Numbers 5:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 5:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 5:2 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoev..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 5:2 — KJV
“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:”
— Numbers 5:2 (KJV)
Numbers 5:2 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 5:2
“And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:2: command, children, israel
“Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:2: children, israel, put
“And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:2: command, children, israel
“As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:2: command, children, israel
“And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:2: command, children, israel
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