Numbers 5:29

‘That is the ritual that must be performed when a woman who is married has been unfaithful to her husband,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

28But if she ◄is innocent/has not committed adultery►, her body will not be harmed, and she will still be able to give birth to children.

30or when a man is jealous and suspects that his wife has had sex with another man. The priest must tell that woman to stand at the altar in my presence and obey these instructions.

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Cross References

Leviticus 7:11These are the regulations concerning the offerings that people make to maintain fellowship with Yahweh:

Leviticus 13:59Those are the regulations concerning mildew on things made of wool or linen or leather, for deciding whether those things can continue to be worn or not.”

Leviticus 15:32“Those are the regulations for a man who has a fluid that flows from his sexual organs or who should not be touched because some of his semen spills out while having sex with a woman,

Numbers 5:15he should take his wife to the priest. He must take along as an offering two quarts/liters of barley flour. The priest must not pour olive oil or incense on it, because this is an offering that the man has brought because he ◄is jealous/wants his wife to sleep only with him►. It is an offering to find out if she is guilty or not. Neither olive oil nor incense should be used because are associated with joy and this is not a time for joy.

Isaiah 5:7The nation of Israel is like [MET] the vineyard of the Commander of the armies of angels. The people of Judah are like the garden that was pleasing to him. He expected you to be doing what is just/fair, but instead, what he saw was people murdering [MTY] others. He expected that you would be doing righteous deeds, but instead, he heard cries from people who were being attacked violently.

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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