Numbers 5:1

CHAPTER V

The Israelites are commanded to purify the camp by excluding all

lepers, and all diseased and unclean persons, 1-3.

They do so, 4.

Law concerning him who has defrauded another-he shall confess

his sin, restore the principal and add besides one fifth of its

value, 5-7.

If he have no kinsman to whom the recompense can be made, it

shall be given unto the Lord, 8.

All the holy things offered to the Lord shall be the priest's

portion, 9,10.

The law concerning jealousy, 11-14.

The suspected woman's offering, 15.

She is to be brought before the Lord, 16.

The priest shall take holy water, and put it in dust from the

floor of the tabernacle, 17.

Shall put the offering in her hand, and adjure her, 18-20.

The form of the oath, 21, 22;

which is to be written on a book, blotted out in the bitter

waters, and these the suspected person shall be obliged to

drink, 23, 24.

The jealousy-offering shall be waved before the Lord, 25, 26.

The effect which shall be produced if the suspected person be

guilty, 27.

The effect if not guilty, 28.

Recapitulation, with the purpose and design of the law, 29, 30.

NOTES ON CHAP. V