Numbers 5:12

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

In Context

11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

13and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hidden from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she be not taken in the act;

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Cross References

Numbers 5:19And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou have not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse.

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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