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You must expel both men and women; you must put them outside the camp, so that[a] they will not defile their camps, among which I live.” So the Israelites did so, and expelled them outside the camp. As the Lord had spoken[b] to Moses, so the Israelites did.

Restitution for Sin

Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:3 tn The imperfect tense functions here as a final imperfect, expressing the purpose of putting such folks outside the camp. The two preceding imperfects (repeated for emphasis) are taken here as instruction or legislation.
  2. Numbers 5:4 tn The perfect tense is here given a past perfect nuance to stress that the word of the Lord preceded the obedience.

Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.(A) The Israelites did so; they sent them outside the camp. They did just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

Restitution for Wrongs

The Lord said to Moses,

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