Unclean People
1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Command the people of Israel to expel from the camp everyone with a dreaded skin disease or a bodily discharge and everyone who is unclean by contact with a corpse. 3 Send all these ritually unclean people out, so that they will not defile the camp, where I live among my people.” 4 The Israelites obeyed and expelled them all from the camp.
Repayment for Wrongs Done
5 The Lord gave Moses 6 the following instructions for the people of Israel. When any of you are unfaithful to the Lord and commit a wrong against someone, 7 you must confess your sin and make full repayment, plus an additional 20 percent, to the person you have wronged. 8 But if that person has died and has no near relative to whom payment can be made, it shall be given to the Lord for the priest. This payment is in addition to the ram used to perform the ritual of purification for the guilty person. 9 Also every special contribution which the Israelites offer to the Lord belongs to the priest to whom they present it. 10 Each priest shall keep the offerings presented to him.
Cases of Wives with Suspicious Husbands
11 The Lord commanded Moses 12-14 to give the Israelites the following instructions. It may happen that a man becomes suspicious that his wife is unfaithful to him and has defiled herself by having intercourse with another man. But the husband may not be certain, for his wife may have kept it secret—there was no witness, and she was not caught in the act. Or it may happen that a husband becomes suspicious of his wife, even though she has not been unfaithful. 15 In either case the man shall take his wife to the priest. He shall also take the required offering of two pounds of barley flour, but he shall not pour any olive oil on it or put any incense on it, because it is an offering from a suspicious husband, made to bring the truth to light.
16 The priest shall bring the woman forward and have her stand in front of the altar. 17 He shall pour some holy water into a clay bowl and take some of the earth that is on the floor of the Tent of the Lord's presence and put it in the water to make it bitter. 18 Then he shall loosen the woman's hair and put the offering of flour in her hands. In his hands the priest shall hold the bowl containing the bitter water that brings a curse. 19 Then the priest shall make the woman agree to this oath spoken by the priest: “If you have not committed adultery, you will not be harmed by the curse that this water brings. 20 But if you have committed adultery, 21 may the Lord make your name a curse among your people. May he cause your genital organs to shrink and your stomach to swell up. 22 May this water enter your stomach and cause it to swell up and your genital organs to shrink.”
The woman shall respond, “I agree; may the Lord do so.”
23 Then the priest shall write this curse down and wash the writing off into the bowl of bitter water. 24 Before he makes the woman drink the water, which may then cause her bitter pain, 25 the priest shall take the offering of flour out of the woman's hands, hold it out in dedication to the Lord, and present it on the altar. 26 Then he shall take a handful of it as a token offering and burn it on the altar. Finally, he shall make the woman drink the water. 27 If she has committed adultery, the water will cause bitter pain; her stomach will swell up and her genital organs will shrink. Her name will become a curse among her people. 28 But if she is innocent, she will not be harmed and will be able to bear children.
29-30 This is the law in cases where a man is jealous and becomes suspicious that his wife has committed adultery. The woman shall be made to stand in front of the altar, and the priest shall perform this ritual. 31 The husband shall be free of guilt, but the woman, if guilty, must suffer the consequences.
نفي المنجسين
1 وكلَّمَ الرّبُّ موسى فقالَ: 2 «تُوصي بَني إِسرائيلَ أنْ يَنفوا مِنَ المَحلَّةِ كُلَّ أبرَصَ، وكُلَّ مَنْ بهِ سَيلانٌ، وكُلَّ مُنَجَّسٍ بِمَيْتٍ 3 ذَكَرا أو أُنثى. يَنفونَهُم إلى خارِجِ المَحلَّةِ لئلاَّ يُنَجِّسوا المَحلَّةَ حيثُ أنا مُقيمٌ فيما بَينَهُم». 4 فَفَعلَ بَنو إِسرائيلَ ذلِكَ، فنَفَوهُم إلى خارِجِ المَحلِّةِ، كما أمَرَ الرّبُّ موسى.
5 وكلَّمَ الرّبُّ موسى فقالَ: 6 «قُلْ لِبَني إِسرائيلَ: أَيُّ رَجُلٍ أوِ امرَأةٍ خَطِـئَ فاخْتَلَسَ مِنْ أحدٍ شيئا فهوَ مُذنبٌ. 7 فليَعتَرِفْ بِـخطيئَتِهِ الّتي فعَلَها، ويَرُدَّ ما اختَلَسَهُ ويَزِدْ علَيهِ خُمسَه ويَدفَعْهُ إلى مَنْ أذنبَ إليهِ. 8 فإنْ ماتَ الرَّجلُ، ولم يكُنْ لَه قريـبٌ لِـيَرُدَّ إليهِ ما اختَلَسَهُ، فعلَيهِ أنْ يَرُدَّهُ إلى الرّبِّ. فيأخُذُهُ الكاهنُ لِنَفسِهِ فَضْلا عَنْ كَبْشِ الكَفَّارَةِ الّذي يُكَفِّرُ بِهِ عَنهُ. 9 وكُلُّ تَقدِمةٍ خاصَّةٍ يُقَدِّسُها بَنو إِسرائيلَ لِلرّبِّ ويَجلِبونَها إلى الكاهنِ، فلَه تكونُ. 10 وإذا أعطى أحدٌ شيئا لِلكاهنِ، فلَه يكونُ».
11 وكلَّمَ الرّبُّ موسى فقالَ: 12 «قُلْ لِبَني إِسرائيلَ: أيُّ رَجُلٍ مالَت زَوجتُه إلى خِيانَتِهِ، 13 فجامَعَها رَجُلٌ وأُخفِـيَ ذلكَ عَنْ عينَيْ زَوجِها، واسْتَتَرَ تَنَجُّسُها، ولا شاهِدَ علَيها، وما أفشِـيَ سِرُّها، 14 وداخَلَتْهُ روحُ الغَيرَةِ فغارَ على زَوجتِه وهي نَجِسةٌ أو غيرُ نَجِسةٍ، 15 يأتي بِزَوجَتِه إلى الكاهنِ معَ قُربانٍ لها قَدْرُهُ عُشْرُ قُفَّةٍ مِنْ دقيقِ الشَّعيرِ، لا يصُبُّ علَيهِ زيتا ولا يجعلُ علَيهِ لُبانا لأنَّهُ تَقدِمةُ غَيرةٍ، قُربانُ تَذكارٍ يُذَكِّرُ بالذُّنوبِ.
16 «فَيُقَدِّمُ الكاهنُ المَرأةَ وُقوفا أمامَ الرّبِّ، 17 ويأخذُ ماءً مُقَدَّسا في وِعاءِ خزَفٍ ويُلقي فيهِ مِنَ الغُبارِ الّذي في أرضِ المَسكنِ. 18 ويكشِفُ الكاهنُ رأسَها ويجعَلُ على راحَتَيها قُربانَ التَّذْكارِ، تَقدِمةَ الغَيرَةِ، وفي يَدِهِ الماءُ المُرُّ الجالِبُ اللَّعنةِ. 19 ويُحَلِّفُها ويقولُ لها: «إنْ كانَ لم يُضاجِعْكِ رَجُلٌ ولم تَميلي إلى نَجاسةٍ معَ غَيرِ زَوجِكِ، فأنتِ بَريئةٌ مِنْ هذا الماءِ المُرِّ الجالِبِ اللَّعنةِ. 20 ولكِنْ إنْ كُنتِ مِلْتِ إلى غيرِ زَوجِكِ وتَنَجَّسْتِ بهِ وضاجَعْتِهِ 21 فأنا الكاهنُ أُحلِّفُكِ بِيَمينِ اللَّعنةِ وأقولُ لكِ: «يَجعَلُكِ الرّبُّ لعنةً ومَسَّةً بَينَ شعبِكِ، بِأنْ يَجعَلَ وِرْكَكِ ساقِطَةً وبَطنَكِ وَارِما، 22 ويُدخِلَ هذا الماءَ الجالِبَ اللَّعنةِ في أمعائِكِ لِتَوريمِ البَطْنِ وإسقاطِ الوِرْكِ». فتَقولُ المَرأةُ آمينَ آمينَ.
23 «فيَكْتبُ الكاهنُ هذِهِ اللَّعناتِ في الكتابِ ويَمحُوها بِالماءِ المُرِّ، 24 ويسقي المَرأةَ الماءَ المُرَّ الجالِبَ اللَّعنةِ، فيدخُلُ فيها الماءُ الجالِبُ اللعنةِ لِتَشعُرَ بِمَرارَتِه. 25 ويتَناولُ الكاهنُ مِنْ يَدِها تقدِمةَ الغَيرةِ ويُحَرِّكُها أمامَ الرّبِّ علامةَ التَّكريسِ ويُقَدِّمُها إلى المذبَحِ، 26 ويأخُذُ مِنَ التَّقدِمةِ عَيِّنَةً تَذكاريَّةً ويُوقِدُها على المذبَحِ، ثم يسقي المَرأةَ الماءَ. 27 فإذا كانَت تَنَجَّسَت وخانَت زَوجَها يدخلُ فيها ماءُ اللَّعنةِ المُرُّ فَيَتورَّمُ بَطْنُها وتَسقُطُ وِرْكُها، وتكونُ المَرأةُ لعنةً فيما بَينَ شعبِها. 28 وإنْ لم تَكُنِ المَرأةُ تَنَجَّسَت، بل كانَت طاهِرةً، تَبرَأُ وتحمِلُ بَنينَ.
29 هذِهِ شريعةُ الغَيرَةِ فيما إذا مالَتِ المَرأةُ إلى خِيانةٍ وتَنَجَّسَت، 30 أو داخَلَت رَجُلا روحُ الغَيرَةِ فغارَ على زَوجتِهِ وأوقَفَها الكاهنُ أمامَ الرّبِّ وعَمِلَ جميعَ ما في هذِهِ الشَّريعةِ. 31 فيَبرأُ الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الإثْمِ وأمَّا المَرأةُ فتـتحَمَّلُ عاقِبةَ إثْمِها.