Numbers 5:25

And the priest will take from her hand the meal offering of doubt, waving it before the Lord, and will take it to the altar;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

24And he will give to the woman the bitter water for drink; and the bitter water causing the curse will go into her.

26And he will take some of it in his hand, burning it on the altar as a sign, and then he will give the woman the bitter water.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:24And put them all on the hands of Aaron and of his sons, to be waved for a wave offering before the Lord.

Numbers 5:15Then let him take her to the priest, offering for her the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, without oil or perfume; for it is a meal offering of a bitter spirit, a meal offering keeping wrongdoing in mind.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 5:12-31

The Bitter Water of Jealousy. ( b. c. 1490.) 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 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; 14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of… Read the whole commentary →

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