Numbers 5:15

then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring her offering for her: one tenth of an ephah [an omer; 2.3 q; 2.2 L] of barley meal. + 5:15. Num 5:15 (Num 5:11-31) (#7.467): Not to put olive oil on the grain offering of a woman suspected of adultery / Reason: Because this is an offering for recalling guilt and remembering (appropriate) marital jealousy He shall pour no oil on it, + 5:15. Num 5:15 (Num 5:11-31) (#7.468): Not to put frankincense on the meal offering of a woman suspected of adultery T. Reason: Because this is an offering for recalling guilt and remembering (appropriate) marital jealousy nor put frankincense on it, for it is a meal offering of jealousy, a meal offering of memorial, bringing depravity (moral evil) to memory.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is not defiled:

16The priest shall bring her near, and set her before Adonai;

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Cross References

Leviticus 2:1+ 2:1. Lev 2:1 (Lev ch 2) (#2b.109): The procedure for the grain offering (also called meal offering) “‘When anyone offers an offering of a meal offering to Adonai, his offering shall be of fine flour. He shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.

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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