Numbers 5:3

Both zachar and nekevah shall ye put out, without the machaneh shall ye put them; that they defile not their machanot, in the midst whereof I dwell.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

2Command the Bnei Yisroel, that they put out of the machaneh every tzaru'a, and every one that hath a discharge, and whosoever is tameh lanefesh (unclean, defiled by reason of contact with a corpse),

4And the Bnei Yisroel did so, and put them outside the machaneh; just as Hashem spoke unto Moshe, so did the Bnei Yisroel.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:11And I set My Mishkan among you: and My Nefesh shall not abhor you.

Numbers 35:34Therefore, make not tameh HaAretz which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell; for I Hashem dwell among the Bnei Yisroel.

Deuteronomy 23:15For Hashem Eloheicha walketh in the midst of thy machaneh, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy machaneh be kadosh; that He see no ervat davar (shameful thing) in thee, and turn away from thee.

Psalms 68:18The merkavot of Elohim are myriads, 1 a thousand thousands; 1 Adonoi is among them, as in Sinai, in kodesh (holiness). 1

Haggai 2:13Then said Chaggai, If one that is tamei (unclean) by a nefesh (dead body) touch any of these, shall it be tamei? And the kohanim answered and said, It shall be tamei.

2 Corinthians 6:16And what agreement has the Heikhal of Hashem with elilim? For we are a Heikhal of the Elohim Chayyim + 6:16 1C 3:16; 6:19 as G-d said, V'HITHALLACHTI B'TOCHCHEM (And I will walk in the midst of you), + 6:16 Lv 26:12 IT WILL BE MISHKANI ALEHEM (dwelling place of me with them), + 6:16 Ezek 37:27 V'HAYU LI L'AM VAANI EHEYEH LAHEM LELOHIM (And they will be to me as people and I will be to them as G-d). + 6:16 Jer 32:38

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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