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Numbers 5:3 KJV
Numbers · chapter 5 · verse 3
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.Numbers 5:3 · King James Version
Numbers 5:3 in context
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Command 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:
3Both 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.
4And 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.
5And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- withoutchûwtsproperly, separate by awallH2351 →
- whereofʼăsherwho, which, what, thatH834 →
- femalenᵉqêbâhfemaleH5347 →
- defileṭâmêʼto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral senseH2930 →
- midsttâveka bisectionH8432 →
- malezâkârproperly, rememberedH2145 →
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Here is, I. A command for the purifying of the camp, by turning out from within its lines all those that were ceremonially unclean, by issues, leprosies, or the touch of dead bodies, until they were cleansed according to the law, Num 5:2, Num 5:3. 1. These orders are executed immediately, Num 5:4.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10