The utterance opens the divine directions given to Moses that form the laws set forth in the fifth chapter. Those directions extend through the fifth and sixth chapters, embracing the statutes dealing with jealousy and with the Nazarite vow and closing with the priestly benediction pronounced upon Israel. The chapter thus opened displays divine hatred of wrongdoing and cautions against pursuing its ruinous path to its dreadful outcome.
In the wider opening portion of the book, the utterance belongs to the first five chapters recounting the census of Israel, the arrangement of the camp, and the leaders of the tribes. The same chapters set out the apportionment of tasks between the Levites and the priests and the ransom of the firstborn. They also describe further rites pertaining to the establishment of worship.
The utterance opens the divine directions given to Moses that form the laws set forth in the fifth chapter. Those directions extend through the fifth and sixth chapters, embracing the statutes dealing with jealousy and with the Nazarite vow and closing with the priestly benediction pronounced upon Israel. The chapter thus opened displays divine hatred of wrongdoing and cautions against pursuing its ruinous path to its dreadful outcome.
In the wider opening portion of the book, the utterance belongs to the first five chapters recounting the census of Israel, the arrangement of the camp, and the leaders of the tribes. The same chapters set out the apportionment of tasks between the Levites and the priests and the ransom of the firstborn. They also describe further rites pertaining to the establishment of worship.