The census is over and the rest of the book seems to be Leviticus part 2
People are unclean by skin diseases, sexual infections, or touching human cadavers are isolated from the camp. There is no mention of people unclean from touching dead unclean animals.
Restitution for wrongful acts to other people must be confessed, returned with a 20% addition on top. If no one is available to claim it, becomes of an offering to God.
The rest of Chapter 5 has something really interesting. If a husband suspects his wife has been unfaithful but has no proof, then they can go to the priests for holy judgment. In a ritual, she drinks holy water. If she is guilty of adultery, she will become sterile. If she is innocent, then the water will have no effect and she can still have kids.
It describes it as the womb shriveling up, which makes me that if she is guilty, it sounds like she will feel immediate pain.
Woooaahh!!! Imagine that conversation. "hey hon, I'm jealous of all that time you spend with Bob, I think you need to take that holy water.". "this is the tenth time you made me drink that water. I think the problem is your jealousy, not me."
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