Numbers 5 · Verse 3

Numbers 5:3

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 other translations

BSBYou must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
WEBYou shall put both male and female outside of the camp so that they don’t defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.”
ASVboth 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.
YLTfrom male unto female ye do send out; unto the outside of the camp ye do send them; and they defile not their camps in the midst of which I do tabernacle.'
DARBYboth 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.
BBEMale or female they are to be put outside the tent-circle, so that they may not make unclean my resting-place among them.
WebsterBoth male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst of which I dwell.

What does Numbers 5:3 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 5:1-10

The camp was to be cleansed. The purity of the church must be kept as carefully as the peace and order of it. Every polluted Israelite must be separated. The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable. The greater profession of religion any house or family makes, the more they are obliged to put away iniquity far from them. If a man overreach or defraud his brother in any matter, it is a trespass against the…

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Numbers 5:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מִזָּכָ֤רmi.za.Kharfrom maleH2145
עַד\־'ad-untoH5704
נְקֵבָה֙ne.ke.VahfemaleH5347
תְּשַׁלֵּ֔חוּte.sha.Le.chuyou will send awayH7971
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מִח֥וּץmi.Chutzfrom [the] outsideH2351
לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הla.ma.cha.Nehof the campH4264
תְּשַׁלְּח֑וּםte.sha.le.Chumyou will send away themH7971
וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808
יְטַמְּאוּ֙ye.ta.me.'Uthey will make uncleanH2930
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מַ֣חֲנֵיהֶ֔םma.cha.nei.Hemcamps theirH4264
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589
שֹׁכֵ֥ןsho.Khen[am] dwellingH7931
בְּתוֹכָֽם\׃be.to.Khamin midst of themH8432

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Cross references for Numbers 5:3

  • Deuteronomy 23:14

    For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

  • Leviticus 26:11-12

    And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

  • Numbers 35:34

    Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.

  • Psalms 68:18

    Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

  • Revelation 21:3

    And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

  • Titus 3:10

    A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;

  • Revelation 21:27

    And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:6

    Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:16-17

    And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

  • Haggai 2:13-14

    Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:7-13

    Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. …

  • 1 Kings 7:3

    And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
without.
1Ki 7:3; 1Co 5:7-13; 2Co 6:17; 2Th 3:6; Tit 3:10; Heb 12:15,16
2Jo 1:10,11; Re 21:27
defile not.
19:22; Hag 2:13,14
in the midst.
Le 26:11,12; De 23:14; Ps 68:18; Isa 12:6; 2Co 6:16; Re 21:3

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Context

  • Numbers 5:2

    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 the dead:

  • Numbers 5:3

    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 5:4

    And 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.

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Numbers 5:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así hombres como mujeres echaréis, fuera del campo los echaréis; porque no contaminen el campo de aquellos entre los cuales yo habito.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tant homme que femme, vous les mettrez dehors; vous les mettrez hors du camp, afin qu’ils ne rendent pas impurs leurs camps, au milieu desquels j’habite.
German
Elberfelder 1871
sowohl Mann als Weib sollt ihr hinaustun, vor das Lager sollt ihr sie hinaustun, damit sie nicht ihre Lager verunreinigen, in deren Mitte ich wohne.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
tam masculum quam feminam ejicite de castris, ne contaminent ea cum habitaverint vobiscum.