Numbers 5:3

“Both male and female you shall send out; outside the camp you shall send them, so that they do not make unclean their camps, in the midst of which I dwell.””

Numbers 5:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 5:3, word by word

Both maleזָּכָרzachar

male

A person of the male sex, man or boy.

Where else “zachar” appears
and femaleנְקֵבָהnekeva

female

Female; a woman, or a female animal.

Where else “nekeva” appears
you shall send outתְּשַׁלֵּחוּteshalechu

send away

To send away, or divorce one's wife.

Where else “teshalechu” appears
outsideחוּץchuts

outside

What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.

Where else “chuts” appears
the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane

camp

A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.

Where else “machane” appears
make uncleanיְטַמְּאוּyetamu

defile

To make someone or something unclean.

Where else “yetamu” appears
in the midst of whichתוֹכָtocha

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

Where else “tocha” appears
dwellשֹׁכֵןshochen

dwell

To live somewhere, stay.

Where else “shochen” appears

The context

2“Command the sons of Israel to send out of the camp everyone with leprosy, and everyone with a discharge, and everyone who is unclean through a corpse.

3 · This verse (above)

4And the sons of Israel did so, and sent them outside the camp; as YHWH had spoken to Moses, so the sons of Israel did.

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