Orthodox Jewish Bible

Bamidbar 5:1-11 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

1. And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

2. Command the Bnei Yisroel, that they put out of the machaneh every tzaru'a, and every one that hath a discharge, and whosoever is tameh lanefesh (unclean, defiled by reason of contact with a corpse),

3. Both zakhar and nekevah shall ye put out, without the machaneh shall ye put them; that they defile not their machanot, in the midst whereof I dwell.

4. And the Bnei Yisroel did so, and put them outside the machaneh; just as Hashem spoke unto Moshe, so did the Bnei Yisroel.

5. And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

6. Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, When a man or woman shall commit any chattot that men commit, l'me'ol ma'al baHashem (thereby trespassing against Hashem), and feels guilty;

7. Then they shall make vidduy (confession of sin) of their chattot which they have committed; and shall make reparation in full, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom they hath incurred liability.

8. But if the man have no go'el unto whom reparation for the asham can be made, let the asham be recompensed unto Hashem, even to the kohen, besides the ram of the kippurim, whereby a kapparah shall be made on his behalf.

9. And every terumah of all the holy things of the Bnei Yisroel, which they bring unto the kohen, shall be his.

10. And every man's things set apart as kodesh shall be his; whatsoever any man giveth the kohen, it shall be his.

11. And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,