El panorama
Números 5 abre con “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”, cambia cerca del versículo 16 con “And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD :” y termina con “Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.”. Estos puntos trazan el movimiento propio del capítulo desde su inicio hasta su conclusión.
Las Escrituras junto al resumen
Números · Versión King James · 31Números 5:1-8
Versículos 1–8: The LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Números 5:1–8 abre con “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,” y llega a “But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Números 5 se desarrolla mediante sus propias voces, acciones, afirmaciones y consecuencias.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,” Nombrar a Moses mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
“Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the…” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
“Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal…” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
Números 5:1-8
Versión King James1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Command 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:
3Both 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.
4And 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.
5And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6Speak 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;
7Then 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.
8But 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.
Números 5:9-16
Versículos 9–16: Every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which…
Números 5:9–16 abre con “And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the…” y llega a “And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD :” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Números 5 se desarrolla mediante sus propias voces, acciones, afirmaciones y consecuencias.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,” Nombrar a Moses mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
“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…” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen carnally, close, defiled. Su relación con los versículos 12 y 14 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
Números 5:9-16
Versión King James9And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
10And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
13And 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;
14And 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:
15Then 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.
16And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD :
Números 5:17-24
Versículos 17–24: The priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust…
Números 5:17–24 abre con “And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor…” y llega a “And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Números 5 se desarrolla mediante sus propias voces, acciones, afirmaciones y consecuencias.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the…” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
“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…” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
“Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make…” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
“And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
Números 5:17-24
Versión King James17And 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:
18And 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:
19And 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:
20But 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:
21Then 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;
22And 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.
23And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
24And 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.
Números 5:25-31
Versículos 25–31: The priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and…
Números 5:25–31 abre con “Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the…” y llega a “Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Números 5 se desarrolla mediante sus propias voces, acciones, afirmaciones y consecuencias.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD…” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
“And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and…” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
“And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done…” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
Números 5:25-31
Versión King James25Then 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:
26And 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.
27And 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.
28And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
29This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
30Or 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.
31Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
Detalles que vale la pena notar
La imagen inicial
Numbers 5:1 comienza con “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”
Dónde cambia el capítulo
Numbers 5:15 forma un giro natural: “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…”
La nota final
Numbers 5:31 deja al lector con “Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.”
Un recorrido de palabras por el capítulo
Las palabras priest, LORD, woman, water, offering, curse ayudan a revelar las preocupaciones que se repiten en el capítulo.
Primero el texto
Donde difieren los lectores
El resumen comienza con lo que dice el pasaje y cómo se relacionan sus partes. No supone que una denominación ya haya resuelto cada pregunta. Toda dependencia de una tradición, teoría literaria o reconstrucción histórica se identifica con claridad.
El texto KJV aparece primero. Las conclusiones interpretativas se identifican, y las diferencias se presentan cuando ayudan a explicar por qué las comunidades serias no siempre llegan a la misma respuesta.
Las notas interpretativas comparativas de este capítulo están en preparación. Hasta que las notas revisadas estén listas, esta página separa el texto KJV del resumen y la aplicación sin afirmar que todos los lectores serios coinciden en cada cuestión.