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 · 2000both 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 · 1611Both 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 · 1901both 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 · 1949Male 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 · 1862from 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) · 1752Whether 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 · 1890both 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
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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