Numbers 5:1

And the Lord spake to Moses, and said,

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

2Command thou to the sons of Israel, that they cast out of the tents each leprous man, and that floweth out the seed, and that is defouled upon a dead body; (Command thou to the Israelites, that they throw out of the tents, that is, out of the camp, any person who is leprous, and he who floweth out the seed, and anyone who is defiled by contact with a dead body;)

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Cross References

Leviticus 13:46in all the time that he is leprous and unclean, he shall dwell alone, without the tents. (and in all the time that he is leprous and unclean, he shall live alone, away from the tents.)

Matthew Henry on Numbers 5:1

In this chapter we have, I. An order, pursuant to the laws already made, for the removing of the unclean out of the camp, ver. 1-4 . II. A repetition of the laws concerning restitution, in case of wrong done to a neighbour ( ver. 5-8 ), and concerning the appropriating of the hallowed things to the priests, ver. 9, 10 . III. A new law made concerning the trial of a wife suspected of adultery, by the waters of jealousy, ver. 11 , &c. Read the whole commentary →

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