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Numbers 5:1–4

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every aleper, and every one that hath an bissue, and whosoever is defiled by the cdead: Both male and female shall ye put out, dwithout the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, ein the midst whereof I dwell. And the children of Israel did so, and put them out dwithout the camp: as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.

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Numbers 5:1–4 — The New International Version (NIV)

The Lord said to Moses, “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease or a discharge of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean because of a dead body. Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.” The Israelites did so; they sent them outside the camp. They did just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

Numbers 5:1–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead. You shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.” And the people of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the Lord said to Moses, so the people of Israel did.

Numbers 5:1–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The Lord gave these instructions to Moses: “Command the people of Israel to remove from the camp anyone who has a skin disease or a discharge, or who has become ceremonially unclean by touching a dead person. This command applies to men and women alike. Remove them so they will not defile the camp in which I live among them.” So the Israelites did as the Lord had commanded Moses and removed such people from the camp.

Numbers 5:1–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse. You shall put out both male and female; you shall put them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camps in the midst of which I dwell.” And the children of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the Lord spoke to Moses, so the children of Israel did.

Numbers 5:1–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

The Lord said to Moses, “Command the Israelites to send away from camp anyone with a harmful skin disease. Send away anyone who gives off body fluid or who has become unclean by touching a dead body. Send both men and women outside the camp so that they won’t spread the disease there, where I am living among you.” So Israel obeyed the Lord’s command and sent those people outside the camp. They did just as the Lord had told Moses.

Numbers 5:1–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead: both 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. And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp; as Jehovah spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.

Numbers 5:1–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Command 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 a dead person: both 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. And the children of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp: as Jehovah had said to Moses, so did the children of Israel.

Numbers 5:1–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The Lord said to Moses, “Command the Israelites to send outside the camp anyone who has a serious skin disease or a discharge or anyone who is uncleanfrom touching a dead body. Send all of these unclean men and women outside the camp. They must not make this camp where I live among you unclean.” So the Israelites did as the Lord had told Moses. They sent these unclean people outside the camp. 

Numbers 5:1–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Lord instructed Moses: “Command the Israelites to send away anyone from the camp who is afflicted with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, or anyone who is defiled because of a corpse. You must send away both male or female; send them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps where I dwell among them.” The Israelites did this, sending them outside the camp. The Israelites did as the Lord instructed Moses.

Numbers 5:1–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Command the Israelites to put out of the camp everyone who is leprous, or has a discharge, and everyone who is unclean through contact with a corpse; you shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp; they must not defile their camp, where I dwell among them. The Israelites did so, putting them outside the camp; as the Lord had spoken to Moses, so the Israelites did.

Numbers 5:1–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the Israelites: they must send everyone from the camp who is afflicted with a rash, everyone with a fluid discharge, and everyone unclean through contact with a corpse. You will send away both male and female; you will send them outside the camp. They must not make unclean their camps where I am dwelling in their midst.” So the Israelites did so. They sent them away outside the camp; just as Yahweh spoke to Moses, so did the Israelites.

Numbers 5:1–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, “Tell the Israelites that certain people must be sent away from the camp. Command them to send away anyone who has a skin disease. They must send away all those who have a liquid waste coming from their bodies. And they must send away those who are not ‘clean’ because they have touched a dead body. That applies to men and women alike. Send them out of the camp. They must not make their camp ‘unclean.’ That is where I live among them.”

So the people of Israel did what the Lord commanded. They sent those who were not “clean” out of the camp. They did just as the Lord had directed Moses.

Numbers 5:1–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is unclean because of a dead person.

“You shall send away both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp so that they will not defile their camp where I dwell in their midst.”

The sons of Israel did so and sent them outside the camp; just as the Lord had spoken to Moses, thus the sons of Israel did.


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