅𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤏𐤐𐤓 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤔𐤊𐤍 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤒𐤏 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤌
הַכֹּהֵ֛ן וְלָקַ֧ח קְדֹשִׁ֖ים מַ֥יִם חָ֑רֶשׂ בִּכְלִי־ יִקַּ֥ח הַכֹּהֵ֖ן וְנָתַ֥ן וּמִן־ הֶֽעָפָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִהְיֶה֙ הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן בְּקַרְקַ֣ע אֶל־ הַמָּֽיִם׃ hak·kō·hên wə·lā·qaḥ qə·ḏō·šîm ma·yim ḥā·reś biḵ·lî- yiq·qaḥ hak·kō·hên wə·nā·ṯan ū·min- he·‘ā·p̄ār ’ă·šer yih·yeh ham·miš·kān bə·qar·qa‘ ’el- ham·mā·yim — WLC · 17
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After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.
𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤃 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤐𐤓𐤏 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤓𐤀𐤔 𐤅𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤏𐤋 𐤊𐤐𐤉𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤕 𐤄𐤆𐤊𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤕 𐤒𐤍𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤄𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤓𐤉𐤌
הַכֹּהֵ֥ן אֶֽת־ הָאִשָּׁה֮ וְהֶעֱמִ֨יד לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָה֒ וּפָרַע֙ אֶת־ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה רֹ֣אשׁ וְנָתַ֣ן עַל־ כַּפֶּ֗יהָ אֵ֚ת מִנְחַ֣ת הַזִּכָּר֔וֹן הִ֑וא מִנְחַ֥ת קְנָאֹ֖ת הַכֹּהֵן֙ יִהְי֔וּ וּבְיַ֤ד הַמָּרִ֖ים מֵ֥י הַמְאָֽרֲרִֽים׃ hak·kō·hên ’eṯ- hā·’iš·šāh wə·he·‘ĕ·mîḏ lip̄·nê Yah·weh ū·p̄ā·ra‘ ’eṯ- hā·’iš·šāh rōš wə·nā·ṯan ‘al- kap·pe·hā ’êṯ min·ḥaṯ haz·zik·kā·rō·wn hî min·ḥaṯ qə·nā·’ōṯ hak·kō·hên yih·yū ū·ḇə·yaḏ ham·mā·rîm mê ham·’ā·ră·rîm — WLC · 18
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And [he] is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man… has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.
𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤅𐤄𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤏 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤀𐤌 𐤋𐤀 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤔𐤊𐤁 𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤋𐤀 𐤔𐤈𐤉𐤕 𐤈𐤌𐤀𐤄 𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤊 𐤄𐤍𐤒𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤌𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤓𐤉𐤌
הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ אֹתָ֜הּ וְאָמַ֤ר אֶל־ הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ אִם־ לֹ֨א אִישׁ֙ אֹתָ֔ךְ שָׁכַ֥ב וְאִם־ לֹ֥א שָׂטִ֛ית טֻמְאָ֖ה תַּ֣חַת אִישֵׁ֑ךְ הִנָּקִ֕י הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ הַמָּרִ֥ים מִמֵּ֛י הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖ים hak·kō·hên wə·hiš·bî·a‘ ’ō·ṯāh wə·’ā·mar ’el- hā·’iš·šāh ’im- lō ’îš ’ō·ṯāḵ šā·ḵaḇ wə·’im- lō śā·ṭîṯ ṭum·’āh ta·ḥaṯ ’î·šêḵ hin·nā·qî hā·’êl·leh ham·mā·rîm mim·mê ham·’ā·ră·rîm — WLC · 19
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But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—
𐤊𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤔𐤈𐤉𐤕 𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤊 𐤅𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤈𐤌𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤍 𐤔𐤊𐤁𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤁𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤁𐤋𐤏𐤃𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤊
כִּ֥י וְאַ֗תְּ שָׂטִ֛ית תַּ֥חַת אִישֵׁ֖ךְ וְכִ֣י נִטְמֵ֑את וַיִּתֵּ֨ן שְׁכָבְתּ֔וֹ אִ֥ישׁ בָּךְ֙ אֶת־ מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֖י אִישֵֽׁךְ׃ kî wə·’at śā·ṭîṯ ta·ḥaṯ ’î·šêḵ wə·ḵî niṭ·mêṯ way·yit·tên šə·ḵā·ḇə·tōw ’îš bāḵ ’eṯ- mib·bal·‘ă·ḏê ’î·šêḵ — WLC · 20
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and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse - -— ‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.
𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤏 𐤁𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤕𐤍 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤊 𐤋𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤄 𐤁𐤕𐤅𐤊 𐤏𐤌𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤕𐤕 𐤉𐤓𐤊𐤊 𐤍𐤐𐤋𐤕 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤈𐤍𐤊 𐤑𐤁𐤄
הַכֹּהֵ֥ן אֶֽת־ הָֽאִשָּׁה֮ וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ בִּשְׁבֻעַ֣ת הָאָלָה֒ הַכֹּהֵן֙ וְאָמַ֤ר לָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה יְהוָ֥ה יִתֵּ֨ן אוֹתָ֛ךְ לְאָלָ֥ה וְלִשְׁבֻעָ֖ה בְּת֣וֹךְ עַמֵּ֑ךְ יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־ בְּתֵ֨ת יְרֵכֵךְ֙ נֹפֶ֔לֶת וְאֶת־ בִּטְנֵ֖ךְ צָבָֽה׃ hak·kō·hên ’eṯ- hā·’iš·šāh wə·hiš·bî·a‘ biš·ḇu·‘aṯ hā·’ā·lāh hak·kō·hên wə·’ā·mar lā·’iš·šāh Yah·weh yit·tên ’ō·w·ṯāḵ lə·’ā·lāh wə·liš·ḇu·‘āh bə·ṯō·wḵ ‘am·mêḵ Yah·weh ’eṯ- bə·ṯêṯ yə·rê·ḵêḵ nō·p̄e·leṯ wə·’eṯ- biṭ·nêḵ ṣā·ḇāh — WLC · 21
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May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’
𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤁𐤌𐤏𐤉𐤊 𐤁𐤈𐤍 𐤋𐤑𐤁𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤓𐤊 𐤅𐤋𐤍𐤐𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤍 𐤀𐤌𐤍
הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ הַמַּ֨יִם הַמְאָרְרִ֤ים וּ֠בָאוּ בְּֽמֵעַ֔יִךְ בֶּ֖טֶן לַצְבּ֥וֹת יָרֵ֑ךְ וְלַנְפִּ֣ל הָאִשָּׁ֖ה וְאָמְרָ֥ה אָמֵ֥ן׀ אָמֵֽן׃ hā·’êl·leh ham·ma·yim ham·’ā·rə·rîm ū·ḇā·’ū bə·mê·‘a·yiḵ be·ṭen laṣ·bō·wṯ yā·rêḵ wə·lan·pil hā·’iš·šāh wə·’ā·mə·rāh ’ā·mên ’ā·mên — WLC · 22
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And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.
𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤅𐤊𐤕𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤕 𐤁𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤅𐤌𐤇𐤄 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤉
הַכֹּהֵ֖ן וְ֠כָתַב אֶת־ הָאֵ֛לֶּה הָאָלֹ֥ת בַּסֵּ֑פֶר וּמָחָ֖ה אֶל־ הַמָּרִֽים׃ מֵ֥י hak·kō·hên wə·ḵā·ṯaḇ ’eṯ- hā·’êl·leh hā·’ā·lōṯ bas·sê·p̄er ū·mā·ḥāh ’el- ham·mā·rîm mê — WLC · 23
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He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and may cause her bitter suffering.
𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤄𐤔𐤒𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤁𐤄 𐤋𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤓𐤉𐤌
הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה אֶת־ וְהִשְׁקָה֙ אֶת־ הַמָּרִ֖ים מֵ֥י הַמְאָֽרֲרִ֑ים הַמַּ֥יִם וּבָ֥אוּ בָ֛הּ לְמָרִֽים׃ הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖ים hā·’iš·šāh ’eṯ- wə·hiš·qāh ’eṯ- ham·mā·rîm mê ham·’ā·ră·rîm ham·ma·yim ū·ḇā·’ū ḇāh lə·mā·rîm ham·’ā·ră·rîm — WLC · 24
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The priest shall take from [her] hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave [it] before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.
𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤒𐤇 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤉𐤃 𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤕 𐤄𐤒𐤍𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤐 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤄 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤁 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇
הַכֹּהֵן֙ וְלָקַ֤ח הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה אֵ֖ת מִיַּ֣ד מִנְחַ֣ת הַקְּנָאֹ֑ת וְהֵנִ֤יף אֶת־ הַמִּנְחָה֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וְהִקְרִ֥יב אֹתָ֖הּ אֶל־ הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ hak·kō·hên wə·lā·qaḥ hā·’iš·šāh ’êṯ mî·yaḏ min·ḥaṯ haq·qə·nā·’ōṯ wə·hê·nîp̄ ’eṯ- ham·min·ḥāh lip̄·nê Yah·weh wə·hiq·rîḇ ’ō·ṯāh ’el- ham·miz·bê·aḥ — WLC · 25
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Then the priest is to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar; after that he is to have the woman drink the water.
𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤅𐤒𐤌𐤑 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤆𐤊𐤓𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤒𐤈𐤉𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤓 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤒𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤌
הַכֹּהֵ֤ן וְקָמַ֨ץ מִן־ הַמִּנְחָה֙ אֶת־ אַזְכָּ֣רָתָ֔הּ וְהִקְטִ֖יר הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה וְאַחַ֛ר הָאִשָּׁ֖ה אֶת־ יַשְׁקֶ֥ה אֶת־ הַמָּֽיִם׃ hak·kō·hên wə·qā·maṣ min- ham·min·ḥāh ’eṯ- ’az·kā·rā·ṯāh wə·hiq·ṭîr ham·miz·bê·ḥāh wə·’a·ḥar hā·’iš·šāh ’eṯ- yaš·qeh ’eṯ- ham·mā·yim — WLC · 26
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When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful… to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become… accursed among her people.
𐤅𐤄𐤔𐤒𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤕𐤄 𐤀𐤌 𐤍𐤈𐤌𐤀𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤌𐤏𐤋 𐤌𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤁𐤄 𐤋𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤈𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤑𐤁𐤕𐤄 𐤉𐤓𐤊𐤄 𐤅𐤍𐤐𐤋𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤕𐤄 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤁 𐤏𐤌𐤄
וְהִשְׁקָ֣הּ אֶת־ הַמַּ֗יִם וְהָיְתָ֣ה אִֽם־ נִטְמְאָה֮ וַתִּמְעֹ֣ל מַ֣עַל בְּאִישָׁהּ֒ הַמַּ֤יִם הַמְאָֽרֲרִים֙ וּבָ֨אוּ בָ֜הּ לְמָרִ֔ים בִטְנָ֔הּ וְצָבְתָ֣ה יְרֵכָ֑הּ וְנָפְלָ֖ה וְהָיְתָ֧ה הָאִשָּׁ֛ה לְאָלָ֖ה בְּקֶ֥רֶב עַמָּֽהּ׃ wə·hiš·qāh ’eṯ- ham·ma·yim wə·hā·yə·ṯāh ’im- niṭ·mə·’āh wat·tim·‘ōl ma·‘al bə·’î·šāh ham·ma·yim ham·’ā·ră·rîm ū·ḇā·’ū ḇāh lə·mā·rîm ḇiṭ·nāh wə·ṣā·ḇə·ṯāh yə·rê·ḵāh wə·nā·p̄ə·lāh wə·hā·yə·ṯāh hā·’iš·šāh lə·’ā·lāh bə·qe·reḇ ‘am·māh — WLC · 27
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But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.
𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤀 𐤍𐤈𐤌𐤀𐤄 𐤅𐤈𐤄𐤓𐤄 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤅𐤍𐤒𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤍𐤆𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤆𐤓𐤏
וְאִם־ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה לֹ֤א נִטְמְאָה֙ וּטְהֹרָ֖ה הִ֑וא וְנִקְּתָ֖ה וְנִזְרְעָ֥ה זָֽרַע׃ wə·’im- hā·’iš·šāh lō niṭ·mə·’āh ū·ṭə·hō·rāh hî wə·niq·qə·ṯāh wə·niz·rə·‘āh zā·ra‘ — WLC · 28
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This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤕𐤅𐤓𐤕 𐤄𐤒𐤍𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤕𐤔𐤈𐤄 𐤅𐤍𐤈𐤌𐤀𐤄 𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤄
זֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הַקְּנָאֹ֑ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר אִשָּׁ֛ה תִּשְׂטֶ֥ה וְנִטְמָֽאָה׃ תַּ֥חַת אִישָׁ֖הּ zōṯ tō·w·raṯ haq·qə·nā·’ōṯ ’ă·šer ’iš·šāh tiś·ṭeh wə·niṭ·mā·’āh ta·ḥaṯ ’î·šāh — WLC · 29
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or when a feeling of jealousy comes over… a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.
𐤀𐤅 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤓𐤅𐤇 𐤒𐤍𐤀𐤄 𐤕𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤒𐤍𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤕𐤅 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤃 𐤀𐤕 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤕𐤅𐤓𐤄
א֣וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר ר֥וּחַ קִנְאָ֖ה תַּעֲבֹ֥ר עָלָ֛יו אִ֗ישׁ וְקִנֵּ֣א אֶת־ אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ וְהֶעֱמִ֤יד אֶת־ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה הַכֹּהֵ֔ן אֵ֥ת וְעָ֤שָׂה לָהּ֙ הַזֹּֽאת׃ כָּל־ הַתּוֹרָ֖ה ’ōw ’ă·šer rū·aḥ qin·’āh ta·‘ă·ḇōr ‘ā·lāw ’îš wə·qin·nê ’eṯ- ’iš·tōw hā·’iš·šāh wə·he·‘ĕ·mîḏ ’eṯ- lip̄·nê Yah·weh hak·kō·hên ’êṯ wə·‘ā·śāh lāh haz·zōṯ kāl- hat·tō·w·rāh — WLC · 30
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The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”
𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤍𐤒𐤄 𐤌𐤏𐤅𐤍 𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤅𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤕𐤔𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤅𐤍𐤄𐤐
הָאִ֖ישׁ וְנִקָּ֥ה מֵעָוֺ֑ן הַהִ֔וא וְהָאִשָּׁ֣ה תִּשָּׂ֖א אֶת־ עֲוֺנָֽהּ׃פ hā·’îš wə·niq·qāh mê·‘ā·wōn ha·hi·w wə·hā·’iš·šāh tiś·śā ’eṯ- ‘ă·wō·nāh — WLC · 31