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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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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:
put out of the camp: The camp of Israel being now formed, with the sanctuary of God in the centre, orders were given that the lepers and unclean persons should be excluded from the camp, according to the laws given at different times on these subjects. - See the marginal references. This expulsion was founded:
1. On a purely physical reason; for the diseases were contagious, and therefore there was a necessity of putting those afflicted with them apart, that the infection might not be communicated.
2. There was also a spiritual reason: the camp was the habitation of God; and therefore, in honour of Him who had thus condescended to dwell with them, nothing impure should be permitted to remain.
3. Further, there was a typical reason; for the camp was the emblem of the church, where nothing that is defiled should enter, and in which nothing that is unholy should be tolerated. Numbers 12:14, Leviticus 13:46, Deuteronomy 24:8, Deuteronomy 24:9, 2 Kings 7:3
and every: Leviticus 15:2-27
and whosoever: Numbers 9:6-10, Numbers 19:11-16, Numbers 31:19, Leviticus 21:1
Reciprocal: Leviticus 24:14 - without Numbers 19:3 - without the camp Numbers 31:13 - without the camp Deuteronomy 23:10 - General Joshua 6:23 - left them 2 Chronicles 26:21 - dwelt Haggai 2:13 - General Matthew 8:2 - a leper Luke 17:12 - which
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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.
without: 1 Kings 7:3, 1 Corinthians 5:7-13, 2 Corinthians 6:17, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, Titus 3:10, Hebrews 12:15, Hebrews 12:16, 2 John 1:10, 2 John 1:11, Revelation 21:27
defile not: Numbers 19:22, Haggai 2:13, Haggai 2:14
in the midst: Leviticus 26:11, Leviticus 26:12, Deuteronomy 23:14, Psalms 68:18, Isaiah 12:6, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Revelation 21:3
Reciprocal: Leviticus 4:12 - without the camp Leviticus 15:31 - Thus shall Numbers 12:14 - let her be Numbers 35:34 - Defile not Deuteronomy 23:10 - General Joshua 6:23 - left them 2 Chronicles 26:21 - dwelt Matthew 8:2 - a leper Luke 17:12 - which
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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.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;
When: Leviticus 5:1-4, Leviticus 5:17, Leviticus 6:2, Leviticus 6:3
and that person: This expression does not merely refer to the actual criminality of the person, but to his consciousness of guilt respecting it: for this case must be distinguished from that of a person detected in dishonesty, which he attempted to conceal.
Reciprocal: Exodus 22:9 - for all manner of trespass Leviticus 4:27 - common people Joshua 7:19 - make Joshua 22:15 - General Ezekiel 33:15 - give
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Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
confess: Leviticus 5:5, Leviticus 26:40, Joshua 7:19, Job 33:27, Job 33:28, Psalms 32:5, Proverbs 28:13, 1 John 1:8-10
and he shall: Not only confession, but restitution, in every possible case, is necessary in order to obtain forgiveness.
with the principal: Leviticus 5:15, Leviticus 6:4-7, Leviticus 7:7, Luke 19:8
Reciprocal: Exodus 22:1 - he shall Exodus 22:9 - for all manner of trespass Leviticus 5:16 - the fifth Leviticus 6:5 - restore Matthew 3:6 - confessing
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But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
have no: Leviticus 25:25, Leviticus 25:26
beside the ram: Leviticus 6:6, Leviticus 6:7, Leviticus 7:7
Reciprocal: Leviticus 6:5 - restore 2 Kings 12:16 - trespass money
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And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
offering: or, heave offering, Numbers 18:8, Numbers 18:9, Numbers 18:19, Exodus 29:28, Leviticus 6:17, Leviticus 6:18, Leviticus 6:26, Leviticus 7:6-14, Leviticus 10:13, Leviticus 22:2, Leviticus 22:3, Deuteronomy 18:3, Deuteronomy 18:4, Ezekiel 44:29, Ezekiel 44:30, Malachi 3:8-10, 1 Corinthians 9:7-13
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:26 - holy 1 Samuel 2:28 - did I give 1 Corinthians 9:13 - they
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And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
hallowed things: 1 Corinthians 3:21-23, 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 2:7, 1 Peter 2:9
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:26 - holy 1 Samuel 2:28 - did I give 1 Corinthians 9:13 - they
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Reciprocal: Proverbs 30:20 - General
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
Numbers 5:19, Numbers 5:20, Proverbs 2:16, Proverbs 2:17
Reciprocal: Numbers 5:29 - when a wife goeth
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And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
Leviticus 18:20, Leviticus 20:10, Proverbs 7:18, Proverbs 7:19, Proverbs 30:20
Reciprocal: Romans 7:3 - So then
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And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
Rooach kinah, either a supernatural diabolic influence, exciting him to jealousy, or, rather, the passion or affection of jealousy. Numbers 5:30, Proverbs 6:34, Song of Solomon 8:6, Zephaniah 3:8, 1 Corinthians 10:22
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Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
her offering for her: This coarse offering, without oil or frankincense, implied the baseness of the crime of which the woman was suspected, and the mournful state of her family. It was not an atoning sacrifice, but an oblation for a memorial, as solemnly referring the decision to God, and calling upon him either to acquit or punish. Leviticus 5:11, Hosea 3:2
bringing: 1 Kings 17:18, Ezekiel 29:16, Hebrews 10:3
Reciprocal: Numbers 5:18 - and put Numbers 5:25 - priest Numbers 5:29 - when a wife goeth Ezekiel 21:23 - call
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And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
bring her near: or, rather, "bring it near;" i. e. her offering
set her: Rather, "set it," i.e., the offering; for the woman is afterwards ordered to be set before the Lord - Numbers 5:18. Leviticus 1:3, Jeremiah 17:10, Hebrews 13:4, Revelation 2:22, Revelation 2:23
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:31 - the oath
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And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:
holy water: That is, water from the laver; called holy, because separated from common to sacred uses. This is the most ancient account of the trial by ordeal, which obtained so generally among various nations; and it was calculated to fortify the minds of the Israelitish women in the hour of temptation, and to render them watchful against all occasions of exciting suspicion in the breasts of their husbands. Numbers 19:2-9, Exodus 30:18
of the dust: Job 2:12, Jeremiah 17:13, Lamentations 3:29, John 8:6, John 8:8
Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:5 - earthen vessel Numbers 5:18 - the bitter water
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And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
the priest: Hebrews 13:4, Revelation 2:19-23
uncover: Leviticus 13:45, 1 Corinthians 11:15, Hebrews 4:12, Hebrews 4:13
and put: Numbers 5:15, Numbers 5:25, Numbers 5:26
the bitter water: So called from the bitter effects which it had upon the guilty. Numbers 5:17, Numbers 5:22, Numbers 5:24, Deuteronomy 29:18, 1 Samuel 15:32, Proverbs 5:4, Ecclesiastes 7:26, Isaiah 38:17, Jeremiah 2:19, Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10
Reciprocal: Leviticus 2:2 - the memorial Leviticus 10:6 - Uncover Numbers 5:16 - set her Jeremiah 8:14 - water 1 Corinthians 11:6 - but
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And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
charge her: Matthew 26:63
with another: or, being in the power of thy husband, Heb. under thy husband. Romans 7:2,*Gr.
Reciprocal: Numbers 5:12 - General Numbers 5:28 - And if Numbers 5:29 - when a wife goeth Deuteronomy 21:7 - General Joshua 6:26 - adjured 2 Chronicles 6:22 - the oath
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But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
Reciprocal: Numbers 5:12 - General Numbers 5:27 - if she be defiled
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Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
an oath: Joshua 6:26, 1 Samuel 14:24, Nehemiah 10:29, Matthew 26:74
The Lord make: Isaiah 65:15, Jeremiah 29:22
rot: Heb. fall, 2 Chronicles 21:15, Proverbs 10:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:3 - swear
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And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
go into: Numbers 5:27, Psalms 109:18, Proverbs 1:31, Ezekiel 3:3
the woman: Deuteronomy 27:15-26, Job 31:21, Job 31:22, Job 31:39, Job 31:40, Psalms 7:4, Psalms 7:5
Amen: Psalms 41:13, Psalms 72:19, Psalms 89:52, John 3:3, John 3:11, John 5:24, John 5:25, John 6:53,*Gr.
Reciprocal: Numbers 5:18 - the bitter water Deuteronomy 22:22 - General Nehemiah 5:13 - Amen Jeremiah 28:6 - Amen Matthew 6:13 - Amen 1 Corinthians 14:16 - Amen
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And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
write these: Exodus 17:14, Deuteronomy 31:19, 2 Chronicles 34:24, Job 31:35, Jeremiah 51:60-64, 1 Corinthians 16:21, 1 Corinthians 16:22, Revelation 20:12
blot: Psalms 51:1, Psalms 51:9, Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 44:22, Acts 3:19
Reciprocal: Colossians 2:14 - Blotting
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And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
Zechariah 5:3, Zechariah 5:4, Malachi 3:5
Reciprocal: Numbers 5:18 - the bitter water
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Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:
priest: Numbers 5:15, Numbers 5:18
wave: Exodus 29:24, Leviticus 8:27
Reciprocal: Numbers 6:20 - the priest shall
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And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
Leviticus 2:2, Leviticus 2:9, Leviticus 5:12, Leviticus 6:15
Reciprocal: Numbers 5:18 - and put
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And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
if she be defiled: Numbers 5:20, Proverbs 5:4-11, Ecclesiastes 7:26, Romans 6:21, 2 Corinthians 2:16, Hebrews 10:26-30, 2 Peter 2:10
the woman: Deuteronomy 28:37, Psalms 83:9-11, Isaiah 65:15, Jeremiah 24:9, Jeremiah 29:18, Jeremiah 29:22, Jeremiah 42:18, Zechariah 8:13
Reciprocal: Numbers 5:22 - go into 1 Kings 8:32 - condemning 2 Chronicles 6:23 - requiting 2 Chronicles 21:15 - by disease Psalms 109:18 - so let Proverbs 5:11 - when
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And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
And if: Numbers 5:19, Micah 7:7-10, 2 Corinthians 4:17, 1 Peter 1:7
and shall: Psalms 113:9
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This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
the law: Leviticus 7:11, Leviticus 11:46, Leviticus 13:59, Leviticus 14:54-57, Leviticus 15:32, Leviticus 15:33
when a wife goeth: Numbers 5:12, Numbers 5:15, Numbers 5:19, Isaiah 5:7, Isaiah 5:8
Reciprocal: Numbers 6:21 - the law Numbers 30:16 - General John 4:18 - is not
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Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
Reciprocal: Numbers 5:14 - General Numbers 30:16 - General
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Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
be guiltless: Psalms 37:6
bear: Numbers 9:13, Leviticus 20:10, Leviticus 20:17-20, Ezekiel 18:4, Romans 2:8, Romans 2:9
Reciprocal: Numbers 14:33 - bear Ezekiel 14:10 - they shall Ezekiel 44:10 - bear