Numbers 5:5
in Numbers 5And the LORD said to Moses,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
KJV
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
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This verse in Numbers 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The law of restitution: a passage supplementary to Lev 5:5, etc., Lev 6:5, etc. Num 5:7 Recompense his trespass - i. e. make restitution to the person whom he has injured. Num 5:8 Whereby an atonement shall be made for him - literally, “which shall clear him of guilt as to it,” i. e. as to the trespass. Num 5:10 And every man’s hallowed things shall be his - i. e. the priest’s. The heave offerings Num 5:9 and dedicatory offerings (e. g. first-fruits) were to be the perquisite of the officiating priests.
This site's exposition
So the Israelites did this
on Numbers 5:4-5
Israel obeys, and the verse says so twice over, which matches the closing line of the census at Numbers 4:49. Compliance is recorded steadily from chapter 1 through chapter 10, and the record breaks at 11:1, where the people complain.
This site's exposition
And the LORD said to Moses
A new law opens, and Albert Barnes calls it a supplement to the trespass laws of Leviticus 5 and 6. John Gill takes it as spoken at the same sitting as the rule on the unclean. The camp is cleared of wrong as well as of defilement.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... Or continued to speak to him at the same time: saying; as follows.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר | vaydaber | and he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֥ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| לֵּאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיְדַבֵּ֥רand he spoke
vaydaberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֥הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
לֵּאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Numbers
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).