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Numbers 5

The Lord spoke to Moses: Tell the Israelites to put out of the camp everyone with a skin disease and everyone with a flow, and whoever is unclean from the dead. You will put out both male and female. You will put them outside the camp, so they don't make their camps unclean, where I live among them. The Israelites did that and put them ou

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Out of the camp; making good

The Lord spoke to Moses: Tell the Israelites to put out of the camp everyone with a skin disease and everyone with a flow, and whoever is unclean from the dead. You will put out both male and female. You will put them outside the camp, so they don't make their camps unclean, where I live among them. The Israelites did that and put them outside the camp. As the Lord spoke to Moses, that is what the Israelites did. The Lord spoke to Moses: Speak to the Israelites: When a man or woman does any sin that people do, and breaks faith against the Lord, and that person is guilty — Then they will own up to their sin they've done. He will make it good in full and add a fifth to it, and give it to the one he's wronged. But if the man has no relative to make it good to, let the wrong be made good to the Lord, to the priest — besides the ram of covering, that covering is made with for him. Every offering of all the holy things of the Israelites that they bring to the priest will be his. Every man's holy things will be his. Whatever any man gives the priest will be his.

And the Lord spoke to Moses: Order the people of Israel to put out of the camp everyone with a skin disease and everyone with a flow, and whoever is unclean from the dead. You'll put out both male and female. You'll put them outside the camp, so they don't make their camps unclean, where I live among them. And the people of Israel did that and put them outside the camp. The way the Lord spoke to Moses, that's what the people of Israel did. And the Lord spoke to Moses: Speak to the people of Israel: When a man or woman does any sin that people do, and breaks faith against the Lord, and that soul is guilty — then they'll own up to their sin they've done. And he'll make it good in full and add a fifth to it, and give it to the one he's wronged. But if the man has no relative to make it good to, let the wrong be made good to the Lord, to the priest — besides the ram of covering, that covering is made with for him. And every offering of all the holy things of the people of Israel that they bring to the priest will be his. And every man's holy things will be his. Whatever any man gives the priest will be his.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 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: Both 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. And 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. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak 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; Then 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. But 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. And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.

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The Lord spoke to Moses:

Plain English

And the Lord spoke to Moses:

King James Version, 1611

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Tell the Israelites to put out of the camp everyone with a skin disease and everyone with a flow, and whoever is unclean from the dead.

Plain English

Order the people of Israel to put out of the camp everyone with a skin disease and everyone with a flow, and whoever is unclean from the dead.

King James Version, 1611

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:

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You will put out both male and female. You will put them outside the camp, so they don't make their camps unclean, where I live among them.

Plain English

You'll put out both male and female. You'll put them outside the camp, so they don't make their camps unclean, where I live among them.

King James Version, 1611

Both 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.

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The Israelites did that and put them outside the camp. As the Lord spoke to Moses, that is what the Israelites did.

Plain English

And the people of Israel did that and put them outside the camp. The way the Lord spoke to Moses, that's what the people of Israel did.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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The Lord spoke to Moses:

Plain English

And the Lord spoke to Moses:

King James Version, 1611

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Speak to the Israelites: When a man or woman does any sin that people do, and breaks faith against the Lord, and that person is guilty —

Plain English

Speak to the people of Israel: When a man or woman does any sin that people do, and breaks faith against the Lord, and that soul is guilty —

King James Version, 1611

Speak 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;

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Then they will own up to their sin they've done. He will make it good in full and add a fifth to it, and give it to the one he's wronged.

Plain English

then they'll own up to their sin they've done. And he'll make it good in full and add a fifth to it, and give it to the one he's wronged.

King James Version, 1611

Then 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.

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But if the man has no relative to make it good to, let the wrong be made good to the Lord, to the priest — besides the ram of covering, that covering is made with for him.

King James Version, 1611

But 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.

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Every offering of all the holy things of the Israelites that they bring to the priest will be his.

Plain English

And every offering of all the holy things of the people of Israel that they bring to the priest will be his.

King James Version, 1611

And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.

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Every man's holy things will be his. Whatever any man gives the priest will be his.

Plain English

And every man's holy things will be his. Whatever any man gives the priest will be his.

King James Version, 1611

And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.

The teaching about jealousy

The Lord spoke to Moses: Speak to the Israelites and say to them: If any man's wife goes aside and breaks faith with him, And a man sleeps with her, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and kept secret, and she's defiled, and there is no witness against her and she was not caught — The spirit of jealousy comes on him and he's jealous of his wife, and she's defiled; or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him and he's jealous of his wife, and she isn't defiled — Then the man will bring his wife to the priest, and he will bring her offering for her, a tenth of barley flour. He will not pour oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembering, bringing wrongdoing to mind. The priest will bring her near and set her before the Lord. The priest will take holy water in a clay pot, and take some of the dust on the floor of the tent and put it into the water. The priest will set the woman before the Lord and uncover the woman's head, and put the grain offering of remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy. And the priest will have in his hand the bitter water that brings the curse. The priest will make her swear and say to the woman: If no man has lain with you and you have not gone aside to impurity with another instead of your husband, be free from this bitter water that brings the curse. But if you've gone aside to another instead of your husband and you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband — Then the priest will make the woman swear with an oath of cursing, and the priest will say to the woman: The Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the Lord makes your thigh waste away and your belly swell. And this water that brings the curse will go into your insides, to make your belly swell and your thigh waste away. And the woman will say: Amen, amen. The priest will write these curses in a book and wipe them out with the bitter water. He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings the curse. And the water that brings the curse will go into her and be bitter. Then the priest will take the grain offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand and wave the grain offering before the Lord, and offer it on the altar. The priest will take a handful of the grain offering, a reminder of it, and burn it on the altar. And after that he will make the woman drink the water. When he's made her drink the water, then it will be that if she's defiled and has broken faith with her husband, the water that brings the curse will go into her and be bitter, and her belly will swell and her thigh will waste away. And the woman will be a curse among her people. If the woman isn't defiled but is clean, then she will be free and will conceive children. This is the law of jealousy, when a wife goes aside to another instead of her husband and is defiled, Or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man and he's jealous of his wife, and sets the woman before the Lord. And the priest will carry out this whole teaching on her. Then the man will be clear of wrongdoing, and this woman will carry her wrongdoing.

And the Lord spoke to Moses: Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: If any man's wife goes aside and breaks faith with him, and a man lies with her, and it's hidden from the eyes of her husband and kept secret, and she's made unclean, and there's no witness against her and she wasn't caught — and the spirit of jealousy comes on him and he's jealous of his wife, and she's made unclean; or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him and he's jealous of his wife, and she isn't made unclean — then the man will bring his wife to the priest, and he'll bring her offering for her, a tenth of barley flour. He won't pour oil on it or put incense on it, because it's a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembering, bringing wrongdoing to mind. And the priest will bring her near and set her in front of the Lord. And the priest will take holy water in a clay pot, and take some of the dust on the floor of the tent and put it into the water. And the priest will set the woman in front of the Lord and uncover the woman's head, and put the grain offering of remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy. And the priest will have in his hand the bitter water that brings the curse. And the priest will make her swear and say to the woman: If no man has lain with you and you haven't gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of your husband, be free from this bitter water that brings the curse. But if you've gone aside to another instead of your husband and you're made unclean, and some man has lain with you besides your husband — then the priest will make the woman swear with an oath of cursing, and the priest will say to the woman: The Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the Lord makes your thigh waste away and your belly swell. And this water that brings the curse will go into your insides, to make your belly swell and your thigh waste away. And the woman will say: Amen, amen. And the priest will write these curses in a book and wipe them out with the bitter water. And he'll make the woman drink the bitter water that brings the curse. And the water that brings the curse will go into her and be bitter. Then the priest will take the grain offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand and wave the grain offering in front of the Lord, and offer it on the altar. And the priest will take a handful of the grain offering, a reminder of it, and burn it on the altar. And after that he'll make the woman drink the water. And when he's made her drink the water, then it'll be that if she's made unclean and has broken faith with her husband, the water that brings the curse will go into her and be bitter, and her belly will swell and her thigh will waste away. And the woman will be a curse among her people. And if the woman isn't made unclean but is clean, then she'll be free and will conceive children. This is the teaching about jealousy, when a wife goes aside to another instead of her husband and is made unclean, or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man and he's jealous of his wife, and sets the woman in front of the Lord. And the priest will carry out this whole teaching on her. Then the man will be clear of wrongdoing, and this woman will carry her wrongdoing.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 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, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner; And 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: 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 upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD: And 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: And 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: 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 not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: But 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: Then 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; And 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. And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: And 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. Then 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: And 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. And 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. And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled; Or 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. Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

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The Lord spoke to Moses:

Plain English

And the Lord spoke to Moses:

King James Version, 1611

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Speak to the Israelites and say to them: If any man's wife goes aside and breaks faith with him,

Plain English

Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: If any man's wife goes aside and breaks faith with him,

King James Version, 1611

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

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And a man sleeps with her, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and kept secret, and she's defiled, and there is no witness against her and she was not caught —

Plain English

and a man lies with her, and it's hidden from the eyes of her husband and kept secret, and she's made unclean, and there's no witness against her and she wasn't caught —

King James Version, 1611

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, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;

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The spirit of jealousy comes on him and he's jealous of his wife, and she's defiled; or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him and he's jealous of his wife, and she isn't defiled —

Plain English

and the spirit of jealousy comes on him and he's jealous of his wife, and she's made unclean; or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him and he's jealous of his wife, and she isn't made unclean —

King James Version, 1611

And 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:

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Then the man will bring his wife to the priest, and he will bring her offering for her, a tenth of barley flour. He will not pour oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembering, bringing wrongdoing to mind.

Plain English

then the man will bring his wife to the priest, and he'll bring her offering for her, a tenth of barley flour. He won't pour oil on it or put incense on it, because it's a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembering, bringing wrongdoing to mind.

King James Version, 1611

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 upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

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The priest will bring her near and set her before the Lord.

Plain English

And the priest will bring her near and set her in front of the Lord.

King James Version, 1611

And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:

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The priest will take holy water in a clay pot, and take some of the dust on the floor of the tent and put it into the water.

Plain English

And the priest will take holy water in a clay pot, and take some of the dust on the floor of the tent and put it into the water.

King James Version, 1611

And 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:

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The priest will set the woman before the Lord and uncover the woman's head, and put the grain offering of remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy. And the priest will have in his hand the bitter water that brings the curse.

Plain English

And the priest will set the woman in front of the Lord and uncover the woman's head, and put the grain offering of remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy. And the priest will have in his hand the bitter water that brings the curse.

King James Version, 1611

And 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:

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The priest will make her swear and say to the woman: If no man has lain with you and you have not gone aside to impurity with another instead of your husband, be free from this bitter water that brings the curse.

Plain English

And the priest will make her swear and say to the woman: If no man has lain with you and you haven't gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of your husband, be free from this bitter water that brings the curse.

King James Version, 1611

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 not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

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But if you've gone aside to another instead of your husband and you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband —

Plain English

But if you've gone aside to another instead of your husband and you're made unclean, and some man has lain with you besides your husband —

King James Version, 1611

But 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:

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Then the priest will make the woman swear with an oath of cursing, and the priest will say to the woman: The Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the Lord makes your thigh waste away and your belly swell.

Plain English

then the priest will make the woman swear with an oath of cursing, and the priest will say to the woman: The Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the Lord makes your thigh waste away and your belly swell.

King James Version, 1611

Then 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;

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And this water that brings the curse will go into your insides, to make your belly swell and your thigh waste away. And the woman will say: Amen, amen.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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The priest will write these curses in a book and wipe them out with the bitter water.

Plain English

And the priest will write these curses in a book and wipe them out with the bitter water.

King James Version, 1611

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

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He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings the curse. And the water that brings the curse will go into her and be bitter.

Plain English

And he'll make the woman drink the bitter water that brings the curse. And the water that brings the curse will go into her and be bitter.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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Then the priest will take the grain offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand and wave the grain offering before the Lord, and offer it on the altar.

Plain English

Then the priest will take the grain offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand and wave the grain offering in front of the Lord, and offer it on the altar.

King James Version, 1611

Then 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:

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The priest will take a handful of the grain offering, a reminder of it, and burn it on the altar. And after that he will make the woman drink the water.

Plain English

And the priest will take a handful of the grain offering, a reminder of it, and burn it on the altar. And after that he'll make the woman drink the water.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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When he's made her drink the water, then it will be that if she's defiled and has broken faith with her husband, the water that brings the curse will go into her and be bitter, and her belly will swell and her thigh will waste away. And the woman will be a curse among her people.

Plain English

And when he's made her drink the water, then it'll be that if she's made unclean and has broken faith with her husband, the water that brings the curse will go into her and be bitter, and her belly will swell and her thigh will waste away. And the woman will be a curse among her people.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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If the woman isn't defiled but is clean, then she will be free and will conceive children.

Plain English

And if the woman isn't made unclean but is clean, then she'll be free and will conceive children.

King James Version, 1611

And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

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This is the law of jealousy, when a wife goes aside to another instead of her husband and is defiled,

Plain English

This is the teaching about jealousy, when a wife goes aside to another instead of her husband and is made unclean,

King James Version, 1611

This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

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Or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man and he's jealous of his wife, and sets the woman before the Lord. And the priest will carry out this whole teaching on her.

Plain English

or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man and he's jealous of his wife, and sets the woman in front of the Lord. And the priest will carry out this whole teaching on her.

King James Version, 1611

Or 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.

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Then the man will be clear of wrongdoing, and this woman will carry her wrongdoing.

King James Version, 1611

Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.