2. “Command the Israelites to send away from camp anyone with a harmful skin disease. Send away anyone who gives off body fluid. And send away anyone who has touched a dead body.
3. Send both men and women away from camp. Then they won’t spread the disease there. I am living among you.”
4. So Israel obeyed God’s command. They sent those people outside the camp as the Lord had told Moses.
5. The Lord said to Moses,
6. “Tell the Israelites: ‘When a man or woman does something wrong to another person, that is really sinning against God. That person is guilty.
7. He must tell what he has done wrong. And he must fully pay for the wrong he has done. Then he must add one-fifth to it. And he must give it to the person he wronged.
8. But that person may be dead. That person may not have any close relatives to receive the payment. Then the one who did wrong owes the Lord. That person must pay the priest. The priest must sacrifice a male sheep to remove the wrong so that person will belong to God.
9. When an Israelite brings a holy gift, he should give it to the priest.
10. No one has to give these holy gifts. But if someone does give them, they belong to the priest.’”
11. Then the Lord said to Moses,
12. “Tell the Israelites: ‘A man’s wife might be unfaithful to him.
13. She might commit adultery with another man. Her sin might be kept hidden from her husband. Her husband might not know about the wrong thing she did. Perhaps no one saw it, and she wasn’t caught.
14. But her husband might have feelings of jealousy whether she has sinned or not.
15. He then should take her to the priest. The husband must also take an offering for her. This offering will be two quarts of barley flour. He must not pour oil or incense on it. This is a grain offering for jealousy. It is to find out if she is guilty.
16. “‘The priest will bring in the woman and make her stand before the Lord.
17. He will take some holy water in a clay jar. Then he will put some dirt from the floor of the Holy Tent into the water.
18. The priest will make the woman stand before the Lord. Then he will loosen her hair. And he will hand her the grain offering for jealousy. He will hold the bitter water that brings a curse on her.
19. The priest will tell her what the oath says will happen to her. He will ask her, “Has another man committed adultery with you? Have you been unfaithful to your husband? If you haven’t, then this water that brings a curse won’t hurt you.
20. But what if you have been unfaithful to your husband? What if you have committed adultery with a man besides your husband?”