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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease or a discharge of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean because of a dead body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Command the people of Israel to remove from the camp anyone who has a skin disease or a discharge, or who has become ceremonially unclean by touching a dead person.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp everyone with leprosy, everyone having a discharge, and everyone who is unclean because of <i>contact with</i> a <i>dead</i> person.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is unclean because of a dead person.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is unclean because of a <i>dead</i> person.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is unclean because of a <i>dead</i> person.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp every leper and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is defiled [that is, ceremonially unclean] by [coming in contact with] the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Command the Israelites to send away anyone from the camp who is afflicted with a skin disease, anyone who has a discharge, or anyone who is defiled because of a corpse.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Command the Israelites to send away anyone from the camp who is afflicted with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, or anyone who is defiled because of a corpse.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Command the Israelites to send outside the camp anyone who has a serious skin disease or a discharge or anyone who is unclean from touching a dead body. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Command the people of Israel to expel from the camp everyone with a dreaded skin disease or a bodily discharge and everyone who is unclean by contact with a corpse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Command the Israelis to send outside the encampment every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is ritually defiled by contact with a corpse.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Command the Israelites to expel from the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has an issue, and whoever is unclean by the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whoever is defiled by the dead:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is unclean by a corpse. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Command the sons of Israel, and they send out of the camp every leper, and everyone with discharging, and everyone defiled by a body;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Command the sons of Israel, and they send out of the camp every leper, and every one with an issue, and every one defiled by a body;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Command the sons of Israel, and they shall send forth from the camp every one leprous, and every one flowing, and every one unclean for the soul:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Command the children of Israel, that they cast out of the camp every leper, and whosoever hath an issue of seed, or is defiled by the dead: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Instruct the sons of Israel to cast out of the camp every leper, and those who have a flow of seed, and those who have been polluted because of the dead;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Order the Israelites to expel from camp everyone with a scaly infection, and everyone suffering from a discharge, and everyone who has become unclean by contact with a corpse.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Command the Israelites to put out of the camp everyone who is leprous, or has a discharge, and everyone who is unclean through contact with a corpse;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper and every one who has a discharge and whosoever has defiled himself;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Command the children of Israel that they put everyone who is a leper and everyone who has a discharge and everyone who is defiled in himself outside of the camp.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Charge the children of Israel, and let them send forth out of the camp every leper, and every one who has in issue of the reins, and every one who is unclean from a dead body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/5-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=1454" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/5.htm">Cleansing the Camps</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Then the LORD said to Moses, <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣaw (V-Piel-Imp-ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">“Command</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wî·šal·lə·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf-3mp) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">to send away</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: ham·ma·ḥă·neh (Art:: N-cs) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">the camp</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">anyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/6879.htm" title="6879: ṣā·rū·a‘ (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To be struck with leprosy, to be leprous. A primitive root; to scourge, i.e. to be stricken with leprosy.">with a skin disease,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">anyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/2100.htm" title="2100: zāḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To flow, gush. A primitive root; to flow freely, i.e. to have a flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow.">who has a bodily discharge,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵōl (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and anyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: ṭā·mê (Adj-ms) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">who is defiled</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: lā·nā·p̄eš (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">by a dead body.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Leviticus 13:46</a></span><br />As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm">Leviticus 15:31</a></span><br />You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-14.htm">Deuteronomy 23:14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/22-3.htm">Leviticus 22:3-4</a></span><br />Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD. / If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/7-3.htm">2 Kings 7:3</a></span><br />Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/14-3.htm">Leviticus 14:3</a></span><br />The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2</a></span><br />“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/21-1.htm">Leviticus 21:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-21.htm">2 Chronicles 26:21</a></span><br />So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/7-20.htm">Leviticus 7:20-21</a></span><br />But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people. / If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2-4</a></span><br />Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. / Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-12.htm">Luke 17:12-14</a></span><br />As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-44</a></span><br />Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-28.htm">Acts 10:28</a></span><br />He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-8.htm">Matthew 10:8</a></span><br />Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that has an issue, and whoever is defiled by the dead:</p><p class="hdg">put out of the camp.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/12-14.htm">Numbers 12:14</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in <i>again</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Leviticus 13:46</a></b></br> All the days wherein the plague <i>shall be</i> in him he shall be defiled; he <i>is</i> unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp <i>shall</i> his habitation <i>be</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Deuteronomy 24:8,9</a></b></br> Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, <i>so</i> ye shall observe to do… </p><p class="hdg">and every</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2-27</a></b></br> Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, <i>because of</i> his issue he <i>is</i> unclean… </p><p class="hdg">and whosoever</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/9-6.htm">Numbers 9:6-10</a></b></br> And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11-16</a></b></br> He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/31-19.htm">Numbers 31:19</a></b></br> And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify <i>both</i> yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/24-18.htm">Body</a> <a href="/numbers/4-15.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-11.htm">Ceremonially</a> <a href="/numbers/3-50.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/4-49.htm">Command</a> <a href="/colossians/2-19.htm">Contact</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-14.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-4.htm">Discharge</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-4.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-57.htm">Infectious</a> <a href="/numbers/4-46.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/3-50.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/numbers/3-12.htm">Issue</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-11.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-4.htm">Leper</a> <a href="/numbers/3-10.htm">Orders</a> <a 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href="/numbers/8-20.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/numbers/5-3.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/numbers/6-4.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/numbers/11-5.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/numbers/5-3.htm">Tent-Circle</a> <a href="/numbers/16-26.htm">Touch</a> <a href="/numbers/5-3.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Whosoever</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/5-1.htm">The unclean are removed out of camp</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/5-5.htm">Restitution is to be made in trespass</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/5-11.htm">The trial of jealously</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Command the Israelites</b><br>This directive is given by God through Moses, emphasizing the authority and divine origin of the command. The Israelites, as God's chosen people, are to maintain holiness and purity, reflecting their covenant relationship with God. This command is part of the broader Levitical laws that govern the community's conduct and worship.<p><b>to send away from the camp</b><br>The camp represents the dwelling place of God's presence among His people. Sending individuals away is a measure to maintain the camp's purity, as God is holy and cannot dwell amidst impurity. This separation underscores the importance of holiness and the need for the community to be set apart from defilement.<p><b>anyone with a skin disease</b><br>Skin diseases, often translated as "leprosy," were considered ritually unclean. <a href="/leviticus/13.htm">Leviticus 13-14</a> provides detailed laws on diagnosing and cleansing such diseases. The exclusion from the camp serves both a practical purpose, preventing the spread of disease, and a symbolic one, representing sin's defiling nature.<p><b>anyone who has a bodily discharge</b><br>Bodily discharges, as described in <a href="/leviticus/15.htm">Leviticus 15</a>, rendered a person ceremonially unclean. This includes both natural and pathological discharges. The laws surrounding these conditions highlight the need for ritual purity and the separation required to approach God in worship.<p><b>and anyone who is defiled by a dead body</b><br>Contact with a dead body made a person unclean, as death is the ultimate result of sin (<a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a>). <a href="/numbers/19.htm">Numbers 19</a> outlines the purification process for those who become defiled in this way. This regulation emphasizes the separation between life and death, purity and impurity, and the need for cleansing to restore fellowship with God.<br><br>Each of these conditions reflects the broader biblical theme of holiness and the separation required to maintain a relationship with a holy God. They also foreshadow the ultimate cleansing and restoration found in Jesus Christ, who heals, purifies, and conquers death, allowing believers to dwell in God's presence eternally.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and were journeying to the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_camp.htm">The Camp</a></b><br>The temporary dwelling place of the Israelites during their wilderness journey, representing the community of God's people and His presence among them.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/those_with_skin_diseases.htm">Those with Skin Diseases</a></b><br>Individuals suffering from conditions like leprosy, which were considered ritually unclean and required separation from the community.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/those_with_a_discharge.htm">Those with a Discharge</a></b><br>People experiencing bodily discharges, which rendered them ceremonially unclean according to the Law.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/those_unclean_from_a_dead_body.htm">Those Unclean from a Dead Body</a></b><br>Individuals who had come into contact with a corpse, making them ritually impure and necessitating purification.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_purity.htm">Holiness and Purity</a></b><br>God's command to remove the unclean from the camp underscores His holiness and the need for His people to maintain purity in their community and worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The Israelites were collectively responsible for upholding God's standards, reminding us of the importance of accountability and support within the church body.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_separation.htm">Spiritual Separation</a></b><br>Just as physical impurity required separation, believers are called to separate themselves from spiritual impurity, living lives that reflect God's holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_and_restoration.htm">Compassion and Restoration</a></b><br>While separation was necessary, the Law also provided means for restoration and reintegration, teaching us to balance holiness with grace and compassion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_christ's_sacrifice.htm">Symbolism of Christ's Sacrifice</a></b><br>The removal of impurity points to the ultimate cleansing through Jesus, who bore our sins and made a way for us to be reconciled to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'pariah'_mean.htm">What does "pariah" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_numbers_5_about_an_abortion_ritual.htm">Does Numbers 5 describe a ritual related to abortion?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_uzziah's_leprosy_in_2_chron._26_16-20_explainable.htm">In 2 Chronicles 26:16-20, is there any medical or historical basis to explain Uzziah's sudden outbreak of leprosy as divine punishment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_accidental_contact_a_sin_in_lev_5_3.htm">Why does Leviticus 5:3 label even accidental contact with normal human bodily processes as a sin, implying natural functions are inherently impure?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Every leper.</span> The law of the leper had been given in great detail in <a href="/leviticus/13.htm">Leviticus 13</a> and 14, and it had been already ordered that he should be put out of the camp (<a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Leviticus 13:46</a>, and cf. 14:3). Every one that hath an issue. These defilements are treated of in <a href="/leviticus/15.htm">Leviticus 15</a>; where, however, it is not expressly ordered that those so polluted should be put out of the camp. <span class="cmt_word">Whosoever is defiled by the dead.</span> The fact of being thus defiled is recognized in <a href="/leviticus/11-24.htm">Leviticus 11:24</a>; <a href="/leviticus/21-1.htm">Leviticus 21:1</a>, but the formal regulations concerning it are not given until <a href="/numbers/19-21.htm">Numbers 19:21</a>. Probably the popular opinion and practice was sufficiently definite to explain the present command. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/5-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Command</span><br /><span class="heb">צַ֚ו</span> <span class="translit">(ṣaw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Israelites</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to send away</span><br /><span class="heb">וִֽישַׁלְּחוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wî·šal·lə·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the camp</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(ham·ma·ḥă·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> </span><span class="str2">An encampment, an army</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anyone</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with a skin disease,</span><br /><span class="heb">צָר֖וּעַ</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·rū·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6879.htm">Strong's 6879: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be struck with leprosy, to be leprous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anyone</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who has a bodily discharge,</span><br /><span class="heb">זָ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(zāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2100.htm">Strong's 2100: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and anyone</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכֹ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who is defiled</span><br /><span class="heb">טָמֵ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(ṭā·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by a dead body.</span><br /><span class="heb">לָנָֽפֶשׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·nā·p̄eš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">OT Law: Numbers 5:2 Command the children of Israel that they (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/5-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 5:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 5:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/5-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 5:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 5:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>