Numbers 5:3

Whether male or female, send them forth out of the camp; and they shall not defile their camps in which I dwell among them.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Charge the children of Israel, and let them send forth out of the camp every leper, and every one who has a discharge, and every one who is unclean from a + 5:2 Gr. soul. dead body.

4And the children of Israel did so, and sent them out of the camp: as the Lord said to Moses, so did the children of Israel.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:11And I will set my tabernacle among you, and my soul shall not abhor you;

Numbers 35:34And you⌃ shall not defile the land whereon you⌃ dwell, on which I dwell in the midst of you; for I am the Lord dwelling in the midst of the children of Israel.

Deuteronomy 23:15You shall not deliver a servant to his master, who coming from his master attaches himself to you.

Psalms 68:18Draw near to my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of my enemies. 1

Haggai 2:13If a man should take holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and the skirt of his garment should touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be + 2:13 Gr. sanctified. holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 5:2-11

The Unclean to Be Removed. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 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: 3 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. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. 5 And the… Read the whole commentary →

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