Numbers 5:3

What does Numbers 5:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 5:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Male or female they are to be put outside the tent-circle, so that they may not make unclean my resting-place among them.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

from male unto female ye do send out; unto the outside of the camp ye do send them; and they defile not their camps in the midst of which I do tabernacle.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Whether it be man or woman, cast ye them out of the camp, lest they defile it when I shall dwell with you,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

both male and female shall ye put out; outside the camp shall ye put them, that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.

Context

v.2Command 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:

v.3This passage

v.4And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp; as Jehovah spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Revelation 21:27

    and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:6

    Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

  • Leviticus 26:11

    And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

  • Numbers 19:22

    And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

  • Isaiah 12:6

    Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.

  • Haggai 2:13

    Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

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