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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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GOD spoke to Moses:

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The LORD said to Moses,

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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

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The LORD gave these instructions to Moses:

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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:

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"Command the People of Israel to ban from the camp anyone who has an infectious skin disease, anyone who has a discharge, and anyone who is ritually unclean from contact with a dead body.

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"Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has an infectious skin disease or a discharge of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean because of a dead body.

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"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.

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"Command the people of Israel to remove anyone from the camp who has a contagious skin disease or a discharge, or who has been defiled by touching a dead person.

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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.

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Ban male and female alike; send them outside the camp so that they won't defile their camp, the place I live among them."

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Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them."

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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."

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This applies to men and women alike. Remove them so they will not defile the camp, where I live among you."

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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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The People of Israel did this, banning them from the camp. They did exactly what GOD had commanded through Moses. [JC]

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The Israelites did this; they sent them outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.

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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.

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So the Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and removed such people from the camp.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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GOD spoke to Moses:

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The LORD said to Moses,

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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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Then the LORD said to Moses,

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Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;

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"Tell the People of Israel, When a man or woman commits any sin, the person has broken trust with GOD, is guilty,

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"Say to the Israelites: 'When a man or woman wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the LORD, that person is guilty

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"Speak to the children of Israel: "When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit in unfaithfulness against the LORD, and that person is guilty,

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"Give these instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people--men or women--betray the LORD by doing wrong to another person, they are guilty.

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Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.

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and must confess the sin. Full compensation plus twenty percent must be made to whoever was wronged.

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and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution for his wrong, add one fifth to it and give it all to the person he has wronged.

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then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass in full, plus one-fifth of it, and give it to the one he has wronged.

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They must confess their sin and make full restitution for what they have done, adding a penalty of 20 percent and returning it to the person who was wronged.

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But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.

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If the wronged person has no close relative who can receive the compensation, the compensation belongs to GOD and must be given to the priest, along with the ram by which atonement is made.

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But if that person has no close relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest, along with the ram with which atonement is made for him.

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But if the man has no relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for the wrong must go to the LORD for the priest, in addition to the ram of the atonement with which atonement is made for him.

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But if the person who was wronged is dead, and there are no near relatives to whom restitution can be made, it belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest, along with a ram for atonement.

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And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.

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All the sacred offerings that the People of Israel bring to a priest belong to the priest.

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All the sacred contributions the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.

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Every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his.

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All the sacred gifts that the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.

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And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.

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Each person's sacred offerings are his own, but what one gives to the priest stays with the priest." [JC]

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Each man's sacred gifts are his own, but what he gives to the priest will belong to the priest.'"

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And every man's holy things shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest shall be his."'

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Each priest may keep the sacred donations that he receives."

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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GOD spoke to Moses:

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Then the LORD said to Moses,

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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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And the LORD said to Moses,

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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

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"Tell the People of Israel, Say a man's wife goes off and has an affair, is unfaithful to him

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"Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'If a man's wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him

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"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: "If any man's wife goes astray and behaves unfaithfully toward him,

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"Say to the people of Israel: `Suppose a man's wife goes astray and is unfaithful to her husband.

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And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;

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by sleeping with another man, but her husband knows nothing about it even though she has defiled herself. And then, even though there was no witness and she wasn't caught in the act,

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by sleeping with another man, and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act),

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and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and it is concealed that she has defiled herself, and there was no witness against her, nor was she caught--

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Suppose she sleeps with another man, but there is no witness since she was not caught in the act.

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And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

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feelings of jealousy come over the husband and he suspects that his wife is impure. Even if she is innocent and his jealousy and suspicions are groundless,

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and if feelings of jealousy come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure-or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure-

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if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he becomes jealous of his wife, who has defiled herself; or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he becomes jealous of his wife, although she has not defiled herself--

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If her husband becomes jealous and suspicious of his wife, even if she has not defiled herself,

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Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

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he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of two quarts of barley flour for her. He is to pour no oil on it or mix incense with it because it is a Grain-Offering for jealousy, a Grain-Offering for bringing the guilt out into the open.

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then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour on her behalf. He must not pour oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder offering to draw attention to guilt.

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then the man shall bring his wife to the priest. He shall bring the offering required for her, one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of jealousy, an offering for remembering, for bringing iniquity to remembrance.

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the husband must bring his wife to the priest with an offering of two quarts of barley flour to be presented on her behalf. Do not mix it with olive oil or frankincense, for it is a jealousy offering--an offering of inquiry to find out if she is guilty.

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And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:

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"The priest then is to take her and have her stand in the presence of GOD.

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"'The priest shall bring her and have her stand before the LORD.

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"And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD.

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" `The priest must then present her before the LORD.

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

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He is to take some holy water in a pottery jar and put some dust from the floor of The Dwelling in the water.

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Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

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

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He must take some holy water in a clay jar and mix it with dust from the Tabernacle floor.

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And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

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After the priest has her stand in the presence of GOD he is to uncover her hair and place the exposure-offering in her hands, the Grain-Offering for jealousy, while he holds the bitter water that delivers a curse.

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After the priest has had the woman stand before the LORD, he shall loosen her hair and place in her hands the reminder offering, the grain offering for jealousy, while he himself holds the bitter water that brings a curse.

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Then the priest shall stand the woman before the LORD, uncover the woman's head, and put the offering for remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy. And the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse.

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When he has presented her before the LORD, he must unbind her hair and place the offering of inquiry--the jealousy offering--in her hands to determine whether or not her husband's suspicions are justified. The priest will stand before her, holding the jar of bitter water that brings a curse to those who are guilty.

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And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

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Then the priest will put the woman under oath and say, "If no man has slept with you and you have not had an adulterous affair and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that delivers a curse not harm you.

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Then the priest shall put the woman under oath and say to her, "If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse not harm you.

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And the priest shall put her under oath, and say to the woman, "If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray to uncleanness while under your husband's authority, be free from this bitter water that brings a curse.

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The priest will put the woman under oath and say to her, "If no other man has slept with you, and you have not defiled yourself by being unfaithful, may you be immune from the effects of this bitter water that causes the curse.

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But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:

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But if you have had an affair while married to your husband and have defiled yourself by sleeping with a man other than your husband'--

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But if you have gone astray while married to your husband and you have defiled yourself by sleeping with a man other than your husband"-

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But if you have gone astray while under your husband's authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has lain with you"--

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But if you have gone astray while under your husband's authority and defiled yourself by sleeping with another man"--

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Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

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here the priest puts the woman under this curse--"may GOD cause your people to curse and revile you when he makes your womb shrivel and your belly swell.

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here the priest is to put the woman under this curse of the oath-"may the LORD cause your people to curse and denounce you when he causes your thigh to waste away and your abdomen to swell.

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then the priest shall put the woman under the oath of the curse, and he shall say to the woman--"the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD makes your thigh rot and your belly swell;

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at this point the priest must put the woman under this oath--"then may the people see that the LORD's curse is upon you when he makes you infertile.

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And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

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Let this water that delivers a curse enter your body so that your belly swells and your womb shrivels.'"Then the woman shall say, "Amen. Amen.'

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May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells and your thigh wastes away. 'Then the woman is to say, "Amen. So be it."

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and may this water that causes the curse go into your stomach, and make your belly swell and your thigh rot." "Then the woman shall say, "Amen, so be it."

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Now may this water that brings the curse enter your body and make you infertile. "And the woman will be required to say, "Yes, let it be so."

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And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

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"The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash the words off into the bitter water.

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"'The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash them off into the bitter water.

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"Then the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall scrape them off into the bitter water.

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Then the priest will write these curses on a piece of leather and wash them off into the bitter water.

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And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

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He then is to give the woman the bitter water that delivers a curse. This water will enter her body and cause acute pain.

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He shall have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and this water will enter her and cause bitter suffering.

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And he shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter her to become bitter.

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He will then make the woman drink the bitter water, so it may bring on the curse and cause bitter suffering in cases of guilt.

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Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:

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The priest then is to take from her hands a handful of the Grain-Offering for jealousy, wave it before GOD and bring it to the Altar.

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The priest is to take from her hands the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD and bring it to the altar.

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Then the priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy from the woman's hand, shall wave the offering before the LORD, and bring it to the altar;

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" `Then the priest will take the jealousy offering from the woman's hand, lift it up before the LORD, and carry it to the altar.

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And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

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The priest then is to take a handful of the Grain-Offering, using it as an exposure-offering, and burn it on the Altar; after this he is to make her drink the water.

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The priest is then to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial offering and burn it on the altar; after that, he is to have the woman drink the water.

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

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He will take a handful as a token portion and burn it on the altar. Then he will require the woman to drink the water.

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And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

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If she has defiled herself in being unfaithful to her husband, when she drinks the water that delivers a curse, it will enter her body and cause acute pain; her belly will swell and her womb shrivel. She will be cursed among her people.

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If she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then when she is made to drink the water that brings a curse, it will go into her and cause bitter suffering; her abdomen will swell and her thigh waste away, and she will become accursed among her people.

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When he has made her drink the water, then it shall be, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, that the water that brings a curse will enter her and become bitter, and her belly will swell, her thigh will rot, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

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If she has defiled herself by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings the curse will cause bitter suffering. She will become infertile, and her name will become a curse word among her people.

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And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

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But if she has not defiled herself and is innocent of impurity, her name will be cleared and she will be able to have children.

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If, however, the woman has not defiled herself and is free from impurity, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children.

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But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she shall be free and may conceive children.

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But if she has not defiled herself and is pure, she will be unharmed and will still be able to have children.

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This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

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"This is the law of jealousy in a case where a woman goes off and has an affair and defiles herself while married to her husband,

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"'This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray and defiles herself while married to her husband,

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"This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband's authority, goes astray and defiles herself,

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" `This is the ritual law for dealing with jealousy. If a woman defiles herself by being unfaithful to her husband,

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Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

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or a husband is tormented with feelings of jealousy because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand in the presence of GOD and go through this entire procedure with her.

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or when feelings of jealousy come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the LORD and is to apply this entire law to her.

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or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon a man, and he becomes jealous of his wife; then he shall stand the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute all this law upon her.

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or if a man is overcome with jealousy and suspicion that his wife has been unfaithful, the husband must present his wife before the LORD, and the priest will apply this entire ritual law to her.

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Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

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The husband will be cleared of wrong, but the woman will pay for her wrong."

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The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.'"

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Then the man shall be free from iniquity, but that woman shall bear her guilt."'

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The husband will be innocent of any guilt in this matter, but his wife will be held accountable for her sin.'"

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