במדבר 5

1 וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying,

2 צַו אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וִֽישַׁלְּחוּ מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה כׇּל־צָרוּעַ וְכׇל־זָב וְכֹל טָמֵא לָנָֽפֶשׁ׃

“Enjoin the children of Israel [God prevails] that they put out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has an issue, and whoever is unclean by the dead.

3 מִזָּכָר עַד־נְקֵבָה תְּשַׁלֵּחוּ אֶל־מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶה תְּשַׁלְּחוּם וְלֹא יְטַמְּאוּ אֶת־מַחֲנֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי שֹׁכֵן בְּתוֹכָֽם׃

Both you shall put male and female outside of the camp; that they not defile their camp, in the middle of which I dwell.”

4 וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיְשַׁלְּחוּ אוֹתָם אֶל־מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה כֵּן עָשׂוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

The children of Israel [God prevails] did so, and put them outside of the camp; as Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], so did the children of Israel [God prevails].

5 וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying,

6 דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ אֽוֹ־אִשָּׁה כִּי יַעֲשׂוּ מִכׇּל־חַטֹּאת הָֽאָדָם לִמְעֹל מַעַל בַּיהֹוָה וְאָֽשְׁמָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִֽוא׃

“Speak to the children of Israel [God prevails]: ‘When a man or woman commits any habitual sin ·missing the mark· that men commit, so as to do an unfaithful act against Adonai, and that soul is condemned guilty;

7 וְהִתְוַדּוּ אֶֽת־חַטָּאתָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ וְהֵשִׁיב אֶת־אֲשָׁמוֹ בְּרֹאשׁוֹ וַחֲמִישִׁתוֹ יֹסֵף עָלָיו וְנָתַן לַאֲשֶׁר אָשַׁם לֽוֹ׃

then he shall yadah ·extend hands in confession· of his habitual sin ·missing the mark· which he has done, and he shall make restitution for his fault incurring guilt in full, and add to it the fifth part of it, and give it to him in respect of whom he has been condemned guilty.

8 וְאִם־אֵין לָאִישׁ גֹּאֵל לְהָשִׁיב הָאָשָׁם אֵלָיו הָאָשָׁם הַמּוּשָׁב לַיהֹוָה לַכֹּהֵן מִלְּבַד אֵיל הַכִּפֻּרִים אֲשֶׁר יְכַפֶּר־בּוֹ עָלָֽיו׃

But if the man has no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the fault incurring guilt, the restitution for fault incurring guilt which is made to Adonai shall be the priest’s; besides the ram of the atonement, by which atonement shall be made for him.

9 וְכׇל־תְּרוּמָה לְכׇל־קׇדְשֵׁי בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר־יַקְרִיבוּ לַכֹּהֵן לוֹ יִהְיֶֽה׃

Every heave offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel [God prevails], which they present to the priest, shall be his.

10 וְאִישׁ אֶת־קֳדָשָׁיו לוֹ יִהְיוּ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִתֵּן לַכֹּהֵן לוֹ יִהְיֶֽה׃

Every man’s holy things shall be his: whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his.’”

11 וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying,

12 דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם אִישׁ אִישׁ כִּֽי־תִשְׂטֶה אִשְׁתּוֹ וּמָעֲלָה בוֹ מָֽעַל׃

“Speak to the children of Israel [God prevails], and tell them: ‘If any man’s wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,

13 וְשָׁכַב אִישׁ אֹתָהּ שִׁכְבַת־זֶרַע וְנֶעְלַם מֵעֵינֵי אִישָׁהּ וְנִסְתְּרָה וְהִיא נִטְמָאָה וְעֵד אֵין בָּהּ וְהִוא לֹא נִתְפָּֽשָׂה׃

and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

14 וְעָבַר עָלָיו רֽוּחַ־קִנְאָה וְקִנֵּא אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וְהִוא נִטְמָאָה אוֹ־עָבַר עָלָיו רֽוּחַ־קִנְאָה וְקִנֵּא אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וְהִיא לֹא נִטְמָֽאָה׃

and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is not defiled:

15 וְהֵבִיא הָאִישׁ אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן וְהֵבִיא אֶת־קׇרְבָּנָהּ עָלֶיהָ עֲשִׂירִת הָאֵיפָה קֶמַח שְׂעֹרִים לֹֽא־יִצֹק עָלָיו שֶׁמֶן וְלֹֽא־יִתֵּן עָלָיו לְבֹנָה כִּֽי־מִנְחַת קְנָאֹת הוּא מִנְחַת זִכָּרוֹן מַזְכֶּרֶת עָוֺֽן׃

then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring her offering for her: one tenth of an ephah [an omer; 2.3 q; 2.2 L] of barley meal. He shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it is a meal offering of jealousy, a meal offering of memorial, bringing depravity (moral evil) to memory.

16 וְהִקְרִיב אֹתָהּ הַכֹּהֵן וְהֶֽעֱמִדָהּ לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָֽה׃

The priest shall bring her near, and set her before Adonai;

17 וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן מַיִם קְדֹשִׁים בִּכְלִי־חָרֶשׂ וּמִן־הֶֽעָפָר אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בְּקַרְקַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן יִקַּח הַכֹּהֵן וְנָתַן אֶל־הַמָּֽיִם׃

and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water.

18 וְהֶעֱמִיד הַכֹּהֵן אֶֽת־הָאִשָּׁה לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה וּפָרַע אֶת־רֹאשׁ הָֽאִשָּׁה וְנָתַן עַל־כַּפֶּיהָ אֵת מִנְחַת הַזִּכָּרוֹן מִנְחַת קְנָאֹת הִוא וּבְיַד הַכֹּהֵן יִהְיוּ מֵי הַמָּרִים הַמְאָֽרְרִֽים׃

The priest shall set the woman before Adonai, and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and put the meal offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy. The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings a curse.

19 וְהִשְׁבִּיעַ אֹתָהּ הַכֹּהֵן וְאָמַר אֶל־הָֽאִשָּׁה אִם־לֹא שָׁכַב אִישׁ אֹתָךְ וְאִם־לֹא שָׂטִית טֻמְאָה תַּחַת אִישֵׁךְ הִנָּקִי מִמֵּי הַמָּרִים הַֽמְאָרְרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

The priest shall cause her to swear, and shall tell the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you haven’t gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.

20 וְאַתְּ כִּי שָׂטִית תַּחַת אִישֵׁךְ וְכִי נִטְמֵאת וַיִּתֵּן אִישׁ בָּךְ אֶת־שְׁכׇבְתּוֹ מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵי אִישֵֽׁךְ׃

But if you have gone astray, being under your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:”

21 וְהִשְׁבִּיעַ הַכֹּהֵן אֶֽת־הָאִשָּׁה בִּשְׁבֻעַת הָאָלָה וְאָמַר הַכֹּהֵן לָֽאִשָּׁה יִתֵּן יְהֹוָה אוֹתָךְ לְאָלָה וְלִשְׁבֻעָה בְּתוֹךְ עַמֵּךְ בְּתֵת יְהֹוָה אֶת־יְרֵכֵךְ נֹפֶלֶת וְאֶת־בִּטְנֵךְ צָבָֽה׃

then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, “Adonai make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Adonai allows your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;

22 וּבָאוּ הַמַּיִם הַמְאָרְרִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּֽמֵעַיִךְ לַצְבּוֹת בֶּטֶן וְלַנְפִּל יָרֵךְ וְאָמְרָה הָאִשָּׁה אָמֵן ׀ אָמֵֽן׃

and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away.” The woman shall say, “Amen, Amen ·So be it, So be it·.”

23 וְכָתַב אֶת־הָאָלֹת הָאֵלֶּה הַכֹּהֵן בַּסֵּפֶר וּמָחָה אֶל־מֵי הַמָּרִֽים׃

“‘The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.

24 וְהִשְׁקָה אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה אֶת־מֵי הַמָּרִים הַמְאָֽרְרִים וּבָאוּ בָהּ הַמַּיִם הַֽמְאָרְרִים לְמָרִֽים׃

He shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse; and the water that causes the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.

25 וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן מִיַּד הָֽאִשָּׁה אֵת מִנְחַת הַקְּנָאֹת וְהֵנִיף אֶת־הַמִּנְחָה לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה וְהִקְרִיב אֹתָהּ אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

The priest shall take the meal offering of jealousy out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the meal offering before Adonai, and bring it to the altar.

26 וְקָמַץ הַכֹּהֵן מִן־הַמִּנְחָה אֶת־אַזְכָּרָתָהּ וְהִקְטִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה וְאַחַר יַשְׁקֶה אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה אֶת־הַמָּֽיִם׃

The priest shall take a handful of the meal offering, as its memorial, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.

27 וְהִשְׁקָהּ אֶת־הַמַּיִם וְהָיְתָה אִֽם־נִטְמְאָה וַתִּמְעֹל מַעַל בְּאִישָׁהּ וּבָאוּ בָהּ הַמַּיִם הַמְאָֽרְרִים לְמָרִים וְצָבְתָה בִטְנָהּ וְנָפְלָה יְרֵכָהּ וְהָיְתָה הָאִשָּׁה לְאָלָה בְּקֶרֶב עַמָּֽהּ׃

When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled, and has committed an unfaithful act against her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away: and the woman will be a curse among her people.

28 וְאִם־לֹא נִטְמְאָה הָֽאִשָּׁה וּטְהֹרָה הִוא וְנִקְּתָה וְנִזְרְעָה זָֽרַע׃

If the woman is not defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive offspring.

29 זֹאת תּוֹרַת הַקְּנָאֹת אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׂטֶה אִשָּׁה תַּחַת אִישָׁהּ וְנִטְמָֽאָה׃

“‘This is the Torah ·Teaching· of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goes astray, and is defiled;

30 אוֹ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲבֹר עָלָיו רוּחַ קִנְאָה וְקִנֵּא אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וְהֶעֱמִיד אֶת־הָֽאִשָּׁה לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה וְעָשָׂה לָהּ הַכֹּהֵן אֵת כׇּל־הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּֽאת׃

or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman before Adonai, and the priest shall execute on her all this Torah ·Teaching·.

31 וְנִקָּה הָאִישׁ מֵעָוֺן וְהָאִשָּׁה הַהִוא תִּשָּׂא אֶת־עֲוֺנָֽהּ׃

The man shall be free from depravity (moral evil), and that woman shall bear her depravity (moral evil).’”